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Nigeria's government says it is investigating the cancellation of visas of Nigerian passengers who were refused entry into Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
More than 170 Nigerians on a flight to Saudi Arabia were turned back on arrival on Monday after Saudi authorities reportedly abruptly revoked their visas.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports.
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A senior lawmaker in Japan is stepping down over unpaid taxes.
The resignation is another blow to the administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida which is already facing record low approval ratings.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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US stocks were little changed on Monday ahead of key inflation data due out this week.
Investors are cautious after the US' credit rating was downgraded last week, and a possible government shutdown looms this weekend.
Sally Patterson has more.
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US President Joe Biden is today hosting his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo at the White House to "reaffirm" their joint commitment to the "nearly 75-year-long partnership between the world's second and third largest democracies."
The meeting, though, is at risk of being overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war — a conflict erupting thousands of kilometres away, but one that matters hugely to both states.
Benji Hyer reports.
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Donald Trump's eldest son has returned to the witness stand in his father's civil fraud case.
Donald Trump Jr. was called by defence lawyers to begin their arguments in the trial.
The former President of the United States is accused of fraudulently inflating the value of assets to obtain favourable loans.
He denies all wrongdoing, calling the case 'politically motivated'.
Sally Patterson has more.
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The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit - known as APEC - continues with finance ministers from Asia and the Americas set to gather in San Francisco today.
US president Joe Biden and Chinese president Xi Jinping are scheduled to meet on the sidelines of APEC later this week.
Ira Spitzer reports from San Francisco.
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More than 100,000 people gathered for a march against antisemitism in Paris on Sunday, following a rise in reports of attacks against Jewish people since the Hamas-Israel conflict began last month.
The demonstration, however, became a matter of political bickering – exposing divisions between France's parties.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Paris.
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Two Ugandan soldiers have been dismissed from the force after a military court in Somalia found them guilty of cowardice.
The two soldiers ordered the withdrawal of troops after their base came under attack by the Al Shabaab terrorists in May.
Isabel Nakirya reports
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CUE: North Korea is the focus for talks between the defence ministers of America and South Korea in Seoul on Monday … earlier North Korea lashed out at the US-led United Nations command that oversees the defence of South Korea from the North.
Here's Andrew Wood in Hong Kong
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