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Kuwait’s government submits resignation

Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo Kuwait’s prime minister has submitted his cabinet’s resignation to the ruling emir of the Gulf Arab state, a government spokesman said

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Clinton criticizes UK for blocking Russian influence report

In this file photo dated Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at Georgetown Law’s second annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture, in Washington. Clinton told the BBC on Tuesday Nov. 12, 2019, that she’s “dumbfounded” the U.K. government has failed to release a report on Russian influence in British politics

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Secret Military Deal Mzee Kenyatta Made With Britain Against Somalia

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth with Kenya’s founding father Jomo Kenyatta in Nairobi, in March 1972. The Standard By Ezra Manyibe Kenya’s maritime border dispute with Somalia has become President Uhuru Kenyatta’s international relations headache. His father, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, however, found a rather sleek but cheeky way of handling them. An article by the Daily

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Guinea president replaces security minister following deadly protests

Guinean President Alpha Conde delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the Allied landings in Provence in World War Two which helped liberate southern France, in Boulouris, France, August 15, 2019. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/Pool/File Photo Guinea President Alpha Conde announced on Monday that he was replacing his security minister following deadly protests

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Turkey begins deporting foreign jihadists

Photo/AFP / Ozan KOSE/Turkey captured many IS fighters in recent operations in Syria Turkey said Monday it had begun sending back foreign jihadists to their countries of origin, with an American already expelled and more than 20 Europeans including French and Germans in the process of being deported. A “foreign terrorist fighter” from the US

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U.S. calls on Iraq to hold early elections

Iraqi demonstrators take part in the ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq November 9, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah/File Photo The United States has called on Iraq’s government to stop using violence against protesters, reform its electoral system and hold early elections, after weeks of unrest in which security forces have killed nearly 300 protesters. The protests

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Bolivia’s president resigns amid election-fraud allegations

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales looks down during a press conference in La Paz, Bolivia, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. Morales is calling for new presidential elections and an overhaul of the electoral system Sunday after a preliminary report by the Organization of American States found irregularities in the Oct. 20 elections. (AP Photo/Juan Karita) Bolivian President

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UAE calls for Iran talks with world powers, region

Photo/Reuters/Neil Hall/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates, Anwar Gargash Iran should come to the negotiating table with world powers and Gulf countries to seek a new deal that would deescalate regional tensions and revive its economy, a senior United Arab Emirates official said on Sunday. Tensions in the Gulf have

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Police warn of new ‘SIM swapping’ scam that could empty your bank accounts

Police have revealed new details of a ‘SIM swapping scam’ that could have serious implications for victims. (iStock/Bombuscreative) TORONTO — Ontario residents are being warned of a new scam called “SIM swapping” that allows fraudsters to steal your personal information and even empty your bank accounts. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said through the scam,

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Elections, slow reforms raise tensions in Ethiopia

Oromo youth chant slogans during a protest in-front of Jawar MohammedÕs house, an Oromo activist and leader of the Oromo protest in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia is facing political anxiety amid pending elections, delayed political reforms, and forces opposed to reforms, fuelling inter-ethnic violence in the country. Trouble started when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced

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