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Why are peacekeepers leaving Mali?
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has warned that his country is facing war as it struggles to contain what the United Nations calls a significant surge in violence. In late March, more than 153 people
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Venezuela in crisis: All previous updates
Click here for the latest updates on the Venezeuala crisis Venezuela has plunged into a major political crisis amid a growing row over President Nicolas Maduro's future as the country's leader. Maduro took office
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At least 17 killed in Peru bus fire: officials
Seventeen people have been killed and eight more injured after a double-decker bus caught fire at an illegal transport terminal in the Peruvian capital Lima, a spokesman for the country's firefighters said. Witnesses said
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US Democrats to prepare subpoenas for full Mueller report
The US House Judiciary Committee said on Monday it will work this week on a resolution authorising subpoenas to obtain Special Counsel Robert Mueller's full report on his investigation into alleged Russian meddling in
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Algeria’s Bouteflika will resign by April 28: State media
Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will resign before his fourth term expires on April 28, his office has said in a statement carried by the official APS news agency. The president will take "steps to
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Ukraine election: Poroshenko attacks Zelensky before runoff
Kiev, Ukraine - Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has accused comic Volodymyr Zelensky, his opponent and the frontrunner in an upcoming presidential vote runoff, of being an oligarch's puppet. In a Facebook post published on Monday,
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Churchill’s policies to blame for 1943 Bengal famine: Study
New Delhi, India - The Bengal famine of 1943 estimated to have killed up to three million people was not caused by drought but instead was a result of a "complete policy failure" of
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Major US airlines hit by delays after technical glitch
A technical glitch at an outside aviation company led to delays at major United States airlines on Monday. A series of system-wide outages delayed flights and fired-up customer complaints on social media has been
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Seven Algerian businessmen investigated for corruption
DUBAI: UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash has rejected a report by the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen because of the mistakes it contained, state news agency
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UAE minister rejects experts’ report on Yemen
DUBAI: UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash has rejected a report by the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen because of the mistakes it contained, state news agency


