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Chelsea have agreed a deal with Barcelona to sign winger Pedro for a fee of £21m. The 28-year-old, who was a target for Manchester United, is flying to London to finalise terms on the transfer. The Spain international is a product...

German lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in favor of a third Greek bailout on Wednesday, heeding a call from Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble to give Greece the chance for a new start, despite his own concerns it might not work. There was...

Applications for U.S. home mortgages rose last week as refinancing applications jumped, an industry group said on Wednesday. The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage application activity, which includes both refinancing and home purchase demand, rose...

It had been five months since an Ebola death when Musa Kamara traveled to his hometown for festivities to mark the end of Ramadan. Not long after his sudden death in this roadside village, authorities came with a grim...

Police in Thailand released a sketch Wednesday of the man they believe carried out this week's deadly Bangkok bombing, and offered a 1 million baht ($28,000) reward for help leading to his arrest. But apart from a rough portrait,...

The Nigerian Army says troops have arrested two fleeing key members of Boko Haram terrorist in Geidam, Yobe State, north-east Nigeria. Spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Col. Sani Usman made the disclosure in a statement, adding that two pick up...

Ahmad al-Assir had spent two years on the run after clashing with the Lebanese army but was spotted as he tried to travel through airport Not even a 70s-style makeover could help a fugitive Sunni Muslim cleric flee Lebanon. Ahmad al-Assir,...

Of all the humbling moments I have had in life, the most outstanding one was earlier this year upon being re-elected Governor by the good people of Oyo state. It was all the validation I needed, as the people of...

Everything in and about Nigeria is in a waiting pattern. Everybody, Nigerians and foreigners alike, are waiting on President Muhammadu Buhari. This pattern is a profoundly sobering lesson. It is also both a risk and an opportunity.   I had an...

Back in the mid-2000s, I remember taking a class on journalism that introduced me to a few of the immutable tenets of the profession. I remember that with every piece that myself and my other classmates submitted, our professor...