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People living close to the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak which has killed 131 people have told BBC News of their fear, as a World Health Organization (WHO) representative warned cases may be spreading faster than originally thought. One…
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Abdul Rashid Azimi, a father in Afghanistan’s Ghor province, has told the BBC he is willing to sell his twin daughters as extreme hunger, unemployment, and poverty push families into desperate survival decisions. His story reflects a…
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US President Donald Trump has cautioned Taiwan against formally declaring independence from China. “I’m not looking to have somebody go independent,” the US president told Fox News on Friday, May 15, at the end of his two-day summit with…
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Nigeria and the United States say a joint military operation has killed a senior Islamic State (IS) commander believed to be one of the group’s top global leaders in a major blow to extremist operations across West Africa. The militant,…
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There is "no sign" of a larger hantavirus outbreak after the evacuation of the last passengers from a disease-stricken cruise ship, the head of the UN health agency has said. But the World Health Organization's chief Tedros Adhanom…
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Accused of neo-colonial meddling in several African countries where it has traditionally maintained close ties, France is now trying to reshape its relationship with Africa by co-hosting a major summit in English-speaking Kenya for the…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he thinks Russia's conflict with Ukraine is coming to an end, addressing reporters after a scaled-back military parade in Moscow marking the Soviet victory in World War Two. "I think that the…
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The first passengers evacuated from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship docked near Spain's Canary Islands have arrived in Madrid. Fourteen Spanish nationals were on the chartered flight from Tenerife. They now face mandatory quarantine at…
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At least 130 Nigerian citizens in South Africa have asked their ​government to fly them home after protests there targeting foreigners, Nigeria’s Foreign Minister, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, said. They were the first to apply to a ​new…
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President Donald Trump says the US has struck seven Iranian “fast boats” in the Strait of Hormuz, as Washington seeks to guide stranded ships out of the Gulf through the largely closed waterway. The UAE and South Korea both reported…
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