Uganda counting votes amid reports of violence
Uganda's opposition said its leader Bobi Wine was under house arrest on Friday, after an election that also saw a member of parliament accuse security forces of killing 10 people at his home.
Read moreStock markets slip with trade deals in focus
Major stock markets in Europe and Asia mostly fell along with the dollar Friday as focus returned to trade deals and the AI sector at the end of a week dominated by big swings for oil prices.
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Arteta says consistency can fire Arsenal to special season
Mikel Arteta said Friday that Arsenal's impressive consistency should make them "very convinced" they can achieve something special this season.
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Van Nistelrooy to rejoin Dutch coaching team for World Cup
Former Manchester United and Dutch international striker Ruud van Nistelrooy will rejoin the Netherlands coaching staff in the run-up to the World Cup, the national association announced on Friday.
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Protected forests under threat in DRC's lucrative mining belt
Valery Kyembo was leading an inspection of his community's protected forest reserve deep in the Democratic Republic of Congo's mining belt when two armed Congolese soldiers blocked their way.
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Iran protest movement subsides in face of 'brutal' crackdown
The protest movement in Iran has subsided after a crackdown that has killed thousands under an internet blackout, monitors said Friday, one week after the start of the biggest protests in years challenging the Islamic republic's theocratic system.
Read moreChina, Canada reach 'landmark' deal on tariffs, visas
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on a raft of measures from trade to tourism on Friday at the first meeting between the countries' leaders in Beijing in eight years.
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Myanmar tells ICJ Rohingya genocide claims 'unsubstantiated'
Myanmar on Friday dismissed as "unsubstantiated" allegations that it committed genocide against its Rohingya minority, telling the International Court of Justice that its brutal crackdown was a "counter-terrorism operation."
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Slot 'happy' to welcome Salah back at Liverpool after AFCON
Arne Slot said he would welcome Mohamed Salah back at Liverpool even if he had 15 attackers as the Egypt forward nears a return from the Africa Cup of Nations.
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Experts cast doubt on Burkina Faso's 'foiled coup'
Burkina Faso said this month it had foiled an assassination attempt on military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore, but analysts -- sceptical after a long series of increasingly unbelievable plots -- wondered if the junta has cried wolf too many times.
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