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Egyptians began casting their ballots on Monday in a presidential election that will run over three days and is likely to keep President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in power. Sisi is running against just one other candidate, Mousa Mostafa Mousa, after several

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday strongly punted the idea of creating a single homogeneous currency for African countries in a bid to attract infrastructure investment and enable ease of intra-African trade. Speaking as a panelist on financing intra-Africa trade

three package bombs left on doorsteps in suburban neighborhoods have exploded in less than two weeks in Texas’ capital city, killing two people, wounding two others and leaving investigators vowing to look at any possible explanation for a motive. Police said

About 30 candidates for elections taking place in Mexico in July have already been murdered, Interior Minister Alfonso Navarrete said Monday. Those targeted were mostly hoping to contest mayoral and regional parliamentary seats, according to Navarrete, with the southwestern state of

Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah unharmed, several others injured, after explosion hits convoy at Beit Hanoun crossing. An explosion has struck the convoy of Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah upon his entrance into the Gaza Strip, lightly injuring several people. The explosive

A Hartford man due in court to answer a charge of stealing a car apparently stole a car to get to court, police said. Jonathan Rivera, 25, was at Superior Court in Hartford on Wednesday to answer a charge of first-degree

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mahamadu Buhari, has assured President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of his support to fight corruption in Ghana. Delivering the Special Guest of Honour Speech during Ghana’s 61st Independence Anniversary Parade at the Black

The Islamic State (IS) group has published a video purporting to show an ambush in Niger in which four US soldiers were killed last October. It is not clear why the release of the video – on an IS outlet on