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US indicts Venezuela leader Maduro for 'narco-terrorism'
The indictments were issued in multiple US jurisdictions including New York and Miami, with charges running from 'conspiracy to narco-terrorism' to money laundering.
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US could be next 'virus epicentre' as India locks down, global recession looms
India joined the ranks of Britain and other countries clamping down to hold back the virus as business activity collapsed from Japan to the United States at a record pace in March.
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US sanctions Chinese, SA companies over Iran, petrochemicals
The United States has targeted a number of Chinese, Hong Kong and South African companies in a fresh round of Iran-related sanctions regarding petrochemicals, according to the US State Department said in a statement on Wednesday.
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US accuses Mozambique security forces of 'arbitrary' killings
In its 2019 global human rights assessment report dated Wednesday, the US State Department cited "unlawful or arbitrary killings by government security forces".
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Ethiopia chides US for 'undiplomatic' role in Nile Dam talks
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, set to become the largest hydropower plant in Africa, has been a source of tension between Addis Ababa and Cairo since Ethiopia broke ground on it in 2011.
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US to give Zambia $389 million grant for Aids relief
In addition to the $389 million, Zambia’s Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya said the United States would give Zambia funds specifically for the voluntary male circumcision programmes.
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Uncertainty looms ahead of US-Taliban deal signing
The agreement will likely be heralded as marking the start of a hopeful new era for Afghanistan, which has seen 40 years of conflict.
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Assange complains he cannot follow US extradition hearing
Assange (48) faces 18 counts in the US including conspiring to hack government computers and violating an espionage law for publishing thousands of classified diplomatic cables. He faces decades in prison if convicted.
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US braces for coronavirus spread as outbreaks worsen in Italy, Iran
Worsening infections in Iran, Italy and South Korea are of particular concern, world health officials said. South Korea and Italy stepped up emergency measures to help curb the virus’ global spread.
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'Guest is God': Crowds gather to greet Trump as he lands in India
India and the United States have built close political and security ties and Trump’s two-day trip is a sign of their converging interests, officials say, including a way to counter China’s rise as a superpower.
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Pompeo says prepared to talk to Iran 'anytime', pressure to continue
“We are not rushed, the pressure campaign continues. It’s not just an economic pressure campaign... it’s isolation through diplomacy as well."
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US-Taliban breakthrough appears closer as Ghani reports progress
Washington and the insurgents have been locked in gruelling talks that have stretched over more than a year for an agreement that would see the US pull thousands of troops from Afghanistan in a bid to end America's longest war.
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No port in a storm, but cruise ship laughs off virus fears
The Westerdam, with its 1,455 passengers and 802 crew, left Hong Kong on 1 February on what was meant to be a dream 14-day cruise across Asia, and was due to disembark this Saturday in Yokohama, Japan.
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Mozambique withdraws appeal to extradite former minister from SA
Both Mozambique and the United States (US) have been seeking to prosecute Chang over an alleged R30 billion fraud.
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US warns Israel against 'unilateral' West Bank moves
US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan, unveiled on 28 January, envisages Israel keeping key swathes of the occupied territory where Palestinians seek statehood. But the question of timing has opened up a rare rift between the allies.
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Kenya leader warns against US, China rivalry in Africa
President Uhuru Kenyatta was speaking on a visit to Washington, where speculation has built that the United States will seek to negotiate a free-trade agreement with Kenya, in what would be a first with an African nation.
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UK's Prince Andrew urged to cooperate with US over Epstein
US lawyer Gloria Allred, who represents five women allegedly assaulted by Epstein, said the Duke of York has 'a moral obligation' to meet with the FBI and that his failure to do so was 'a disservice to the victims'.
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US confirms second case of China virus, 50 under investigation
The contagion has so far claimed 26 lives in China, sickened hundreds and has spread across several Asian countries as well as the US.
