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Harry Reid, the pugnacious son of a Nevada hard-rock miner who became the U.S. Senate majority leader and earned a reputation as a fierce partisan fighter during an era of political gridlock in Washington, died on Tuesday. Reid died…

South Africa’s retired Archbishop and anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu, has died. Archbishop Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa’s struggle against white minority rule, died on Sunday at the age of 90 “The…

A Ukrainian lawmaker involved in a probe into corruption in the defence sector fell ill and died in a taxi on Friday morning. The lawmaker, Anton Poliakov, 33, became an independent, having been elected to parliament as a member of the…

Theoneste Bagosora was nicknamed the "Himmler of Rwanda" or the "Colonel of the Apocalypse". After reaching the highest circles of power thanks to a brilliant military career, he became the "mastermind" of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.…

"My dear compatriots, I am in trouble, I am fighting death, but nevertheless I ask you to stand up. Go and vote for change. I will not have fought for nothing. Fight for it. I will not have fought for nothing. " Those were the last call…

A Cameroonian UN peacekeeper was killed and four others were injured in a road accident in the Central African Republic (CAR), Cameroonian authorities said. “The accident occurred in Boultili, a locality situated about 56 km from CAR…