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Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma has again refused to sign a bill legalising abortion, saying it should be put to a referendum. It was unanimously passed by MPs in December, but Mr Koroma refused to sign it after protests...

Donald Trump has called off a rally in Chicago after protests against the Republican presidential front-runner led to violent clashes. Hundreds of protesters gathered at the venue at the University of Illinois at Chicago hours before Mr Trump was due. Inside...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 11, (THEWILL) – One hundred and seventy-two Nigerians have been deported from Libya over immigration related offences. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deportees, comprising 166 male and six female, arrived the Hajj Camp...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 11, (THEWILL) – Ben Carson, world-class neurosurgeon and former Republican Party presidential candidate, has declared his support for fellow GOP hopeful, Donald Trump, having abandoned his own campaign. Speaking at a press conference during Trump’s campaign, on...

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Thursday in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions, as South Korean and U.S. forces conducted massive war games. The North also announced it had scrapped all agreements with the...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday that Islamic State's military commander was badly wounded but still alive, appearing to contradict U.S. officials who said he was likely killed in a U.S. air strike. The U.S. officials said...

Pope Francis on Thursday made key changes to the complex and often opaque financial procedures involved in the making of Roman Catholic saints. A decree calls for new controls on the costs of making saints, which can amount to hundreds...

Kenya is losing a third of its state budget - the equivalent of about $6 billion - to corruption every year, the country's new anti-graft chief told Reuters, saying his agency was badly short of staff and modern equipment...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 09, (THEWILL) – Authorities in Brazil have filed corruption charges against former President Lula da Silva following a sprawling corruption probe into state-owned oil giant Petrobas, according to local media reports. The former President was detained and...

Israel's prime minister has rejected a White House claim that it was surprised by his decision to turn down the offer of talks with President Barack Obama. US officials complained on Monday that they had learnt via the media that...