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Nigeria is advocating collective efforts and support towards the enhancement of peace in the West African sub region.
The country's position is contained in a report presented to the 2023 ordinary session of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS in Abuja.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports.
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Security agencies in Uganda have started a hunt for suspected terrorists, who allegedly planted two explosives in two busy townships in the capital Kampala. The Allied Democratic Forces rebels have been linked to the incident. Leon Solomon reports…
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With the country set to vote for a new government next year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party has won crucial regional polls in 3 out of 4 states
Analysts say the regional poll results are a significant boost for Mr Modi ahead of the 2024 national elections. His party remains popular on a national stage after a decade in power.
Priyata Brajabasi has more
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South Korea’s president may shake up his Cabinet as early as Monday according to reports.
It comes as his approval ratings drop to just over 37 percent.
Chris Gilbert reports.
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CUE: A Hong Kong democracy activist says she's skipped bail and moved to Canada.
Agnes Chow was arrested in 2020 for allegedly colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security.
Here's Andrew Wood in Hong Kong
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Japan is considering postponing a landmark project to retrieve the world's first Martian moon surface samples.
The Mars voyage is due for 2024, but may be delayed by two years due to ongoing troubles with Japan’s new H3 rocket.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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The Pentagon is investigating reports that a US warship and some commercial vessels came under attack in the Red Sea.
Yemen's Houthi rebels said they attacked two Israeli ships off the Yemeni coast over the war in Gaza.
Sally Patterson reports.
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US employment will be in the spotlight this week, with several key jobs reports due out.
Analysts are digesting news from last week that the Federal Reserve's favoured measure of inflation fell again in October.
Sally Patterson reports from New York.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has said the central bank could be done raising interest rates.
Speaking in the US state of Georgia on Friday, Powell said inflation is easing but warned it's too early to declare victory.
Sally Patterson has more.
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Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female justice on the United States Supreme Court, has died aged 93.
She was appointed to the highest court in the land in 1981 by former President Ronald Reagan, and served nearly a quarter-century, retiring in 2006.
Here's our US Correspondent Benji Hyer breaking the news on Friday.
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A US lawmaker has been dramatically expelled from Congress after his colleagues voted overwhelmingly to throw him out of the House of Representatives.
The Republican Party's now former Congressman, George Santos, becomes the sixth person ever to be dismissed from the lower chamber, and the first one since the Civil War to be removed without having been criminally convicted.
He stands accused by an ethics report of "exploiting" his position "for personal financial profit," allegedly stealing money from his own campaign to spend on botox treatments, luxury fashion brands, trips to Las Vegas, and even purchases from the adult content site Only Fans.
Benji Hyer's been following this saga that's gripped Washington for months.
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The Governor of California Gavin Newsom and of Florida Ron DeSantis debated each other on Fox News late on Thursday.
It was billed as the 'Great Red State vs. Blue State' debate by the TV network and featured the two verbally attacking each other's policies and characters.
Caroline Malone reports.
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