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Nigeria has destroyed a stockpile of confiscated elephant tusks worth 11 million dollars.
They were smuggled from different African countries.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports from Jos.
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Kenya now faces a potential loss of business to other East African countries following the decision to increase park entry fees starting this year.
Daniel Kijo reports
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British and American warships in the Red Sea repelled what they say is the largest attack to date by Houthi rebels.
The vessels are in the area to help protect shipping that's come under attack since Israeli military action began in Gaza.
John Bevir (Beaver) reports.
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This week Maldives suspended three ministers who called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "clown" and "terrorist".
India's Vibrant Gujarat summit which begins on Wednesday is expected to generate billions of dollars in investment.
The three day investment summit is being held in Gujarat, the home state of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, who inaugurated the event, as he seeks a third term in power in the general election this year.
Rebecca Bundhun reports.
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Taiwan's presidential office is playing down claims that China was trying to interfere in its elections this weekend by launching a space rocket carrying a satellite that flew over the island on Tuesday. Taiwan mistakenly sent an air-raid alert to mobile phones on the island when it detected the flight.
Here's Andrew Wood in Hong Kong
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Officials in Japan are implementing emergency steps to avoid collisions at Tokyo’s Haneda airport after two aircraft crashed on the tarmac last week.
Investigators believe vague updates from the control tower may have led a pilot to mistakenly believe he had clearance to enter the runway while another aircraft was landing.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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NASA says it is delaying two upcoming missions to the Moon by about a year.
The US space agency's Artemis missions aim to return human beings to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972.
Ira Spitzer has more.
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Judges in Washington DC's appeals court have questioned arguments made by Donald Trump's lawyers that he is immune from prosecution.
They've not yet made a ruling but even once they do, the case is likely to go to the Supreme Court, all while Trump campaigns for re-election.
Caroline Malone reports.
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A US Navy sailor who admitted to providing sensitive military information to China has been jailed for more than two years.
26-year-old Wenheng Zhao pleaded guilty in October to conspiring with a foreign intelligence officer and accepting a bribe.
Our US correspondent Kate Fisher reports
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Russia says it has detained a US citizen on drug charges, which could carry a 20-year prison sentence.
Moscow's Ostankino District Court announced on Tuesday that Robert Romanov Woodland had been remanded in custody over the weekend.
He's one of several Americans being held in Russia - the US State Department has repeatedly warned all its citizens to leave the country.
Sally Patterson has more.
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