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Ban lauds Cameroon and Nigeria’s commitment to honour border demarcation ruling

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Residents on the Cameroon-controlled side of the Bakassi Peninsula with Nigeria.

Japanese React With Fear, Anger Over China Islands Dispute

The dispute between Japan and China over the ownership of a chain of islands in the East China Sea continues to escalate, with China boycotting a meeting of the IMF being held in Tokyo. A growing sense of fear over China's increasing strength is being...

French Suspects Planned to Join Militants in Syria

French authorities say a group of suspected radical Islamists posed the biggest danger to France in years and were planning to join militants in Syria.

Turkey Seizes Cargo from Syrian Plane Forced to Land in Ankara

Turkey says it has confiscated illicit cargo from a Syrian passenger plane that it forced to land in Ankara after entering Turkish airspace on a flight from Moscow to Damascus.