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The former governor of Tamaulipas, Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba, is charged with spending $3.5 million in bribes to purchase real estate in the US. After being charged with paying millions of dollars in bribes for real estate acquisitions …

People wait to be counted as census enumerators visit homes on Ibeshe island, 29 km (18 miles) from Lagos, Nigeria, on March 23, 2006, in the country's last census. REUTERS/George Esiri. ABUJA, March 15 (Reuters) - Nigeria will now hold…

In an effort to strengthen ties after friction over the two-year war in the Tigray region, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Ethiopia's Foreign Minister in Addis Ababa. A lot of work is required. Strengthening the peace that has…

The UN's nuclear watchdog says it is trying to locate around two and a half tonnes of uranium that have gone missing from a site in Libya not under government control. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said its inspectors…

The United Kingdom’s finance minister, Jeremy Hunt, has hailed his plan aimed at speeding up a stagnating economy as tens of thousands of workers who are furious with the government went on strike, calling for better working conditions and…

At least 11 people have been killed in a coal mine explosion in central Colombia, the governor of the country’s Cundinamarca department has said, and 10 other miners remain trapped underground. The incident in the municipality of…

Idlib, Syria – Thousands of people in opposition-held northwestern Syria have taken to the streets to mark the 12th anniversary of popular protests calling for the downfall of President Bashar al-Assad and his government. The…

Floods caused by torrential rains have hit two Turkish provinces that were devastated by last month’s earthquakes, killing at least 13 people and increasing the misery of thousands who were left homeless, officials say. Turkish media…

Congolese rhythm guitarist Lokassa ya Mbongo has died, his long-time friend and fellow guitarist Ngouma Lokito has said. Lokassa, who was 77, died on Tuesday night at a hospital in Nashua in New Hampshire, US, where he had been living…

About 5,000 supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko gathered in the capital, Dakar, on Tuesday for a three-day protest to show support for the aspiring presidential candidate, who faces a libel case set to resume this week.…