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US President Barack Obama has cancelled a meeting with controversial Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who had earlier called him a ...

The US and China - together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions - have both formally joined the ...

Donald Trump has visited a black church in Detroit in an attempt to claw some of the minority vote away ...

Gabonese opposition candidate Jean Ping declared himself president on Friday, after a disputed election that triggered two days of post-election ...

A glass-bottomed bridge in China that was heralded as a record-breaker when it opened just 13 days ago has closed. ...

At least 12 people were killed and 40 wounded when two bomb blasts went off at a district court in ...

Tripoli (AFP) - The head of Libya's unity government on Wednesday visited the coastal city of Sirte where loyalist forces ...

Libreville (AFP) - Gabon's president Ali Bongo was set to be declared winner of last weekend's contested election, electoral commission ...

Libreville (AFP) - Gabon's president Ali Bongo was declared winner Thursday of contested weekend elections, extending half-a-century of rule by ...

Kasserine (Tunisia) (AFP) - Two suspected jihadists were killed in a nighttime raid by security forces in the Kasserine region ...

Libreville (AFP) - Angry protesters torched Gabon's parliament Wednesday after President Ali Bongo was declared winner of what he claimed ...

A deceased baby was cremated in Australia despite the parents wanting a burial after being incorrectly identified by a hospital ...

Lagos (AFP) - Nigeria's military claimed Tuesday to have seriously injured Boko Haram's elusive leader Abubakar Shekau and killed other ...

Lagos (AFP) - Nine Nigerian lenders banned this week from foreign exchange trading for failing to remit some oil money ...

Warri (Nigeria) (AFP) - When the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) rebel group announced this week it had called a ceasefire ...

Libreville (AFP) - Gabon braced for possible violence Tuesday as the country awaited official results of a bitterly disputed presidential ...

High school students in South Africa have protested against black girls being forced by teachers to arrange their hair differently, ...

Gabon's opposition presidential candidate Jean Ping has claimed victory over incumbent President Ali Bongo, whose family has ruled the oil-rich ...

Iraq asked Saudi Arabia on Sunday to replace its ambassador in Baghdad, stressing that his presence in Iraq would hamper ...

Rhymefest, whose legal name is Che Smith, posted a video in which he argues with officers at the front desk. ...