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9 December 2013 – The Government of Israel has decided to resume the transfer of construction materials for United Nations…
16 December 2013 – The United Nations peacekeeping in South Sudan is deeply concerned about a new bout of fighting…
An Indonesian prosecutor on Monday sought a 16-year jail term for a British woman who has admitted trafficking crystal methamphetamine into the country from China. Andrea Waldeck, aged in her early 40s, was arrested in late April at a hotel in the city…
GENEVA, Switzerland, September 17, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS from mothers to their children is…
MBABANE, Swaziland, February 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On February 8, 2013, the Executive Board of the International Monetary…
MBABANE, Swaziland, November 7, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Mr.…
ROME, Italy, September 21, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Rural farmers in Swaziland are starting to reap the fruits of…
WASHINGTON, September 4, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press StatementHillary Rodham ClintonSecretary of StateWashington, DCSeptember 4, 2012On behalf of President…
NEW YORK, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via African Press Organization (APO)/ — On Wednesday, June 6, two teenagers from Swaziland,…
MBABANE, Swaziland, February 8, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On January 23, 2012, the Executive Board of the International Monetary…
MBABANE, Swaziland, February 1, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — At the request of the authorities, a mission of the International…
The State Governor, Hon Seriake Dickson has described the successful completion of his thank-you-tour to the eight Local Government Areas…
A US warship that was forced to manoeuvre to avoid a collision with a Chinese naval vessel had “posed a threat”, state-run media said Monday, after Washington accused China of being the aggressor. The Global Times newspaper, which often takes a nationalistic…
On a public holiday dedicated to reconciliation, South Africans on Monday started coming to terms with the loss of Nelson Mandela, a day after he was buried at the end of a life struggle for freedom and equality. A nine-metre, bronze statue of the democracy…
Heavy fighting broke out overnight in South Sudan’s capital Juba, officials said on Monday, amid mounting political tensions in the newly-independent nation. Diplomats and security sources said the fighting appeared to have erupted in a barracks close…
Australian combat troops have completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Monday, marking the end of the nation’s longest war which left 40 of its soldiers dead. Abbott announced that more than 1,000 troops would pull…
Catholic leader in England and Wales urges rethink on spousal visas and warns many families are split by new income rules
Malta has announced it is selling passports to foreign investors for £546,000, but that’s cheap compared with other countries, such as Britain and the US
Proposal emerges among range of measures including tougher employment criteria in leaked government report