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World powers will refrain from raising pressure on Iran at a U.N. nuclear meeting next week to give its new moderate president time to show he is serious about moves to reduce tensions over its atomic activity, Western diplomats...

U.S. stock index futures were little changed Thursday, as investors were reluctant to make big bets following steep gains in the previous session, and ahead of data that could provide a clue on the timing of changes to monetary...

Nigeria's state oil company warned investors interested in three shallow water oil blocks offered for sale by Chevron (CVX.N) that buyers may lose the right to operate them. U.S.-based Chevron is selling minority stakes in joint ventures that operate five...

Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris, AT&T and America Movil have made contact with the core Telecom Italia investors who want to sell their shares in the Italian group, a source close to the situation said. The three have not expressed a...

The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged on Thursday, and markets turned their attention to ECB chief Mario Draghi's news conference for any signs a euro zone recovery will affect the bank's policy stance. Abandoning its tradition of never...

The Bank of England announced no changes to interest rates or its bond-buying program and made no further statement on its policy on Thursday. The BoE had been expected to take a breather following a hectic couple of months under...

...As Nigerian Navy releases hijacked vessel SAN FRANCISCO, September 05, (THEWILL) – The outlawed Niger Delta militant group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), on Wednesday, threatened to launch an attack on the facility of American oil...

Followers of style and policy drive of the State of Osun's Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola should by now known that he holds two programmes - Education and Agriculture - tenaciously dear to his heart, out of the six policy...

The origin of the Igbo people is a mystery and a subject of greater controversy, more controversial than that of every other ethnic group in Nigeria and probably in Africa. There are so many versions of Igbo origin and it...

...Making the investments needed to end poverty Africa’s impressive growth record over the past decade has replaced previous headlines of a “hopeless” continent to ones of a “rising” Africa. The continent has been home to some of the fastest growing...