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Somalia and Eritrea agree to establish diplomatic ties
The presidents of Somalia and Eritrea on Monday signed an agreement to establish diplomatic ties after over a decade of animosity, in the latest fast-track rapprochement in the Horn of Africa."The tw…
Five men arrested by police in Nepal for kidney smuggling
Police in Nepal have arrested five men in connection with a kidney-smuggling racket allegedly luring poor people to hospitals in India to have their kidneys removed and sold, a police official said M…
Tennis: Andy Murray calls for tennis drug testing reform
Andy Murray has called on tennis authorities to make its drug testing system "more transparent".Murray was discussing Serena Williams' recent comments, after the 23-time Grand Slam champion said she …
Four tourists killed in Tajikistan
Four tourists, including two Americans, were killed in Tajikistan on Sunday by armed attackers in what was originally reported as a hit-and-run road accident, the interior minister said Monday."(The …
Tennis: American John Isner claims his fifth Atlanta Open title
John Isner won his fifth Atlanta Open title on Sunday, with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 win over Ryan Harrison to beat the fellow American in the final for the second straight yearThe 33-year-old Isner earned hi…
At least 500 hikers stranded on mountain after Indonesia quake
Indonesia mounted a rescue operation on Monday to reach more than 500 hikers and guides stranded by landslides on an active volcano on Lombok, a day after a powerful earthquake struck the holiday isl…
Nicaragua's health ministry sacks 40 doctors for attending to wounded protesters
Authorities in Nicaragua on Monday sacked 40 more doctors for tending to those injured in recent protests, local media reported.According to the report, the health ministry fired some 40 doctors and …
Formula One: Hamilton extends championship lead over rival Vettel with Hungary GP win
Lewis Hamilton took his fifth win of the season with victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix as title rival Sebastian Vettel and teammate Valtteri Bottas came to blows on track behind him.In a race domin…
Zimbabwe votes in first post-Mugabe election
Zimbabweans cast their ballots Monday in the country's first election since authoritarian leader Robert Mugabe was ousted last year, with concerns over fraud and the likelihood of a disputed result c…
Five die in DR Congo plane crash
Five people were burnt to death on Friday, after a small passenger aircraft crashed in southern Democratic Republic of Congo near the border with Angola, a local official said, giving a provisional t…
Fourth commander in charge of the fight against Boko Haram appointed
Nigeria has named its fourth commander in 14 months to lead the fight against the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast, an army spokesman said on Friday.President Muhammadu Buhari, who cam…
UN says 1,500 migrants have died in Mediterranean in 2018, names Italy deadliest route
For the fifth straight year, at least 1,500 migrants have perished in the Mediterranean, with the route between Libya and Italy being the deadliest, claiming the lives of one in 19, the U.N. migratio…
Kenya's capital Nairobi to host 2020 IAAF World U-20 Championships
In further recognition for Kenya's standing in the athletics world, the nation's capital has been selected as host city of the 2020 IAAF World U20 Championships.Nairobi's candidacy was formally endor…
Nigerian International Carl Ikeme retires from professional football after battle with cancer
Nigerian international and Wolves goalkeeper Carl Ikeme has retired from professional football after a 12-month battle with acute leukaemia.Last month Ikeme, 32, announced on Twitter he was in comple…
Pakistan's Imran Khan wins vote but no majority
Cricket hero Imran Khan has swept to an emphatic victory in a disputed Pakistan election, but without a majority he will need to enter a coalition to take power in the nuclear-armed country.A jubilan…
Former South African President Jacob Zuma's corruption case adjourned
South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma appeared at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Friday on corruption charges relating to a $2.5 billion arms deal in the late 1990s, but a judge adjourned th…
Vanuatu's Ambae island evacuated again over volcano eruption
A Vanuatu island is being fully evacuated for a second time as its volcano erupts again.The Manaro Voui volcano began spewing ash in recent days, prompting officials to order thousands of residents o…
Indian woman held for leaving dead infant aboard plane
An Indian woman has been detained after a dead infant was found on board a domestic flight from Guwahati in north-east India to the capital Delhi.The cabin crew of the Air Asia flight found the baby …
Israel to build new settler homes after deady knife attack
Israel is to build hundreds of new homes in a settlement in the occupied West Bank where a Palestinian stabbed three Israelis, one fatally, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Friday."The best an…
Trump knew about Trump Tower meeting with Russians says Cohen
U.S. President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen said that Trump knew in advance about a June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower at which Russians offered to provide damaging information a…