FRANCE: Court says ex-president should be tried over campaign funding
A French appeals court has ruled that former President Nicolas Sarkozy should answer charges of illicit financing of his failed 2012 election campaign
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UNITED STATES: US to ‘deploy 800 troops to border’ ahead of caravan
Defence Secretary James Mattis is expected to deploy around 800 troops to the US-Mexico border to stop a migrant caravan, US media say. The soldiers w
ETHIOPIA: Sahle-Work becomes first female president
Ethiopian members of parliament have elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country’s first female president. Ms Sahle-Work is an experienced diplomat who ha
S/ARABIA: Khashoggi murder premeditated: Saudi prosecutor
Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor said on Thursday the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate this month was premedit
ITALY: Nigerian, two others arrested over girl’s killing
Three migrants from Senegal and Nigeria have been arrested by police investigating the rape and killing of a girl whose death has been seized upon by