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Guinea has become the first country within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to formally and publicly reject the bloc's long-planned single currency, the eco, dealing an early...

President Donald Trump's abrupt reversal Saturday night standing down from what had appeared to be an imminent new wave of strikes on Iran capped a frantic 24 hours of shuttle...

Spain's small North African enclave of Ceuta woke on Friday to scenes locals struggled to put into words, after tens of thousands of migrants swam, waded, and scrambled across the...

The UK has quietly expanded the list of countries exempt from submitting proof of funds with student visa applications, adding three African nations, Botswana, Mauritius, and Tunisia, to dozens of...

For twelve years, families across East Yorkshire trusted Robert Bush with the most intimate task imaginable: laying their loved ones to rest with dignity. On Monday, that trust collapsed into...

Iran's army spokesman delivered a pointed warning to Washington on Sunday, cautioning that renewed American military action against the Islamic Republic would drag the wider Middle East deeper into conflict,...

A South African court on Friday threw President Cyril Ramaphosa a legal lifeline, temporarily freezing the parliamentary process that could have made him the first sitting head of state in...

China lashed out at Washington on Friday over a fresh round of US tariffs targeting Beijing and 59 other trading partners, accusing the Trump administration of reviving unilateral trade measures...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has named Saadia Zahidi as its next director general, making her the first woman to lead the 80-year-old trade body. The announcement, made Thursday...

The death toll from the Ebola outbreak tearing through the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has climbed past 1,000, a milestone reached faster than in any previous outbreak of the...