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Disgruntled Troops Seize Town in Southeastern Ivory Coast

Revolt in Adiake, about 95 km (60 miles) east of Abidjan, comes on heels of series of mutinies across country last month that dealt a blow to country's post-war success story

Democrats Question Independence of Trump Supreme Court Nominee

Senators sharpen potential line of attack against Neil Gorsuch's nomination questioning whether he would be sufficiently independent as a justice in light of President Trump's vigorous use of unilateral presidential power including his travel ban

UK Lawmakers Reject First Set of Amendments to Brexit Law

Legislation will give Prime Minister Theresa May the right to notify the European Union of Britain's intention to leave the bloc

US Chamber of Commerce Warns Against Tearing Up NAFTA Trade Deal

Withdrawal called ‘devastating’ for workers, businesses and economies of Canada, Mexico and US

Brazil's Temer Taps Political Ally for Top Court Amid Graft Probe

Facebook, Google Join Drive Against 'Fake News' in France

Social networks and news aggregators came under fire during US presidential vote when it became clear they had inadvertently fanned false news reports

United States Disburses $98M to El Salvador

Funds part of a plan to combat lawlessness and corruption and diminish the flow of migrants heading north

Somalia Presidential Hopefuls Make Last Vote Pitch in First-ever TV Debate

Unprecedented televised debate on Monday dominated by issues of corruption, security and US President Donald Trump's travel ban

Brazil Sends Troops to State Torn by Violence Due to Police Strike

Law enforcement stoppage sparked a wave of violence, including what is already believed to be dozens of murders

Ukraine Town Repairs After Worst Shelling in Months

Schools reopened and power and water supplies resumed Monday following worst clashes in months

US EPA Employees Protest Trump's Pick to Run Agency

Protest - in an open letter and a small street protest - reflect divisions over new administration's plans to slash regulation

Official: Metro Line, Better City Planning to Aid Quito's Poor

Marginalized areas of Quito — boxed in by mountains and built on the slopes of active volcano — should benefit from the opening of a metro line

Faced with Blackouts, Pakistan's Largest Public Park Goes Solar

System aims to provide constant power supply to one of the city's key recreational attractions at a time when power cuts remain major problem due to shortfalls on the grid

Facebook Vulnerable to Expected Changes in Key Visa Program

Company classified as H-1B ‘dependent,’ meaning it is vulnerable to President Donald Trump's expected crackdown on guest-worker visas

Tanzanian President Tells Security Forces to Target Drug Traffickers

No one should be spared, even if they are top politicians or their relatives, said John Magufuli

South Sudan President Says Soldiers Who Rape Should Be Shot

Israel's Netanyahu Calls on ‘Responsible’ Nations to Join Iran Sanctions

PM May, who has repeated her backing for the nuclear deal with Tehran strongly opposed by both Netanyahu and Trump, said they would discuss Iran in their talks

Trump's Whirlwind Start Draws Admiration on French Far-Right

Buoyed by Trump's election and Britain's shock 'Brexit' vote to quit European Union, anti-immigration, anti-EU FN hopes Le Pen can ride same populist wave to victory in spring's presidential election

Poll Gap Between Merkel's Conservatives, Social Democrats Shrinking

Support for German chancellor’s CDU-CSU over SPD falls to multi-year low of 4 percentage points, new opinion poll shows

Law Used to Imprison Egyptians Draws Scrutiny

The law, which criminalizes gathering of five or more people and institutes collective punishment, was issued at behest of British occupation authorities to stop Egyptians protesting against rule in lead up to World War I