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Malawi parliament elects first ever female speaker

Malawi’s Members of Parliament on Wednesday elected fellow legislator, Catherine Gotani Hara, as speaker of Parliament, making her the country’s first female speaker for the August House.Hara, who belongs to the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), won the seat in a tightly contested electoral process, beating former deputy speaker of the house, Esther Mcheka

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shoots down US ‘spy’ drone: Report

The Guard said it downed a Global Hawk surveillance drone but the US denied it [AP] Elite force says it shot down American surveillance drone over its territory, but US military refutes the report. Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard said Thursday it shot down a US “spy drone” over its territory, Iranian state television reported. “The

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U.N. report sees credible evidence linking Saudi crown prince to Khashoggi murder

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the opening of the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes/File Photo Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other senior Saudi officials should be investigated over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi since there is credible evidence they are

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Record 70.8 million people displaced at end of 2018: UN

AFP/File / Cris BOURONCLE An estimated 3.3 million people have left Venezuela since the start of 2016, according to the UN. More than 70 million people were counted last year as displaced from their homes, a record that underestimates the real number of refugees and asylum seekers, the UN said Wednesday. In its annual global

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Uhuru Kenyatta’s sister sues in Sh3m debt row

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s elder sister has returned a former captain of Karen Country Club, Richard Thande, to court for failing to repay a Sh3 million debt. Kristina Pratt, in papers filed at the Milimani Commercial Courts in Nairobi, says Mr Thande has once again breached a repayment deal reached last September, prompting the latest court

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Chinese military taking ‘irresponsible actions’ toward U.S. forces in Djibouti, intel chief says

China dispatched members of its People’s Liberation Army to Djibouti two years ago to man the rising Asian giant’s first overseas military base, a key part of a wide-ranging expansion of the role of China’s armed forces. The base’s proximity By Geoff Hill The Chinese military is guilty of “irresponsible actions” toward American forces stationed

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U.S. says to send more troops to the Middle East, cites Iran threats

Flight deck of the U.S aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) is seen as sailors swip the deck for foreign object and debris (FOD) walk-down on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in Arabian Sea, May 19, 2019. Garrett LaBarge/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS Acting U.S. Defense Secretary

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Egypt’s ex-President Mohamed Morsi dies after court appearance

Egypt’s first democratically elected president had suffered from neglect during his nearly six years of imprisonment. Egypt’s former President Mohamed Morsi has died after appearing in court in the capital, Cairo, according to authorities. The public prosecutor said the 67-year-old collapsed in a defendants’ cage in the courtroom and was pronounced dead in hospital at

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Kenya embarrasses itself maritime dispute, Somalia territory is not negotiable

Kenya has since tried to negotiate Somalia to drop the ICJ case for a more diplomatic bilateral settlement to restore relations between the two countries. The call for a negotiated settlement was echoed by sentiments from the Galmudug State, which with a veiled reference to Kenya, called for partners and neighbouring countries to put the

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The Latest: Iran spokesman: Iran needs 20% enriched uranium

This June 13, 2019 false-color image from the European Commission’s Sentinel-2 satellite that was processed by Sinergise’s Sentinel Hub website shows the Norwegian-owned MT Front Altair, bottom right, ablaze with smoke rising from it in the Gulf of Oman after what the U.S. described as a limpet mine attack by Iran. Iran has denied being

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