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Algeria on Friday said its presidential elections will hold on April 18, ending speculation that the vote could be postponed. “Bouteflika has issued a decree tasking an electoral commission with preparing for the April 18 polls,’’ the…

Ivory Coast ex-president, Laurent Gbagbo, will stay behind bars at least until a fresh appeal hearing in February, despite his acquittal this week by the International Criminal Court, the tribunal said Friday. READ ALSO: Turkey orders…

Turkish prosecutors, on Friday, issued new detention warrants for no fewer than 72 people over their suspected links to a group blamed for a failed coup in 2016. “Police units launched simultaneous operations to catch the suspects,…

Zimbabwean Government has ordered another complete shutdown of Internet services to disrupt communication among protesters demonstrating against fuel price hikes and rising living costs. The country’s biggest mobile network operator,…

A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament’s Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May (R) as she speaks in the House of Commons in London on January 15, 2019. HO / PRU / AFP Britain’s…

A cargo plane crash near the Iranian capital, Tehran, has killed 15 people. The Boeing 707 came off the runway and hit a wall while trying to land at Fath airport in Karaj, 40km (25 miles) west of Tehran, reportedly in poor weather.…

More than 5,000 police officers were on the streets of the French capital on Saturday to monitor the ninth weekend of street protests by the “gilets jaunes” (yellow vests) movement. They also had armored vehicles, dogs, and mounted officers…

The US-led coalition against Islamic State has begun the process of withdrawing from Syria, its spokesman said on Friday, affirming the start of a pullout that has been clouded by mixed messages from US officials. President Donald Trump…

China is seeing a slowing trend in the outbreaks of African swine fever, the Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Yu Kangzhen, has said. Yu commended efforts from different sides,  stressing that African swine fever outbreaks…

Sheikh Hasina was sworn in for a third consecutive term as Bangladesh’s Prime Minister, on Monday. The swearing-in was done one week after her Awami League-led ruling alliance won a parliamentary election marred by violence and…