Chad's former president Hissene Habre will on Monday begin an appeal against his life sentence for war crimes and crimes against humanity - a verdict hailed as a landmark for Africa. The Extraordinary African Chambers,

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Hundreds of thousands of protestors returned to the streets of Seoul Saturday, demanding impeached President Park Geun-Hye's immediate removal and the salvaging of a sunken ferry which left more than 300 dead. Park was impeached

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Burundi authorities have arrested six people in connection with the murder of the country's environment minister, the prosecutor general said Saturday. Emmanuel Niyonkuru, 54, the country's water, environment and planning minister, was shot dead shortly

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Turkey on Saturday ordered the dismissal of almost 8,400 civil servants and the closure of over 80 associations, including sports clubs, in the latest round of purges after the July failed coup. More than 100,000

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Two major bus crashes in Morocco and Algeria killed a total of 19 people early Saturday and injured almost three dozen more, media reported. The worst accident took place in southern Morocco when a truck

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A French court on Friday acquitted a man for helping migrants who had sneaked into the country from Italy as immigration issues play a major role ahead of this year's elections. "In France today we

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Iraq and Turkey's prime ministers held talks Saturday in Baghdad which both said reflected progress in resolving a bitter row over the presence of Turkish troops in northern Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said

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Pro-China protesters waving placards reading "Independence will get you nowhere" greeted Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong and three rebel lawmakers as they arrived in Taipei Saturday. Wong, along with Hong Kong legislators Nathan Law,

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Turkey's parliament will next week start a fortnight of debates on a controversial new constitution aimed at expanding the powers of the presidency under Recep Tayyip Erdogan, state media said on Saturday. The new constitution,

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Florida's Fort Lauderdale International Airport was open again Saturday after a shooting rampage by an Iraq war veteran that killed five people, wounded eight, and sent thousands scrambling for safety. Police identified the suspect as

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