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Addis Ababa, March 4, 2020 (FBC) - The US military has conducted an air strike against Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, just hours after President Donald Trump said he had had a "very good…

Addis Ababa, March 4, 2020 (FBC) - The World Bank has committed $12 billion in aid for developing countries grappling with the spread of the coronavirus. The emergency package includes…

Addis Ababa, March 3, 2020 (FBC) -Top European officials are to visit Greece's border with Turkey to assess the new crisis over refugees and migrants trying to enter the EU. European…

Addis Ababa, March 3, 2020 (FBC) -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed victory in Israel's general election, with early results putting him ahead of main rival Benny Gantz. With…

Addis Ababa, March 2, 2020 (FBC) -North Korea has launched two unidentified projectiles, South Korea's military says, in its first apparent weapons test of the year. The projectiles were…

Addis Ababa, February 29, 2020 (FBC) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he had asked President Vladimir Putin for Russia to step aside in Syria and leave Turkey to deal…

Addis Ababa, February 28, 2020 (FBC) - A week after the "reduction in violence" (RIV) agreement announced by the US and the Taliban armed group in Afghanistan, the two are set to sign a…

Addis Ababa, February 28, 2020 (FBC) - At least 33 Turkish soldiers have been killed in an air strike by Syrian "regime forces" in north-western Syria, a senior Turkish official has said.…

Addis Ababa, February 27, 2020 (FBC) - The African Union (AU) says it plans to send 3,000 troops to the Sahel, where international and regional forces are struggling to contain Islamist…

Addis Ababa, February 27, 2020 (FBC) -Governments ramped up measures on Thursday to battle a global pandemic of the coronavirus as the number of infections outside China, the source of the…