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South Korea weighs Hormuz military deployment as US-Iran war raises regional tensions
South Korea is considering deploying military assets to the Strait of Hormuz before the end of the year as pressure…
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Nepal faces billions in reconstruction costs as floods devastate adventure tourism
Nepal faces billions of dollars in reconstruction needs after devastating flash floods and a glacial collapse along its border with…
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Karua demands Besigye’s release as jailed Ugandan opposition leader’s health deteriorates
People’s Liberation Party (PLP) leader and Senior Counsel Martha Karua has called on Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to immediately release…
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M23 rebels impose school fees in Eastern DRC, threaten Tshisekedi’s free education policy
President Félix Tshisekedi’s flagship free primary education programme in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has come under renewed…
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Nepal flood disaster: 392 dead, 1,400 missing as rescuers race against new deluge
Rescuers in Nepal and China are racing to find more than 1,400 people missing after a devastating glacial collapse triggered…
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Trump dumps Iran deal, doubles down on sanctions as Hormuz crisis deepens
The US President Donald Trump’s led administration has reportedly abandoned efforts to revive a June memorandum of understanding with Iran,…
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Canada’s push back against Trump over ‘Lake America’ name as trade war deepens
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has rejected US President Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America”, insisting Canada…
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Kenya’s match-fixing crisis: How betting money could be fueling the fixers
Kenya is tightening the legal noose around match-fixing and manipulation of sporting competitions after the National Assembly passed the Sports…
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Ex-Liberia VP Jewel Howard-Taylor arrested in Sh18billion cocaine trafficking probe
Liberia’s former Vice-President Jewel Howard-Taylor has been arrested and charged in connection with an alleged Sh18billion ($317million) transnational drug-trafficking network,…
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Trump threatens ‘unprecedented’ economic war as Iran defies decades of sanctions
US President Donald Trump has threatened sweeping economic retaliation against any country that provides financial, commercial or logistical support to…
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