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US President Donald Trump has praised the UN Security Council for imposing tough new sanctions on North Korea in response to ballistic missile tests. In a tweet, Mr Trump said the vote proved the world "wants peace, not death". The…
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London Zoo is shut "until further notice" after a fire which injured staff and killed an aardvark. At its height, more than 70 firefighters tackled the fire which started in the Animal Adventure section and spread to the adjacent shop.…
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Australian police have arrested two people after a car drove into a crowd in Melbourne. The car "collided with a number of pedestrians" on Flinders Street, a busy junction in the centre of the city, said Victoria Police. Fourteen people…
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Kenyan police raided an Islamic school on Tuesday, arresting two teachers and taking around 100 children into protective custody in what police described as a counter-terrorism operation involving foreign law-enforcement agencies.…
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The Ugandan parliament on Wednesday evening (December 20, 2017) voted to scrap presidential age limit which was formerly pegged at 75 years. The controversial age limit bill was passed after passing through the three legislative…
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U.S. allies Japan and South Korea urged China to do more to get North Korea to end its nuclear and missile programmes, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro ... have proposed that the United States and South Korea stop major military exercises in…
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South African banking stocks rallied on Tuesday, buoyed by optimism that the newly elected leader of the ruling African National Congress will push through policies aimed at putting the economy on a stronger footing. South Africa’s…
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The head of Zimbabwe’s military, who led the de facto coup that ended Robert Mugabe’s 37-year rule last month, General Constantino Chiwenga, is set to retire, according to a government statement released on Monday. The retirement is…
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A Kenyan court has awarded a schoolgirl four million Kenyan shillings ($40,000; £30,000) after she was strip-searched by police looking for drugs in 2015. Half-naked pictures of the young woman, allegedly taken by police during the…
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Donald Trump's national security adviser has accused Russia of "a sophisticated campaign of subversion" to undermine free and open societies. Gen HR McMaster told the BBC that Moscow used propaganda and disinformation against democracies.…
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