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Tunisia Hunts For Libya-Trained Suspects After Hotel Attack

Tunisian authorities were on Thursday hunting further suspects in the Sousse hotel attack identified by officials as part of a group trained in a Libyan jihadist camp alongside gunmen who carried out a massacre at a Tunis museum. Thirty-eight foreigners,...

Mozambique Decriminalises Gay And Lesbian Relationships

Mozambique has decriminalised homosexuality in its new penal code, making it one of a few African countries where same-sex relationships are legal. The revised code, in force from Wednesday, drops a colonial-era clause outlawing "vices against nature". There were no prosecutions...

Liberia Confirms Second Ebola Case

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BEVERLY HILLS, July 01, (THEWILL) – Liberia Tuesday confirmed a second case of the deadly Ebola disease just a day after a new case was detected forcing the World Health Organisation (WHO) to withdraw the Ebola-free certification it had...

IAEA Chief Heads To Iran As Nuclear Talks Reach Last Stretch

The global nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday its boss would fly to Tehran to discuss some of the last big issues that need to be resolved so that Iran and world powers can reach a breakthrough final nuclear deal...

Before Obama Trip, U.S. Gay Ruling Inspires Hope And Revulsion In Africa

U.S. President Barack Obama hailed last week's Supreme Court decision to allow same-sex marriage as a "thunderbolt" but few share his view of gay rights in socially and religiously conservative Africa, which he visits this month. In most of Africa's...

Taliban Wound 21 Afghans, Kill One In Attack On NATO Convoy

A Taliban suicide car bomb attack on a convoy of NATO troops in Kabul on Tuesday wounded 21 Afghan civilians and killed one, police and witnesses said. Two coalition soldiers suffered light wounds, a U.S. public affairs officer said in...

Liberia Loses Ebola-Free Status After New Confirmed Case

BEVERLY HILLS, June 30 (THEWILL) –  The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday in Geneva that Liberia has lost its Ebola-free status after a new case of the deadly disease was confirmed. Tarik Jasarevic, WHO Spokesman, said a new case was...

Dozens Killed As Indonesian Military Plane Crashes

SAN FRANCISCO, June 30, (THEWILL) – An aircraft belonging to the Indonesian military has crashed a few minutes after take off in the city of Medan, the capital of North Sumatra Province, authorities said Tuesday. At least 38 bodies have...

Chibok Girls ‘Forced To Join Nigeria’s Boko Haram’

Some of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria have been forced to join Islamist militant group Boko Haram, the BBC has been told. Witnesses say some are now being used to terrorise other captives, and are even carrying out killings...

South Africa’s Govt To Appeal Court Ruling Over Bashir

South Africa's government will challenge a high court ruling that found the state erred in letting Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir leave the country despite a court order barring him from doing so. Bashir, who was in South Africa for...