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Jonathan goes to Niamey for summit on terrorism

President Goodluck Jonathan will undertake one-day official visit to Niamey, capital of Niger Republic tomorrow…

Parliament dissolved for elections in Mauritius

Mauritian President Kailash Purryag dissolved parliament Monday ahead of national elections on the Indian Ocean…

US Supreme Court turns down gay marriage cases

US Supreme Court declined Monday to hear gay marriage cases from five states, opening the…

Uhuru Kenyatta agrees to face trial at ICC

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Monday he will go to the International Criminal Court, where…

Norwegian couple, British-American clinch Nobel Medicine Prize

British-American researcher John O'Keefe on Monday won the Nobel Medicine Prize with a Norwegian couple,…

Rockslide injures 14 pilgrims as Hajj ends

A rockslide in Mina on Sunday almost marred the 2014 Hajj in Saudi Arabia, which…

South Africa begins trial of wealthy Briton for wife-killing

Claims that a gay man desperate to escape an arranged marriage hired hitmen to kill…

Father of schoolgirl killer commits suicide

The father of a 16-year-old Japanese schoolgirl who confessed to decapitating a classmate earlier this…

121 die of Ebola in one day, worst ever

Sierra Leone has recorded its worst day ever since the Ebola virus stole into the…

Brazil's election: Rousseff , Neves to battle in run-off

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff will face Social Democrat Aecio Neves in a run-off election, after…