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Former soccer star, George Weah, on Monday took the oath of office as the 24th President of Liberia with a pledge to build an equal, free and just country. Delivering his inaugural address, Weah promised to do everything within his...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 22, (THEWILL) - Football legend, George Weah, has been sworn in as the 24th President of the Republic of Liberia. Weah took his oath of office at exactly noon inside the 35,000 capacity Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports...

At least four gunmen have launched an attack on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, Afghan officials say. Special forces killed two of the attackers, an interior ministry spokesman said, and are trying to get to the others. The gunmen stormed the hotel on...

The U.S. government shut down at midnight on Friday after Democrats and Republicans, locked in a bitter dispute over immigration and border security, failed to agree on a last-minute deal to fund its operations. But both sides may now be...

Kenya's health minister has ordered an investigation into claims new mothers were sexually assaulted at a flagship hospital in the capital Nairobi. Social media posts alleged that male staff members targeted the women when they went to feed their babies. The...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 16, (THEWILL) - Britain has announced that it would be putting girls and women at the heart of its work to end conflict in nine countries including Iraq, Nigeria and South Sudan. "Empowering women and girls improves peace...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 16, (THEWILL) - Pope Francis has apologised for cases of sexual abuse by clergy in the Catholic Church, saying he felt pain and shame at the irreparable damage caused to children by some ministers of the church. "I...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 14, (THEWILL) - Liberia's ruling Unity Party has expelled the country's outgoing president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf from the party for allegedly failing to support its candidate to succeed her. Ms Sirleaf, who is a Nobel Peace Prize...

The ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia may have launched a revolution in gender equality as it allowed its women to enter a football stadium for the first time to watch a match. The new measure which started Friday comes after Riyadh announced...

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday welcomed recent progress in inter-Korean talks during a telephone call with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, the South’s Blue House said in a statement. At Tuesday’s talks, North Korea said it would attend the...