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Gabonese justice minister resigns post-election chaos 06 Sep 2016 - 02:19 pm

TOPSHOT - This photo taken on September 3, 2016 in Libreville shows the shattered windscreen of a car inside of Gabon's opposition leader...

WHO confirms 3rd polio case in Nigeria 06 Sep 2016 - 02:08 pm

By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, Nigeria: The World Health Organization (WHO) late Monday confirmed that a new polio case had been recorded in Nigeria's...

Nigerian police arrest reporter for 'Boko Haram links' 06 Sep 2016 - 02:03 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: A Nigerian journalist wanted over purported links to Boko Haram was arrested at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the capital Abuja,...

IS announces death of Australian jihadist in Syria 06 Sep 2016 - 01:31 pm

(Photo: Herald Sun) Beirut: The Islamic State group has announced the death in Syria of an Australian jihadist convicted over a 2005 plot...

Black Lives Matter protesters shut London airport 06 Sep 2016 - 11:39 am

Emergency services surround protestors from the movement Black Lives Matter after they locked themselves to a tripod on the runway at London City...

BA passengers stranded as glitch hits worldwide check-ins 06 Sep 2016 - 10:29 am

British Airways logos are seen on tailfins at Heathrow Airport in west London. (REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo) London: British Airways warned Tuesday that customers...

500 year-old skull goes online in 3D as part of Mary Rose project 05 Sep 2016 - 04:57 pm

(FILES) This file photo taken on May 07, 2013 shows detail on a cannon found on the wreck of the Tudor warship Mary...

Fire kills one at Ethiopian dissident prison 05 Sep 2016 - 03:12 pm

Addis Ababa: A fire at a prison housing political prisoners in the Ethiopian capital has killed at least one person, the government said...

Internet back in Gabon but post-poll tensions rife 05 Sep 2016 - 02:23 pm

People symbolically pose on the ground as seen in a reflection during a demonstration of Gabonese associations at the Old Port of Marseille...

Italy rescues 500 boat migrants, six bodies off Libya 05 Sep 2016 - 02:12 pm

ROME: The Italian navy rescued nearly 500 boat migrants off the coast of Libya on Monday and recovered the bodies of six people...

Zambia court throws out election result challenge 05 Sep 2016 - 01:03 pm

Zambia's President Edgar Lungu (Reuters) Lusaka: Zambia's constitutional court on Monday threw out an attempt by the defeated presidential candidate to annul August's...

Bumpy start to Obama's China trip, beginning with the stairs 04 Sep 2016 - 03:50 pm

U.S. President Barack Obama arrives to attend the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, September 4, 2016. REUTERS/Rolex dela Pena/Pool Associated Press...

Pope declares Mother Teresa a saint 04 Sep 2016 - 11:58 am

A general view of Saint Peter's Square as Pope Francis leads a mass for the canonisation of MotherTeresa of Calcutta at the Vatican...

Crowds flock to Vatican for Mother Teresa sainthood ceremony 04 Sep 2016 - 11:06 am

Faithful wait for the holy mass and Canonisation of Mother Teresa of Kolkata, on St. Peter square in the Vatican, on September 4,...

Gabon's post-election violence claims more lives 04 Sep 2016 - 12:00 am

This photo taken on September 3, 2016 in Libreville shows bullet holes in the window of a guard post on the gate of...

Lithuania sends ammunition to Ukraine to fight rebels 03 Sep 2016 - 05:35 pm

Vilnius: Lithuania has supplied 150 tonnes of ammunition to Ukrainian troops fighting pro-Russian separatists in the country's east, the Baltic NATO member said...

Zambian court allows more time for poll challenge 03 Sep 2016 - 04:43 pm

Lusaka: Zambia's constitutional court gave the country's main opposition leader two more days Saturday to present a petition challenging last month's disputed re-election...