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France, Germany, Britain and the European Union issued a joint condemnation of the U.S. move to place fresh sanctions on the Iranian economy, vowing to protect European companies doing “legitimate” business with Tehran. “We deeply regret the reimposition of sanctions by

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told the US he considered murdered writer Jamal Khashoggi to be a dangerous Islamist, media reports say. Prince Mohammed reportedly said this in a phone call with the White House after Khashoggi disappeared but before

Prominent Ethiopian human rights lawyer Meaza Ashenafi has been elected as the first woman to head the country’s federal supreme court. Her name was put forward by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and MPs unanimously approved the appointment. It’s the latest in

A US missionary has been killed in Cameroon about two weeks after moving there with his wife and eight children. Charles Wesco was in a car with his wife, son, another missionary and a driver on their way to a market

Authorities in Tanzanian have announced the creation of a surveillance squad whose job it will be to identify gay people on social media and arrest them. Paul Makonda, regional commissioner for the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, said the 17-member team

The Nigerian police say they have arrested 400 Shia Muslims following several days of protests in the capital, Abuja. The police say the members of the pro-Iran Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) had 31 petrol bombs as well as other dangerous

The outgoing Turkish Ambassador to Ghana Her Excellency Nesrin Bayazit, has recounted her experience and great strides made at improving diplomatic ties between Ghana and Turkey. A relationship spanning 60 years which started in 1958, during her tenure has been further

Infamous Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger has been found dead in a US federal prison in West Virginia. The 89-year-old was discovered unresponsive in his cell at the maximum security facility shortly after being transferred there from a Florida jail. US