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South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has taken out a home loan to repay state money spent on non-security upgrades to his private residence, his office said on Monday, after a scandal over lavish improvements including a swimming pool and...

Three women have been killed after trying to stage an attack at the main police station in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa, officials say. The women, wearing hijabs, entered the station saying they wanted to report a stolen phone,...

Forces loyal to a Libyan general have attacked key oil terminals held by allies of the UN-backed government. Gen Khalifa Haftar's fighters say they took control of the Ras Lanuf and Sidra terminals but the claim was denied by a...

Russian environmental inspectors are trying to establish why a river near the Norilsk Nickel industrial complex in the Arctic has turned blood-red. Dramatic pictures of the discoloured Daldykan river have been posted widely on Russian media. The government daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta...

DNA testing has for the first time confirmed the identity of the bacteria behind London's Great Plague. The plague of 1665-1666 was the last major outbreak of bubonic plague in Britain, killing nearly a quarter of London's population. It's taken a...

Barack Obama has chided Donald Trump as "wacky" and "uninformed" after the Republican candidate said Russia's President Putin was a better leader. Speaking in Laos, Mr Obama said that every time Mr Trump spoke it became clearer that the Republican...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 06, (THEWILL) - The United Nations Security Council met on Tuesday in response to North Korea’s recent missile tests after US President Barack Obama warned the reclusive state that it was deepening its international isolation. THEWILL recalls...

Niger has banned the export of donkeys, warning that a three-fold increase in trade, mainly to Asian countries, is threatening its donkey population. "If the export continues the animals will be decimated," a government official has told the BBC. China imports...

China has warned that anyone advocating Hong Kong's independence could be punished, state media say. The stern message came after young pro-democracy activists won seats on Hong Kong's Legislative Council (LegCo). The Chinese government underlined its "resolute opposition" to any independence...

Hurricane Newton slammed into the twin resorts of Los Cabos on the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Tuesday morning, knocking out power in some places as stranded tourists huddled in their hotels. Newton made landfall with winds of 90...