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Six people were killed in a bomb attack on a base operated by Polish and Afghan forces in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni on Wednesday, local officials and a Reuters witness said. Another 20 people - including at least...

Israel ordered a small-scale mobilization of reservists on Wednesday and strengthened its missile defenses as precautions against possible Syrian attack should Western powers carry out threatened strikes on Syria. But an Israeli official briefed on a meeting of Prime Minister...

Egypt should not ban the Muslim Brotherhood or exclude it from politics after the army's overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, the interim prime minister said, reversing his previous stated view. The apparent about-turn fuelled speculation that the military-installed government...

China's e-commerce market is expected to leapfrog that of the United States this year to become the world's largest by total customer spending, management consultancy firm Bain & Company says, and could account for half of all Chinese retail...

Energy shares buoyed Wall Street on Wednesday as oil prices jumped after the United States and its allies appeared ready to attack Syria, raising concerns over global oil supplies. Selling pressure abated on equities following stocks' worst day since June...

Emerging stocks, bonds and currencies took another hammering on Wednesday as mounting expectations of Western action against Syria pushed up oil prices and drove investors to seek shelter in dollar assets. The United States and its allies appeared to be...

Switzerland has given the go-ahead to finalize a joint statement with the United States that it hopes will bring to an end a long, costly dispute over Swiss banks that have sheltered U.S. tax evaders. The government said on Wednesday...

SAN FRANCISCO, August 28, (THEWILL) – Taraba State Governor, Danbaba Suntai Wednesday dissolved the entire State Executive Committee and all special advisers. The state government has also announced the immediate appointment of Mr. Timothy Katap as the new Secretary to...

SAN FRANCISCO, August 28, (THEWILL) – FBN Holdings Plc Tuesday reported its unaudited IFRS compliant results for the first half of the year which ended in June. The highlights of the Profit and loss of the publicly listed company are...

One would wonder why I have chosen to respond to Dele Momodu’s recent well publicised “brotherly advice” to the amiable, widely acclaimed and indefatigable governor of Akwa Ibom State, His Excellency, Godswill Obot Akpabio. To justify my intervention in...