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Ethiopia’s parliament approves first female president

Daily Dispatch October 25, 2018

Ethiopia’s parliament has approved senior diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde as the country’s first female president, proceedings on state television showed, cementing another shift in the country’s political system from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Zewde is at present UN under-Secretary-General and

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Just In: Khashoggi’s body likely in well at Saudi consulate

Daily Dispatch October 25, 2018

Saudi officials have denied permission to Turkish police to search a well in the garden of their consulate in Istanbul, as probe intensified to find the body of Jamal Khashoggi, the Anadolu news agency reported today. The news agency quoting security sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the […]

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Breaking: Murder of Khashoggi ‘premeditated’ — Saudi prosecutor

Daily Dispatch October 25, 2018

Saudi Arabia said Thursday the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul was “premeditated” based on information supplied by Turkey, state media reported. “Information from the Turkish authorities indicates that the act of the suspects in the Khashoggi case was premeditated,” the public prosector said in a statement carried by the state-run Saudi Press Agency. […]

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Russian, Chinese spies hack Trump’s phone

Daily Dispatch October 25, 2018

President Donald Trump’s cellphone conversations are being intercepted by Russia and China to gather information on his associates and policy positions. According to New York Time, discovery was made by White House officials  who were alerted by individuals working within these foreign governments. The names of the White House officials and individuals working within these

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No place for ‘acts of political violence’ in US – Trump

Daily Dispatch October 24, 2018

US President Donald Trump called for unity Wednesday after suspected explosive devices were mailed to leading Democrats, including former president Barack Obama, saying acts of political violence have “no place” in the United States. Trump’s comments at a White House event on opioid addiction was his first substantive reaction to the rash of bomb alerts, […]

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Breaking: Ethiopian President resigns

Daily Dispatch October 24, 2018

Ethiopia’s President Mulatu Teshome on Wednesday filed resignation request to the Ethiopian Parliament, State news agency ENA reported. Teshome, who has been the East African country’s head of state since October 2013, on Wednesday submitted his letter of resignation as the Ethiopian parliament’s two houses are scheduled to consider his resignation. The houses would