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October 05, (THEWILL) - Citizens celebrated as Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was sworn in for a new five-year term at Meskel square, with "peace" being a keyword from African presidents speaking at the inauguration celebration. While congratulating Mr. Abiy following...

October 05, (THEWILL) - Islamist militants have killed 14 soldiers in northern Burkina Faso. Seven other soldiers were wounded in the attack near the town of Yirgou, early on Monday. The defence ministry said a counter-attack was launched that killed several insurgents. In...

October 05, (THEWILL) - The Texas State Board of Pardons and Paroles has voted to recommend George Floyd for a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug conviction. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man who died in handcuffs with a white Minneapolis...

October 05, (THEWILL) - Taiwan needs to be on alert for China's "over the top" military activities, the Premier said on Tuesday, after a record 56 Chinese aircraft flew into Taiwan's air defence zone, while the President said the...

October 05, (THEWILL) - New Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday affirmed Tokyo's alliance with the United States and hinted at concerns about China's posture on Taiwan. Kishida told reporters on Tuesday morning in Tokyo he had received a "strong"...

Japan's new Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, exchanged fist bumps with lawmakers after he was formally elected by Parliament on Monday, as public broadcaster NHK said he was set to dissolve the body next week and call an election for...

October 04, (THEWILL) - The family of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, kingpins of the country's politics since Independence, secretly owned a network of offshore companies for decades, according to a huge leak of financial papers. The Pandora Papers , all...

October 04, (THEWILL) - A massive leak of financial documents was published by several major news organizations on Sunday that allegedly tie world leaders to secret stores of wealth, including King Abdullah of Jordan, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis...

October 04, (THEWILL) - The two Koreas on Monday restored their hotlines that the North severed months ago, with Pyongyang urging Seoul to step up efforts to improve relations after criticising what it called double standards over weapons development. In...

October 04, (THEWILL) - The French Catholic Church has had an estimated 3,000 paedophiles in its ranks over the past 70 years, the head of an independent commission investigating the sex abuse scandal has revealed. The scandal in the French...