An Italian coastguard ship carrying more than 500 migrants, including dozens rescued by the US Navy…
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Buhari signs budget into law, concerned by changes
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday signed Nigeria’s record N9.12 trillion 2018 budget into law. Buhari…
Customs intercepts smuggled African Artifacts in Italy
Italian Customs Police on Tuesday said that they had intercepted a load of precious goods smuggled…
China accuses U.S. of stoking trade war as Trump issues new $200bn threat
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 10 percent tariff on $200 billion of Chinese…
Italy urges EU border agency to stop migrants in Africa
Italy’s Transport Minister, Danilo Toninelli, has called on Europe’s border agency to stop migrants in transit…
Russia, Saudi seeks big hike in oil output
Russia and Saudi Arabia are pushing Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies…
China alleges blackmail over threats of fresh US tariffs
China on Tuesday accused United States of blackmail and warned it would retaliate in kind after…
Rescuers search for victims of ferry disaster in Indonesia
Indonesian rescue workers struggled on Tuesday in rain and two-metre waves to search for at least…
Plane crash kills all five on board in Madagascar
An aeroplane belonging to a private company on Monday crashed in Antananarivo killing all five people…
Libya: Coastguard retrieves five bodies from migrant boat
Libyan coastguards on Monday said they had recovered the bodies of five migrants and picked 191…
Attacks halt crude oil loadings at major Libyan ports
The major Libyan oil ports of Ras Lanuf and Es Sider were on Thursday closed and…
EU sanctions six for human smuggling
The European Union (EU), in a statement on Thursday announced a travel ban and an…