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SAN FRANCISCO, August 29, (THEWILL) – The Supreme Court has upheld the election victory of  Dr.  Olusegun Mimiko as the duly elected  governor of Ondo State in the last governorship election in the state. On Thursday in Abuja, Justice Sylvester...

SAN FRANCISCO, August 29, (THEWILL) – Peace has returned to the Warri, Delta State chapter of the Independent Marketers Branch (IMB) of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Worker (NUPENG) as new executives of the association have been...

President Barack Obama made the case on Wednesday for a limited military strike against Syria in response to last week's chemical weapons attack even as he faced new obstacles with British allies and U.S. lawmakers that could delay any...

The United States on Thursday said it would transfer two men from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the government of Algeria after a comprehensive review of their cases. The Pentagon announced the transfer of Nabil Said...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday that Syria would defend itself against any aggression following reports that the United States and its allies were preparing military action in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack. "The threats of direct...

Pope Francis and King Abdullah of Jordan agreed during a meeting on Thursday that dialogue among Syrians with the backing of the international community was the "only option" to bring an end to the conflict in Syria, the Vatican...

United Nations inspectors, in Syria to determine whether forces have used chemical weapons in the civil war, will continue their investigations until Friday and plan to leave by Saturday morning, the U.N. chief said. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, speaking in...

Slightly more people were out of work in Germany in August than a month ago due in part to a summer lull, but the unemployment rate stayed near its lowest since the country reunified more than two decades ago,...

Signs of delay in expected Western military strikes on Syria ended a three-day sell off on world share markets on Thursday, but investors were on edge over whether any action would trigger turmoil across the Middle East. European stocks led...

Josef Ackermann, the chairman of Zurich Insurance (ZURN.VX) and former Deutsche Bank boss (DBKGn.DE), resigned on Thursday over the apparent suicide of the insurer's chief financial officer, further roiling the top ranks of the firm. Ackermann said the family of...