Regional arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran are showing signs of warming relations
Experts say more work is needed to ease tensions after a five-year rift. Sunni kingpin Saudi Arabia and Shiite-majority Iran
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Some 86,000 jobs have been lost in the UK’s nightlife sector since 2019
an industry body said on Monday, blaming coronavirus closures. The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) said the sector accounted for
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Debt loads in low-income countries surged 12 percent to a record $860 billion in 2020 amid the pandemic
Prompting World Bank President David Malpass on Monday to call for a “comprehensive plan” to deal with the issue. “Sustainable
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Osinbajo on Monday said Nigeria’s official exchange rate is “artificially low”
He made the remark during a speech at the Midterm Ministerial Performance Review Retreat which was held at the Banquet
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The police in Lagos State on Monday warned against planned protests in commemoration of last year’s #EndSARS protests
The #EndSARS protests were held across the country last year as a campaign against police brutality but came to a
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Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has appointed a new government by decree
11 weeks after he fired the last one, the presidency said Monday. The president of the Republic has issued a
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Iraq has captured Sami Jasim, a high-ranking member of the Islamic State (IS) group
Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi said on Monday. Jasim, who allegedly served as a deputy to former IS group leader Abu Bakr
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Iraqis voted Sunday in parliamentary elections held months ahead of schedule as a concession to a youth-led popular uprising against corruption and mismanagement
The voting was marked by widespread apathy and a boycott by many of the young activists who thronged the streets of
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Lebanon’s electricity grid was back online Sunday after the army supplied fuel to two key power stations that had run out
A minister said, ending almost a day of total blackout. The Deir Ammar and Zahrani plants ground to a halt Saturday,
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Sierra Leone’s president on Friday signed a bill abolishing the death penalty
Declaring the West African country had “exorcised horrors of a cruel past” after a long campaign to end capital punishment.
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