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S. Africa Rhino Poaching Dipped In 2016, Stays Above 1,000

Poachers killed 1,054 South African rhinos for their horns in 2016, a 10 percent dip on a year earlier, the environment...

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CPP Marks 51 Years of Nkrumah’s Overthrow Today

The Convention People’s Party (CPP), says Ghana has fallen behind in all aspects of development because of the lack...

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60 Years After Japan Army Husband Fled, Vietnam War Bride Clings To…

It's been more than sixty years since Nguyen Thi Xuan's husband, a Japanese soldier, left her in Vietnam, but the...

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N. Korea Has Large Chemical Weapons Stockpile

North Korea has up to 5,000 tonnes of chemical weapons, South Korean experts said Friday, including the toxin used to...

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VX Nerve Agent Found On Kim Jong-Nam Face

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's half brother was assassinated with a lethal nerve agent manufactured for chemical...

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EU Says Trade Pact Approval Rests On Vietnam’s Rights Record

European parliamentarians warned communist Vietnam on Thursday that a failure to improve its human rights record...

Business

WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Enters Into Force

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has welcomed the entry into force of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO)...

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Malaysia Says Can’t Force Diplomat To Talk On Kim Killing

Malaysian detectives probing the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam admitted Thursday that they cannot force a wanted North...

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Vietnam Suspect Was Country Girl, Say Neighbours

The Vietnamese suspect in the killing of Kim Jong-Un's half-brother was renowned for her fashion, funky hairstyles and...

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North Korea Diplomat Wanted Over Kim Killing

Detectives probing the assassination of Kim Jong-Un's half-brother want to question a North Korean diplomat, Malaysia's...

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N. Korea More Isolated Than Ever After Malaysia Killing

North Korea had few friends even before the assassination of the leader's half-brother at a Kuala Lumpur airport last...

International

No Family Member Claims Body, Malaysia Says

Malaysian authorities are yet to formally identify the body of Kim Jong-nam as no family member has come forward,...

International

Malaysia Says Still To Establish What Killed North Korean

Malaysian authorities said on Tuesday they had still to establish what was used to kill the estranged half-brother of...

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Civilians In the Crossfire of Boko Haram and the Military

The four women lay dazed on the beds of the clinic. The face of one of them was burnt. Another broke her leg during the...

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Kim Killing One Week On

A week since news broke that the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un had been assassinated, a clearer...

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US Deploys Aircraft Carrier In South China Sea Despite Tension

The US has deployed an aircraft carrier strike group to patrol the South China Sea, days after Beijing told Washington...

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Malaysia Acting With ‘hostile Forces’ In Kim Investigation

Pyongyang has accused Malaysia of colluding with "hostile forces", saying it would reject any results of a post-mortem...

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Robert Harward Turns Down Trump’s National Security Adviser Offer

US President Donald Trump’s choice for National Security Adviser has turned down the job offer. Retired Vice-Admiral...

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Exorcising Demons In Vietnam

Deep in a trance and impervious to the heat of burning coals underfoot, lithe young men prance across piles of glowing...