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UN Chief Warns Central Africa Could Plunge Back Into Conflict

A new bout of violence in the Central African Republic that has killed nine peacekeepers this year risks derailing...

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UN Names Experts For DR Congo Massacres Probe

The United Nations named three international experts on Wednesday to investigate atrocities in the Kasai region of the...

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Strong & Powerful Gov’t Cabal Manipulating Special Prosecutor’s Bill – Martin Amidu

Former Attorney General Martin Amidu says the insertion of Clause 3(4) into the Office of the Special Public...

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Standoff At Jerusalem Holy Site After Metal Detectors Removed

A tense standoff was underway between Israel and Muslim worshippers at a Jerusalem holy site Wednesday despite the...

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Philippines To Consult ASEAN On Joint China Sea Oil Search

The Philippines tried Wednesday to reassure Southeast Asian neighbours about its proposal to partner with Beijing in...

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80% of Yemen Children In Need of Immediate Aid

A vicious combination of war, cholera and hunger has left 80 percent of Yemeni children in desperate need of aid, the...

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Syrian Civilians Fleeing IS In Raqa Turn To Smugglers

Civilians fleeing the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion of Raqa are paying smugglers to lead them out of the city...

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Iran Will Respond In Kind To US Breaches of Nuclear Deal

President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Iran would respond in kind to any breach by the United States of the...

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US Sanctions Vote ‘hostile’, Says Top Iran Negotiator

Iran's top nuclear negotiator said on Wednesday that new sanctions approved by the US House of Representatives were "a...

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Fire, Smoke and Metal At North Korea Steel Plant

A crane moves a giant bucket brimming with 40 tonnes of molten steel towards a gangway in North Korea's Chollima Steel...

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Myanmar’s Rohingya Abandoned After Rapes

Rohingya Muslim Ayamar Bagon has lived on handouts since her husband left her after she told him she was gang-raped by...

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Ten Hurt As Gabon Police End Rally For Opposition Figure

Ten people were injured in Libreville Tuesday as Gabon police broke up a rally organised to mark the return of...

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US Detects Signs of New NKorea Missile Test

The Pentagon has picked up signs that North Korea is prepping for another missile test, a US defense official said...

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Let’s Not Undermine Corruption Fight In Special Prosecutor’s Bill

When it became clear to me that We the People might not be allowed our democratic right to participate in the discourse...

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Rescuers Find 13 Bodies In Crowded Migrant Dinghy Off Libya

Rescuers coming to the aid of a dinghy packed with migrants off the coast of Libya said Tuesday they had discovered 13...

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US Sees Progress In Push For ‘pretty Serious’ N. Korea Sanctions

US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Tuesday cited progress in talks with China on imposing what she termed as "pretty serious"...

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‘Libyan Rivals Committed To Ceasefire, Elections’

The two principal rivals in conflict-ridden Libya, who are to hold French-brokered talks Tuesday near Paris, are...

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Key Challenges In Putting An End To Libya’s Chaos

France is hosting a rare meeting on Tuesday between Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj and military...

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The Rival Libyan Leaders Holding Paris Talks

Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj and military strongman rival Khalifa Haftar are set to meet near Paris...