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N Korea offers US talks over nuclear impasse

North Korea has offered holding talks with the United States in a renewed bid to sway Washington after it rejected Pyongyang’s proposal to suspend nuclear tests under the condition that annual US military drills with South Korea were put off. North Korea’s deputy UN Ambassador An Myong Hun told a[…]

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Sony to release N Korea film on Christmas Day

Sony Pictures has cleared the way for a limited release of the film “The Interview” on Christmas Day, less than a week after pulling the comedy’s planned premiere following a cyber-attack on the company. A Sony executive announced the move in a statement on Tuesday. “We have never given up[…]

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Who are the ‘Cuban Five’?

The “Cuban Five” refers to intelligence agents whose so-called “Wasp Network” operated in Florida in the 1990s. They were arrested in 1998 and later convicted on charges including conspiracy and failing to register as foreign agents. Cuba insists they were not acting against U.S. sovereignty, only keeping tabs on militant[…]

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CIA chief defends agency after torture report

The head of the US spy agency CIA has defended his agency from accusations in a Senate report that it carried out tortures on terrorism suspects with no security benefits to the country. John Brennan said on Thursday that while his agency “fell short of holding accountable some officers” who[…]

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US health worker tests positive for Ebola

A Texas health-care worker has become the first person to contract Ebola on American soil, authorities say, causing concern that safety precautions taken by medical staff could be insufficient. Senior US health officials said on Sunday a breach of protocol was to blame for the new Ebola patient – the[…]

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Zuma arrives in US for UN meeting

President Jacob Zuma on Sunday arrived in the United States, where he would attend the United Nations general assembly (UNGA) meeting in New York, the presidency said. “We are happy that we have done a lot to move towards achieving the MDGs [millennium development goals] and our work continues to[…]

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U.S not solely to blame for IS rise: Shaukat

“As much as many Iraqi’s and Syrians dislike ISIS, they have greater problems with their own regimes. Because of this, they are willing to put up with what they view as the lesser of two evils”. These were the words of Afro-Middle East Centre (AMEC) researcher, Omar Shaukat, addressing the[…]

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US to pursue IS group to ‘gates of hell’

Joseph Biden, the US vice president, has said his country will follow the IS group “to the gates of hell” following the beheading of two American journalists by the group in Iraq. Biden vowed to hunt down and defeat the IS group, while stepping up efforts to recruit an international[…]

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US must take more interest in Africa: Dlamini-Zuma

If the United States does not take more interest in Africa it is going to lose out, African Union commission chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said on Thursday. “It’s in their advantage to know what’s happening in Africa because if they don’t come to the party eventually the party will happen without[…]

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