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Iran’s President Raisi Dies: The List of Potential Suspects

Ebrahim Raisi, whose helicopter crashed in the northwest of Iran on Sunday, was both the President of Iran and a candidate jockeying to succeed the elderly actual ruler...

What happened in the UK’s infected blood scandal? Inquiry report will be revealed on Monday

LONDON -- The final report of the U.K.'s infected blood inquiry will be...

As India votes, a streetwise politician in Kolkata shows pragmatism trumps ideology

KOLKATA, India — For decades, Tapas Roy’s influence has permeated his local district...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi feared dead in helicopter crash

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a meeting with the cabinet in Tehran,...

Congo police fire tear gas at anti-referendum protesters

Police fired tear gas and warning shots on Tuesday at thousands of opposition supporters protesting against a planned referendum on constitutional reform that they...

Students protest at South Africa’s top universities over tuition fee hike

Thousands of students rallied at top South African universities on Monday in protest at plans to hike tuition fees, extending a spate of campus...

African Standby Force starts first military exercises

Members of the African Union's new 25,000-strong multinational standby force are gathering to begin field training for the first time. The exercises in South Africa...

Egypt enters second day of ‘election without voters’

Egyptians appeared to be shunning the ballot box for a second day on Monday in what one newspaper called "an election without voters", highlighting...

Eritrean mistaken for gunman killed in Israeli bus station attack

An Eritrean migrant, shot by a security guard and kicked by an angry Israeli crowd that mistook him for a gunman, was identified on...

Zambia seeks divine help to tackle economic woes

Zambians took part in a national day of prayer on Sunday seeking divine help for the country's economic woes following a collapse in global...

Guinea’s president Conde wins re-election – results tally

Guinea's President Alpha Conde won re-election with around 58 percent of votes cast, according to a tally on Saturday of full results announced by...

Guinea opposition leader protests election, calls supporters to streets

Guinea's main opposition leader said on Saturday he would call on his supporters to protest fraud and rigging at an election which President Alpha...

African Union urges faster plans for troop deployment to Burundi

The African Union's peace and security council on Saturday recommended the organisation hasten plans for sending troops to Burundi should violence worsen and called for...

More than 400 dead in southeast Congo measles outbreak – U.N.

A measles outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo's copper-mining southeast has killed 428 people and infected about 30,000 since the start of the year,...

SMEDAN top staff in ritual mess: Takes DG Masari Bature, nine other names to the shrine.

A staff of The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Emmanuel Ngbanwa is entangled in a ritual mess, the alleged staff...

At least 36 killed in suicide attacks in Nigeria’s northeast – medics

At least 36 people have been killed in multiple suicide attacks in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state at a mosque and a residential building, police...

ICC gives South Africa more time to explain failure to arrest Bashir

The International Criminal Court has given South Africa more time to explain why it failed to arrest Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, accused by...

Conde likely to win Guinean presidential election in first round

Guinean President Alpha Conde is likely to win another term in office after the first round of voting in the country's presidential election, results...

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