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Civilians, Peacekeepers Killed In CAR

Armed militias targeting Muslims in the remote Central African Republic town of Bangassou in recent days have killed up...

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Philippine Lawmakers Reject Duterte’s Impeachment

Philippine lawmakers on Monday rejected an impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte that accused him of...

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Emergency In Sanaa As Cholera Kills Scores

A state of emergency has been declared in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, after an outbreak of cholera killed scores of...

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Stop Funding Chieftaincy Conflict – Akwamu Man To Kofi Annan

A former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has been accused by residents of Akwamuman of “fanning and funding” a...

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India In Appeal To UN Court To Halt Execution of ‘spy’

India was to appeal to the UN's top court on Monday to order Pakistan to suspend its planned execution of an Indian...

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EU Pushes Myanmar For Aid Access In Northern Rakhine

A senior European Union official has urged Myanmar to allow full aid access to the north of Rakhine state, where...

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Hong Kong ‘Snowden Refugees’ Face Deportation

A group of refugees who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong are facing deportation after the...

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North Korea Missile Test Was ‘new Type of Ballistic Rocket’

North Korea has claimed that the missile it tested on Sunday was a new type of rocket capable of carrying a large...

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Syria Talks Open Overshadowed By Rival Track, Rebel Losses

A new round of Syrian peace talks opens in Geneva on Tuesday, overshadowed by a competing process in Astana and with...

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North Korea Says Sunday Missile Launch Was New Type of Rocket

North Korea's latest missile launch was a successful test of a new type of rocket, Pyongyang's state media reported...

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Italy Rescues 484 People From the Mediterranean

Seven bodies were recovered and 484 people were rescued from boats in the Mediterranean Sea while attempting to cross...

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Tunisia Seeks UNESCO Status For Jewish Pilgrimage Isle

Tunisia plans to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the island of Djerba, site of Africa's oldest synagogue and an...

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North Korea Missile Test ‘due To Kim Jong-Un Paranoia’

The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has accused North Korean leader Kim Jong-un of being in a "state...

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115 Dead As Yemen Cholera Outbreak Spreads

A cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has killed 115 people and left 8,500 ill as hospitals struggle to cope with an...

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First Lady Rallies Support To Reduce Maternal Deaths

The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo’s Mothers’ Day message highlighted the strides left to be made in order to...

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115 Dead As Yemen Cholera Outbreak Spreads

A cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has killed 115 people and left 8,500 ill as hospitals struggle to cope with an...

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Wishing Our Women A Happy Mothers’ Day

Some men unknowingly boast of being created first by God before women, but this action was never taken for nothing. God...

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Trump Weighs Further US Troops For Afghanistan

Hanging in a corridor outside the Pentagon press office, a blow-up of a Time magazine cover shows a weary US soldier...

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West Bank Votes In Polls Underlining Palestinian Split

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank voted Saturday in municipal elections that underscored deep rifts between...