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Government has vowed to boost growth from 2016, when the economy expanded at its slowest rate in more than a quarter of a century

Secretariat hopes its goal of generating $1.2bn from a range of imports will make it independent of foreign donors providing largest part of its budget, writes Tom Nevin

‘We have never seen a situation like this,’ says agriculture research unit. So what’s going on?

Report says boosting access to life-saving drugs has nearly halved new infections in the count

US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law describes contacts during last year’s campaign with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and other Russians as ‘routine’

The five teenagers are the only Africans selected to take part in the 2017 Technovation competition, where girls develop apps to tackle problems in their communities

The Zimbabwean president gave Junior Gumbochuma, Grace Mugabe’s elder sister, the money at her 60th birthday celebration

The cartel has also called on members that are not complying fully with output quotas to stick to them, to boost prices

Donald Trump’s overhauled communications team is at odds over whether he supports the current version of a bill, with Anthony Scaramucci not guaranteeing he will sign it

A protest march is also planned, as opposition leader Freddy Guevara pushes on with a drive to unseat President Nicolas Maduro and halt his plan to rewrite the constitution

The fund’s outlook for global growth is unchanged, but the drivers of the rebound are shifting

A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb in the west of the Afghan capital, with devastating effect

A hotline in the US is trying to tackle the high rate of domestic violence against nurses in the Nigerian diaspora.

Chester Bennington overcame a troubled childhood to top the charts with an angry but melodic brand of metal

The dangers of "chemical sex" are many, including addiction, overdose and HIV infection, and the tally of victims is mounting, campaigners warn.

Sao Paulo's infernal traffic jams have sparked a new app that opens the sky to commuters: Voom, a helicopter taxi service.

Rohingya Muslims in a conflict-scarred corner of Rakhine State say fear is one of the few constants in their lives

For Palestinians - Muslims and Christians alike – Al-Aqsa took on a new meaning following the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967

British rock band's decision to play in Tel Aviv has inadvertently demonstrated just why the BDS movement makes sense.

The US president threatened swift action if its leader pushes on with an unpopular bid to change his country's constitution.

A military court ruled that Elor Azaria will be placed under house arrest on July 20, when his mandatory three-year military service ends

Many White House aides who previously dismissed “Russia stories” as “conspiracy bullshit” now struggle to call the recent coverage “fake news”

Corrupt football official-turned-whistleblower Chuck Blazer, whose evidence helped trigger the FIFA bribery scandal, died Wednesday, his lawyers said.

Since 2012 then there has been a chilling increase in the number of women killed, often at the hands of men they know.

A federal judge has cleared the way for President Donald Trump's commission on election fraud to resume collecting detailed voter information from the states.

Israeli media reports high resolution cameras placed around Jerusalem's Old City walls could replace the metal detectors that have sparked Muslim outrage.

New research shows that you can buy happiness if you spend some of that cash on buying yourself some free time.

A survivor of the deadly trip from near the Mexican border in a sweltering tractor-trailer says he heard desperate pleas for water and whimpering children before passing out.

President Donald Trump has a message for Republican lawmakers deliberating the latest proposed health care bill - this is your last chance.

Russia's General Staff says it has deployed military police to monitor the cease-fire in a safe zone in the eastern suburbs of Syria's Damascus.

The fatal shooting of an Australian woman by a Minneapolis police officer has sparked the posting of at least two fake street signs warning people of "easily startled" officers.

The driver of a broiling tractor-trailer found packed with immigrants outside a Walmart in San Antonio has been charged in connection with the deaths of 10 of his passengers and could face the death penalty.

President Donald Trump is questioning why those investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible collusion by members of his campaign aren't digging into Hillary Clinton's "crimes & Russia relations".

Politically ambitious pups and kittens put your résumés aside. The job of First Pet at the White House is not currently available.

An 18-year-old woman has been arrested in Central California on suspicion of causing a deadly crash that was recorded live on Instagram.

A judge in Cincinnati has dismissed charges against a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black motorist, after a prosecutor declined to pursue a third murder trial.

Jordan has confirmed there were Jordanian fatalities and a wounded Israeli in the incident, but has not elaborated.

James Matthew Bradley Jr, 60, was arrested on Sunday after authorities found eight men dead in the back of his truck.

Signed in 2015, the deal collapsed when rebel leader Riek Machar, fled the country after fighting broke out in Juba last July.

The government has provided food and other assistance to a total of 116,817 displaced people by Monday.

Namibians consume an estimated 2,500 tonnes of chicken each month, but the country has only one commercial supplier.

The White House is expected to vote on the sanctions bill on Tuesday.

Monday's suicide bombing, which targeted government personnel, continued the unrelenting violence that has killed more than 1,700 civilians in Afghanistan so far this year.

The attack happened inside an office building on a shopping street in the centre of Schaffhausen.

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack which wrought carnage near the Lahore Technology Park in the centre of the city

Polish currency zloty immediately rose against the euro, as investors saw the decision as lowering the political risk in Poland.

Kushner said he had "perhaps four contacts with Russian representatives" during the 2016 campaign and presidential transition period after Trump's victory.

The attack took place mid-afternoon on Sunday in the suburban district of Miyun in Beijing's northwestern outskirts.

Seventeen directors and journalists from one of Turkey's most respected opposition newspapers go on trial on Monday after spending over eight months behind bars.

Thousands of people took part in Berlin's extravagant Christopher Street Day parade for gay and lesbian rights on Saturday, filling the German capital's streets with colour and music.

Eight people were found dead Sunday inside a truck in a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio, Texas in what police said appeared to be "human trafficking crime."

Two Palestinians died in clashes with Israeli forces Saturday as the army moved in to seal off an attacker's home after violence over security measures at an ultra-sensitive holy site.

Syrian warplanes carried out airstrikes on Saturday against Islamic State in an area of countryside east of Raqqa and close to where U.S. backed forces operate

US immigration agents are planning nationwide raids next week to arrest, among others, teenagers who entered the country without guardians and are suspected gang members.

While institutions exist in South Africa to implement the Sustainable Development Goals, they are not yet working in a coherent manner to ensure success by the 2030 deadline.