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Zimbabwe poised to swear in new president, Mnangagwa
Published On: November 22, 2017 05:39 PM NPT By: Associated Press
ZIMBABWE, Nov 22: Zimbabwe’s recently fired vice president was set to return on Wednesday to be sworn in as the country’s new leader after Robert Mugabe announced his stunning resignation during impeachment proceedings against him.
Crimes of the Caliphate: Iraqi Shepherd Bears Witness to ISIS Massacre
Published On: November 22, 2017 12:06 PM NPT By: The New York Times
IRAQ, Nov 22: A shepherd heard the gunshots and the screaming. As Islamic State fighters executed at least 60 people at a remote military base in northern Iraq one day last year, he cowered in his home nearby, terrified. When it was safe to go out, he found piles of bodies; many of them he recognized as his neighbors. He buried them himself.
The dangers of forcing gender equality in Afghanistan
Published On: November 22, 2017 10:14 AM NPT By: Agencies
AFGHANISTAN, Nov 22: Sitting cross-legged on the floor of a sparsely decorated Kabul apartment, the young, bubbly woman told me why she lies to her neighbors.
All eyes on the 'Crocodile' as Zimbabwe's Mugabe resigns
Published On: November 22, 2017 08:54 AM NPT By: Reuters
HARARE, Nov 22: When Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe sacked his vice president in front of 12,000 baying party members in 2014, Emmerson Mnangagwa sat quietly in the crowd, a green baseball cap pulled low over his eyes.
South Korea, Japan welcome U.S. relisting North Korea as sponsor of terrorism
Published On: November 21, 2017 04:02 PM NPT By: Reuters
SEOUL, Nov 21: South Korea and Japan on Tuesday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to put North Korea back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism, saying it will ramp up pressure on the reclusive regime to get rid of its nuclear weapons.
Impeachment proceedings to begin against Zimbabwe's President Mugabe
Published On: November 21, 2017 03:33 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Zimbabwe ruling party is set to begin impeachment proceeding to begin against President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe should acknowledge the nation’s “insatiable desire” for a leadership change and resign immediately, the recently fired vice president and likely successor to the 93-year-old leader said Tuesday, as impeachment proceedings were set to begin against the world’s oldest head of state.
Elephant advocates sue Trump administration on trophy hunting
Published On: November 21, 2017 12:09 PM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Nov 21: Conservation groups sued the U.S. government on Monday over a plan to allow hunters to bring home elephant and lion trophies from Zimbabwe, following changing statements about the possible move by President Donald Trump’s administration.
Della Reese, of TV’s ‘Touched by an Angel,’ has died at 86
Published On: November 21, 2017 09:17 AM NPT By: Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, Nov 21: Della Reese, the actress and gospel-influenced singer who in middle age found her greatest fame as Tess, the wise angel in the long-running television drama “Touched by an Angel,” has died at age 86.
Bounty offered for beheadings of Bollywood director, actress
Published On: November 21, 2017 07:13 AM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW DELHI, Nov 21: A member of India’s Hindu nationalist ruling party offered 100 million rupees ($1.5 million) to anyone who beheads the lead actress and the director of an unreleased Bollywood film “Padmavati” rumored to depict a relationship between a Hindu queen and a Muslim ruler.
Suu Kyi blames world conflicts partly on illegal immigration
Published On: November 20, 2017 03:53 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NAYPYITAW, Nov 20: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said the world is facing instability and conflict in part because illegal immigration spreads terrorism in a speech Monday that comes as her country is accused of violently pushing out hundreds of thousands of unwanted Rohingya Muslims.
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