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AFRICA’S economy is likely to suffer only a minor blow from the Ebola outbreak despite the “considerable” impact on Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, a UN official said Monday. “From the start,

TWO two sons of Hosni Mubarak have been released from jail, a day after the fourth anniversary of the uprising that ousted the former Egyptian president.Alaa and Gamal Mubarak walked free from

HUMAN Rights Watch on Monday accused Egyptian police of using “excessive force” against protesters after 20 people were killed in clashes on the fourth anniversary of its 2011 uprising.The clashes between protesters

GREEK singer Demis Roussos, who sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, has died aged 69, the Hygeia Hospital in Athens has confirmed to the BBC. He was best known for his

ITALIAN prosecutors called Monday for Francesco Schettino, the captain of the doomed Costa Concordia, to serve 26 years and three months in jail for the 2012 shipwreck which left 32 people dead.“This

FRENCH MPs on Monday thrash out a controversial package of reforms designed to “unlock” France’s sclerotic economy, including a proposal to extend Sunday shopping that sparked angry demonstrations.The reforms, presented by France’s

UKRAINIAN authorities rushed to evacuate children from parts of the war zone Monday in the wake of a deadly rocket attack on the port city of Mariupol and as fresh clashes hit

THE Church of England will consecrate its first female bishop during a ceremony at York Minster later.The Reverend Libby Lane, 48, will be ordained as the new Bishop of Stockport, in what

DOZENS of police commandos have been killed in heavy fighting with Islamist rebels in the southern Philippines province of Maguindanao, say officials.Several rebels were also reportedly killed as police entered a village

TOP Ugandan rebel commander Dominic Ongwen is due to appear at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to face war crimes charges. A leader of the Lords Resistance Army, he