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E/R Security Agencies Trained In Fighting Drug Trafficking

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, has organized a two weeks basic drugs workshop for law enforcement...

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CSOs Platform Wants IMF Programme Extended

The Civil Society Organisations Platform is advocating an extension of Ghana’s IMF programme, saying the package...

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S. Korea Seeks Rare Talks With North To Ease Military Tensions

South Korea on Monday offered to hold rare military talks with the North, aiming to ease tensions after Pyongyang...

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Meeting of Minds As Netanyahu Visits Hungary’s Orban

Hungary welcomes Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday on a landmark visit that Prime Minister Viktor Orban...

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Macron Chides Netanyahu On Settlements, Urges New Mideast Talks

French President Emmanuel Macron told Israel's visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that Paris opposes...

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Libya PM Calls For Elections In March

The head of Libya's UN-backed unity government has announced a new political roadmap for his violence-wracked country,...

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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon To Visit Ghana

Lord Tariq Ahmad, the Foreign Office Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations will visit Ghana...

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Guam Eyes End To US Colonial Rule

As Guam prepares to celebrate Liberation Day this week, political leaders on the Pacific island say it's time to decide...

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Three Killed In Rakhine Explosion

Three people, including two teenage boys, were killed by an explosion in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state on Saturday, a...

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Three Soldiers Killed In Ivory Coast Barrack Shooting

Three soldiers died after shooting erupted overnight at a base in Ivory Coast, which has been gripped by tensions...

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China To Open First Overseas Military Base In Djibouti

Ships carrying personnel for China’s first overseas military base have set sail to begin setting up the facility...

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Return To Mosul A Distant Dream For Many Displaced

Yassin Najem knows he has to start again from scratch. His home in Mosul has been bombed, and for him and thousands...

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China Cremates Body of Nobel Laureate and Dissident Liu Xiaobo

The body of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo was cremated Saturday after a private ceremony attended by his...

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N. Korea Likely Has More Plutonium Than Previously Thought

New images of North Korea's main nuclear facility show that the isolated regime has apparently produced more plutonium...

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China’s Late Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo Cremated

The body of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo was cremated on Saturday after a ceremony attended by his wife and...

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Tragic End To Raqa Family’s Hopes of Burying Loved Ones

While thousands of people scramble to flee Syria's battle-torn Raqa, members of the Sheikh Wais family bravely headed...

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Round of UN Syria Talks Closes With Rivals Trading Blame

The latest round of Syria peace talks wound down Friday with rival sides trading familiar soundbites as the UN envoy...

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UN Chief Fears Jerusalem Attack Could Ignite More Violence

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday that an attack that killed two Israeli police officers in Jerusalem...

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Guinea-Bissau Parents Coax Truant Teachers Back To School

The school year is ending in the west African nation of Guinea-Bissau, but some pupils will hardly notice the...