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Christians are facing extinction in Iraq after ISIS forced 125,000 people to flee their homes, the Archbishop of Irbil has warned. Rt. Rev. Bashar Warda said the Christian community had been reduced by 83 per cent between the end of…

A South African court on Friday reserved judgment of former President Jacob Zuma’s demand for a permanent stay of prosecution. The High Court in the eastern town of Pietermaritzburg is expected to take about three months to make a…

Nestle remains committed to confectionery, despite unloading its U.S. chocolate operations during a review of the food giant’s operations, Chief Executive Mark Schneider told an event in Switzerland on Friday. “Our wide portfolio makes…

Kenya’s High Court on Friday was set to decide whether same-sex relations are crimes in the East African nation. The case challenges colonial-era laws that criminalise homosexuality with a maximum jail sentence of 14 years. “The potential…

India’s opposition Congress party which slumped to a second landslide defeat in elections is due to hold a high-level meeting in which its leader Rahul Gandhi could offer his resignation, news reports said on Friday. Prime Minister…

An explosion inside a mosque in the east of Kabul has left one dead and wounded another 16, the Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs said. The person killed was a cleric named Mawlawi Raihan, ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said. READ…

Psalm West, the newest addition to the home of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, US celebrity couple, is on course to owning a business line. TMZ reports that Kim Kardashian, his mother, filed for Psalm’s trademark protection under her…

Theresa May has announced she will step down as UK Prime Minister, after three bruising years that saw her fail to deliver Brexit. May said Friday she would quit as leader of the Conservative Party on Friday June 7. Her announcement…

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of China’s Huawei Technologies was lying about his company’s ties to the Beijing government. Pompeo believed more American companies would cut ties…

An Egyptian court on Thursday ordered the release of Al Jazeera journalist, Mahmoud Hussein after being detained for more than two years, legal sources said. Hussein, an Egyptian national, was arrested in December 2016 when he was on a…