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Nigerians face new US visa restrictions with three-month limit

Nigerians seeking to travel to the US on non-immigrant visas will now receive single-entry three-month permits, the US Embassy in Nigeria said, rolling back the up to ...

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said African nations are going to lower their tariffs and ...

Rescuers pulled six crew members alive from the Red Sea after Houthi militants attacked and sank a ...

Death toll from Texas flood hits triple digits as tally of missing tops 180

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The death toll from the July 4 flash flood that ravaged a swath of central Texas Hill Country rose on Tuesday to at ...

Ghana launches task force to curb gold smuggling losses

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Ghana President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday launched a task force backed by security forces to address illegal gold ...

Elon Musk faces daunting path in challenging US two-party system

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Building a new US political party from scratch is a daunting task, even for the world's richest man. But that is what ...

Two crew wounded, two missing in attack on ship off Yemen; Houthis claim assault on Greek ...

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Two crew members of a Greek-managed vessel were wounded and two were missing in a drone attack off Yemen on Monday, ...

Sacked Russian transport minister found dead in his car with gunshot wound

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Russia's sacked transport minister has been found dead in his car outside Moscow with a gunshot wound and the principal ...

Blaze at Cairo telecommunications building disrupts communications, injures 22

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At least 22 people were injured after a fire broke out on Monday in a key telecoms data centre in Cairo, the ...

Netanyahu meets Trump at White House as Israel, Hamas discuss ceasefire

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US President Donald Trump, hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, said the US ...

Hopes fade for Texas flood victims as death toll tops 95

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Search teams plodded through muddy riverbanks and flew aircraft over a flood-ravaged central Texas landscape on Monday ...

Lula tells Trump world does not want an ‘emperor’ after US threatens Brics tariffs

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Developing nations at the Brics summit on Monday brushed away an accusation from  President Donald Trump that they are ...

Israel, Hamas set for Gaza ceasefire talks as Netanyahu due to meet Trump

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Israel and Hamas are set to hold indirect talks in Qatar for a second day on Monday, aimed at securing a ceasefire and ...

Hamas says it responds to Gaza ceasefire proposal in 'a positive spirit'

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Hamas said it had responded on Friday in "a positive spirit" to a US-brokered Gaza ceasefire proposal and was prepared ...

Dalai Lama says he hopes to live for another 40 years

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The elderly Dalai Lama on Saturday said that he hopes to live for another 40 years until he is about 130 years old, ...

Gaza's Nasser Hospital 'one massive trauma ward', says WHO

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Nasser Hospital in Gaza is operating as "one massive trauma ward" due to an influx of patients wounded at non-UN food ...