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  • IMF, World Bank leaders appeal for an end to trade wars

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    World Bank President David Malpass walks to the podium before he speaks at the opening ceremony of the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings in Washington, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis

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  • Officials: Blast at Afghan mosque kills 62 during prayers

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    A wounded man is brought by stretcher into a hospital after a mortar was fired by insurgents in Haskamena district of Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. An Afghan

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  • Turkey agrees with U.S. to pause Syria assault while Kurds withdraw

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    U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary meets with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir Turkey agreed on

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  • Vaping-related illnesses still rising, though at slower pace

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    Photo (AP) Vaping-related illnesses in the U.S. are still rising, though at a slightly slower pace. Health officials of Thursday said there have been 1,479 cases and at least 33 deaths in the

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  • International Court of Justice grants Kenya another delay in maritime case with Somalia

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    Kenya has been calling for an out of court settlement but Somalia has insisted on the International Court of Justice. International Court of Justice grants Kenya another delay in maritime case

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IMF, World Bank leaders appeal for an end to trade wars

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World Bank President David Malpass walks to the podium before he speaks at the opening ceremony of the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings in Washington, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis

Officials: Blast at Afghan mosque kills 62 during prayers

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Turkey agrees with U.S. to pause Syria assault while Kurds withdraw

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Vaping-related illnesses still rising, though at slower pace

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Promising jobs and justice, Ramaphosa sworn in as South Africa’s president

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Cyril Ramaphosa takes the oath of office at his inauguation as South African president, at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria, South Africa May 25, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko Trade

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Yemen’s Houthis say they attacking Saudi Arabia’s Abha and Jizan airports with drones

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Yemen’s Houthi movement targeted Abha and Jizan airports in southern Saudi Arabia with drone attacks on Sunday, the group’s Al-Masirah TV said. There was no immediate Saudi confirmation of the

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Denmark to move ‘unwanted’ migrants to remote island

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Parliament ratified controversial draft law allowing to move ‘unwanted’ migrants to a remote island COPENHAGEN, Denmark Danish parliament approved on Thursday a controversial draft law allowing

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Kenya plane with 55 people crashes

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Bystanders watch the Fokker 50, 5Y-IZO plane operated by Silverstone Air that crash landed after take-off from the Wilson Airport in Nairobi, Kenya October 11, 2019. (Reuters Photo) Several

Mogadishu Mayor has held a meeting James Swan, the UN envoy in Somalia

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Mogadishu mayor, Omar Mohamud Mohamed has held a meeting with the James Swan, the UN envoy in Somalia in which he sought to have the UN play a greater role in rebuilding the city. The mayor said

Ethiopia’s reformist PM Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel peace prize

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FILE – In this Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 file photo, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the European Council headquarters in Brussels. The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize was given to Ethiopian

Trump’s Anti-Somali Refugee Comments at Minnesota Rally Weren’t Even a Dog Whistle

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President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) Donald Trump, the president of the United States, launched into an anti-immigrant

EU, British negotiators hold ‘constructive’ meeting on Brexit deal as departure date nears

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European Council, President Donald Tusk attends a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus October 11, 2019. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou/Pool The British and European Union

Somali President Farmajo attended the East Africa Conference

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Photo/Somali Times Addis Ababa, The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, in his opening remarks at the opening of the Unity Park, a tourism project in

Iran reports Explosion at Iran oil tanker off Saudi Arabia

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Photo/Irna news An explosion damaged an Iranian oil tanker traveling through the Red Sea near Saudi Arabia on Friday, Iranian media reported. There was no immediate word from Saudi Arabia on the

Two businessmen linked to Trump Ukraine scandal arrested on U.S. charges

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has coffee with Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, U.S.

A Delegation led by President Farmajo arrives in Addis Ababa

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Photo/Somali Times Addis Ababa, Somali President Mohamed Abdulahi Farmajo a delegation arrives in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital on Thursday. Upon arrival at Bole Int’l airport, President

Protection for refugees in Indonesia: A state responsibility

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The UN estimates that as of last June, Indonesia had been a host to almost 14,000 refugees and asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Myanmar, Sudan, etc. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan) Refugees in