JAPAN: PM Shinzo Abe calls snap election
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called an election a year early and will dissolve parliament on Thursday. Mr Abe said he was seeking a fresh ma
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SOUTH AFRICA: Broadcaster sorry for ”Zuma ex-wife” title
South Africa’s public broadcaster has apologised to Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, a leading politician, for referring to her as President Jacob Zuma&r
Hurricane Maria: Buhari orders evacuation of Nigerian students in Dominican Island
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate evacuation of Nigerian students stranded in Dominican Island occasioned by the reported Hurricane
India unveils $2.5bn plan to electrify all households by end 2018
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a 2.5-billion-dollar project to electrify the country’s households by th
Russia denies striking US – backed militia in Syria
The Russian Defense Ministry on Monday denied a media report that Russian warplanes had struck U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led militia in the vicinity of