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US Strike Wiped Out Fifth of Assad Air Force, Mattis Says

The US strike on a Syrian air base destroyed a fifth of the Damascus regime's remaining warplanes, Pentagon chief Jim...

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UN Condemns Kumasi Circuit Court Raid By Delta Force

The United Nations (UN) has condemned last Thursday’s raid at a Kumasi Circuit court by pro-NPP vigilante group,...

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At Least 16 Killed In Fighting In S.Sudan Second City

At least 16 civilians were killed in fighting Monday between government troops and rebels in South Sudan's...

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UN Chief Pushes Change In Trump-Era Turmoil

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres marks his first 100 days in office on Monday, facing a long list of worsening...

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Deadly Fighting Erupts In South Sudan’s Second City

Deadly fighting erupted, with civilians killed along ethnic lines and thousands displaced in clashes Monday between...

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Ibn Chambas Wants Delta Force Investigated & Brought To Book

The Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the...

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Yemen Clashes Kill More Than 40 In 24 Hours

Clashes and air strikes in southwest Yemen have killed more than 40 soldiers, rebels and civilians over the past 24...

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Ibn Chambas Wants Delta Force Investigated and Brought To Book

The Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the...

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The Impunity Must Stop – UN To Akufo-Addo

The United Nations has sent an SOS message to the Flagstaff House, telling the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo,...

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China Envoy Holds North Korea Nuclear Talks As US Mulls Options

China's top nuclear envoy arrived in Seoul Monday for talks on the North Korean threat, as the US sent a naval strike...

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Hungry S.Sudanese ‘eat Leaves and Seeds To Survive’

South Sudanese villagers are eating leaves from trees and precious seed stocks as food runs out in areas where famine...

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Australia Wheat Board Chairman Punished Over Iraq ‘kickback’

The former chairman of an Australian wheat firm was fined Aus$50,000 (US$37,500) Monday and banned from managing a...

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US Steps Up Pressure On Syria Ahead of Russia Talks

The United States stepped up pressure Sunday on Russia to rein in Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, warning that any...

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Assad Allies Vow Reprisals Against Aggression On Syria

A site hit by airstrikes on Tuesday in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib Allies of Damascus have...

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Clip Wings of Vigilante Groups Before They Become Uncontrollable

The Country Director of the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and the UN representative in Ghana, Girmay Haile is...

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Mali’s Defense Minister Named As New Prime Minister

Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita replaced his prime minister late on Saturday, naming the defense minister to...

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Russia Responsible ‘by Proxy’ For Suspected Syrian Chemical Attack

British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon on Sunday accused Russia of being responsible "by proxy" for the death of 87...

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Eyes Are Watching IMF

I understand the IMF is in town to review Ghana's 3-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Program. The international...

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US Envoy Says Syria’s Assad Must Go After ‘chemical Attack’

Washington's UN ambassador said that Syria's President Bashar al-Assad cannot stay in power after a suspected chemical...