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Blast Targets Bus In Downtown Kabul During Rush Hour

A powerful explosion struck a bus in downtown Kabul during rush hour Monday, officials said, sending smoke rising in...

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Gunmen Dressed As Doctors Attack Kabul Hospital

Explosions and gunfire rattled Kabul's diplomatic district Wednesday when insurgents dressed as doctors stormed...

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Blast, Gunfire Hit Kabul Military Hospital

An explosion and gunfire rattled Kabul's diplomatic district on Wednesday as insurgents attacked Afghanistan's largest...

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Trump Administration Would Ignore WTO Rulings It Sees As Anti-U.S.

U. S. President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to ignore any rulings by the World Trade Organization that...

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US Challenges Kremlin With New Russian TV Channel

Nearly three decades after it helped topple communist totalitarian regimes in Eastern Europe, US-funded Radio Free...

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US Democrats Pick Tom Perez To Lead Party

Obama administration veteran Tom Perez will have the tough job of rejuvenating the Democratic party. US Democrats have...

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Kabul To Set Penalties For Subculture of Boy Sex Slaves

Afghanistan is finally set to outlaw the sick 'bacha bazi' practice that sees young boys dressed up as women and...

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The Afghan Practice of Child Sex Slavery

Afghanistan is set to criminalise the practice of "bacha bazi" -- the sexual exploitation of boys -- with a slew of...

International

Nigerian Group Requests $500 Million From Trump Administration

The rancorous reign of the 45th US President faces a fresh controversy. A Nigerian economic and social rights group has...

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US Sanctions Venezuela Vice-President Over Trafficking Claims

The US has imposed sanctions on the new vice-president of Venezuela, accusing him of involvement in international drug...

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Even Under Trump, US In No Hurry To Move Israel Embassy

It might have sounded the death knell for an already moribund Middle East peace process, but Donald Trump seems to have...

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Million Miles Away, But Dreadfully Nearby!

President Donald Trump lives million miles away in the land of liberties, but a single decision his administration is...

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Trump Aide Kellyanne Conway ‘wrong’ Over Ivanka Plug

The standards chief of the US Congress says a senior Trump aide was "wrong, wrong, wrong" to promote Ivanka Trump...

International

US Embassy Relocation To Jerusalem ‘a War Crime’

From the windows of the grey, cube-shaped building that houses the US embassy in Tel Aviv, staff enjoy an undisturbed...

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Pena Nieto Cancels Trump Meeting Over Border Wall Row

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto cancelled on Thursday a scheduled meeting with US President Donald Trump next...

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Trump Slams Mexico As Leader Cancels Trip

Donald Trump has hit out at Mexico after its president announced he had cancelled next week's trip to the US. The US...

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Mexican President Cancels Trump Summit

His decision comes a day after the new US president unveiled his plan to build a wall along the Mexico-US border. Mr...

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Mexican President Cancels Trump Summit

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has cancelled next week's trip to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump....

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Power Compact II A Concession, Not A Sale of ECG

The Minister nominee for Energy, Boakye Agyarko, has described the Millennium Power Compact II as a concession and not...