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NAN reports that the Nigerian leader was initially placed as the number 20 on the list of the speakers out of the 193 world leaders that would address the Assembly.

The 73rd session of the UN General Assembly opened on Wednesday with its President, María Fernanda Espinosa, pledging to use her tenure to bring the world body closer to the people.

China is not afraid of “extreme-measures” the United States is taking in their trade war and will use it as an opportunity to replace imports, promote localisation and development of high-tech-products, state media said on Wednesday.

Fifteen Liberians, including the son of former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, were banned from leaving the country on Wednesday.

More than 50 cases were reported in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur and the neighbouring Selangor State.

In excerpts of the tell-all book published by The Guardian of London, Daniels gave graphic detail of her alleged affair with Trump, including one nightmarish image in which she compares the president’s penis to Toad — the incredibly…

Senator Chuck Grassley said Christine Blasey Ford, a university professor in California whose allegations have put Kavanaugh’s once-safe nomination in serious jeopardy, has not responded to attempts by the Judiciary Committee, which…

An Italian Catholic Priest who was working as a Missionary in Niger Republic has been kidnapped, a Vatican news agency reported on Tuesday.

Muhammad Lukman Mohamad, a 29-year-old father of one, was convicted of trafficking in cannabis, a crime punishable by death in Malaysia.

Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, disclosed this at the Security Council meeting on Non-proliferation and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, also known as North Korea

Ridha Chalgoum said in a statement in Tunis that debt service would exceed 9 billion dinar next year, compared with about 5.1 in 2016, without given details.

An outbreak of African swine fever in China is proving to be a windfall for chicken farmers, helping drive up prices of the country’s second-most popular meat to two-and-a-half year highs.

Passengers waiting at the Daniel Z Romualdez Airport were confronted by the reptile in the airport’s main terminal.

The US Department of Defence said about 7,000 troops were also deployed to respond to Florence in the coming days after it caused catastrophic flooding in North and South Carolina.

Rwanda on Saturday freed Victoire Ingabire, an opposition leader, who had served six years of a 15-year jail term, after President Paul Kagame exercised his power to grant a pardon.

Google checks showed that President Trump was referencing an Obama slip that was made about 10 years ago

As of Friday morning, there have been more than 4,000 suspected cases, including 58 confirmed cases and 25 cholera-related deaths, WHO said

The World Health Organisation and the UN Children’s Fund confirmed on Friday, saying they have stepped up community-based efforts to tackle the Ebola disease in the eastern DRC

The two men were charged in the city of Lyon on Wednesday with association with criminals and possession of explosives, the official said without naming the target or giving details of the plot.

Trump responded on Twitter to a study commissioned by the Puerto Rican government that estimated the death toll connected to Maria at 2,975.