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Islamic militants released US journalist Peter Theo Curtis on Sunday, less than a week after grisly footage emerged of the execution of James Foley.
The United States has revealed a military attempt to rescue slain journalist James Foley from terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.
African leaders at a business forum say they are optimistic about becoming full partners in a relationship with the US worth an estimated $85-billion.
US Secretary of State John Kerry will press Egypt President President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi over a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood.
A veteran economist at the IMF has accused the global lender of suppressing information on difficulties in dealing with the global financial meltdown.
African Development Bank president Donald Kaberuka has pledged to provide Malawi with $45-million in order to resuscitate the ailing economy.
The world’s major emerging economies on Saturday rejected the tradition that an American is automatically selected to head the World Bank.
European policymakers are quickening their preparations to cope with an escalation of the region’s debt crisis.
A meeting of emerging economies will consider a Brazilian proposal to buy European bonds to help crisis-hit eurozone countries, Pravin Gordhan says.
Greece has adopted more austerity measures to secure a bailout instalment, and the IMF warned Europe’s debt crisis is putting banks’ capital at risk.
The famine in the Horn of Africa is a result of the international community’s failure to end Somalia’s civil war.
An informal survey shows French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde appeared poised to become the head of the IMF this week.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn faced growing pressure to quit as head of the IMF after his arrest on attempted rape charges.
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is expected to be arrested and charged overnight with an alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid.
United States President Barack Obama called on Wednesday for new ways to tackle global poverty.
African leaders said on Tuesday they could do more to meet UN goals to slash extreme poverty and urged stronger leadership among developing countries.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pressed debt-ridden donor countries on Monday not to cut aid to the poor despite their budgetary woes.
Budget-strapped rich donors will call for a rethink of strategies to make sure their aid funds are not wasted when world leaders meet this week.
Tiger Woods said on Friday he would take an indefinite break from professional golf, admitting he cheated on his wife.
Tiger Woods, the world’s best golfer and a leading force in sports marketing, was hurt in a car accident in Florida on Friday.
