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The Angolan economy has enjoyed a golden period since the end of the civil war in 2002. The stabilisation of the Angolan geopolitical scene has encouraged business enterprise to reinvest heavily in the economy. With multiple burgeoning industries developing, investors understand the potential of upgrading infrastructures, communications networks, and the Internet of things. The telecommunications sector of Angola is a particularly interesting case in point. The government has encouraged competition among the industry leaders. Currently, Angola Telecom, Movicel, and Unitel...

 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed new U.S. sanctions on Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and described the White House as "mentally retarded", an insult Iran has used in the past about President Donald Trump. In a speech broadcast live on state television, Rouhani said sanctions against Khamenei would fail because he had no assets abroad. Rouhani described the latest round of sanctions as a sign of U.S. desperation. "The White House actions mean it is mentally retarded," he said "Tehran's...

One pilot was killed after two Eurofighter warplanes crashed over northeastern Germany, n-tv television reported, while the pilot of the other jet was reported as having parachuted to safety. The fighters, belonging to the German armed forces, were unarmed when they collided in midair near the Laage military base in the eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the German air force said. "Together with a third Eurofighter they were flying an Air Combat Mission," they added. "The pilot of the third Eurofighter...

A Thai football team trapped in a cave last year for 17 days returned there on Monday to perform Buddhist rituals honouring a former navy diver killed in the dramatic effort to rescue them that captivated the world. A year after their ordeal, the team of 12, wearing yellow T-shirts, accompanied by their coach, gave alms to monks in honour of Sergeant Saman Kunan, who died while he worked underwater. "I want to thank Sergeant Sam," Ekkapol Chantawong, assistant coach...

Research revealed the digital trail and forgeries behind stories designed to appeal to conspiracy theory fans, right wingers and Brexit supporters.

They have been found everywhere from Bermuda to Cornwall

Iran “made a very big mistake” in shooting down a US drone, Trump has said. Tehran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed the attack, using a surface-to-air missile, had sent “a clear message” to the US that it was “ready for war”. Mr Trump made the comment after quoting praise he had received on a TV news broadcast. He tweeted: “Iran made a very big mistake!” It is the latest in an escalating series of incidents in the Gulf region, a critical artery for global oil...

I doubt refugees in Calais know it’s #WorldRefugeeDay, but they have still marked the occasion - Border Force officials tell us that 163 people have arrived on the coast of Kent this month, the largest number in any one month so far.  And just like every time we hear a news report about migrants crossing the English Channel, a Home Office spokesman has made the same comment:  "It is an established principle that those in need of protection should claim asylum...

A British court on Thursday ruled that the British government had acted unlawfully in allowing arms exports to Saudi Arabia that might have been used in the conflict in Yemen. "The Court of Appeal has concluded that the process of decision-making by the government was wrong in law in one significant respect," judge said as he handed down the ruling. He added that the government made "no concluded assessments of whether the Saudi-led coalition had committed violations of international humanitarian...