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SAN FRANCISCO, August 21, (THEWILL) - The moon has completely blocked out the sun’s rays in a rare total solar eclipse over North America. The total eclipse, centred in a 100-kilometer-wide band stretching across 14 states, was first visible in...

SAN FRANCISCO, August 16, (THEWILL) - Kenyan opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has finally made his decision on his country’s disputed polls saying he would challenge the result in the country’s Supreme court. THEWILL recalls that the Kenyan election board had...

Iraq's parliament on Tuesday questioned acting Trade Minister Salman al-Jumaili over corruption allegations linked to the ministry, mostly stemming from a deal to import Indian rice in 2016. The minister, a Sunni Muslim in a government dominated by Shi'ites, was...

SAN FRANCISCO, August 15, (THEWILL) - Zimbabwe’s first lady, Grace Mugabe, has handed herself in to South African police on Tuesday and may be charged with assault after reports that she attacked a young woman, Gabriella Engels in Johannesburg. South...

BEVERLY HILLS, August 14, (THEWILL) - No fewer than 312 people have lost their lives to a mudslide on the outskirts of Freetown, Sierra Leone capital. According to the local Red Cross Spokesman, Patrick Massaquoi, the toll could rise further as his...

BEVERLY HILLS, August 13, (THEWILL) - Kenyan police killed 11 people in a crackdown on protesters as anger at the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta erupted in the western city of Kisumu and slums around the capital. Rueters, quoting a security...

SAN FRANCISCO, August 11, (THEWILL) - After keeping the world waiting for hours, Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) finally declared President Uhuru Kenyatta winner of the country’s Presidential election. He garnered 54.2 per cent of votes, according to final...

BEVERLY HILL, August 09, (THEWILL) - Five transgender women in the US military are suing President Donald Trump and the Pentagon over Trump’s recent announcement to enforce a ban on transgender people serving in uniform. In the lawsuit filed in a...

SAN FRANCISCO, August 08, (THEWILL) - A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled southwest China late Tuesday with up to 100 feared dead, according to a government estimate. Five people have been confirmed dead and more than 60 were injured in the quake, the official Xinhua...

BEVERLY HILLS, August 04, (THEWILL) - About 20 gunmen, in military uniforms, on Friday, attacked a police station in Adzope, south-eastern Ivory Coast overnight, temporarily shutting officers inside and stealing weapons. The raid in the town, about 100 km (60 miles) north...