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ABUJA, (Reuters) – As Muhammadu Buhari sat in front of the TV watching his election victory unfold, Nigeria’s future president took care to be photographed beside a Muslim elder and a bishop, a choreographed statement of unity in a religiously mixed nation.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The blackpoll warbler accomplishes a mighty big feat for a such a little bird.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama launched a sanctions program yesterday to target individuals and groups outside the United States that use cyber attacks to threaten U.S.

ABUJA, (Reuters) – Three decades after seizing power in a military coup, Muhammadu Buhari became the first Nigerian to oust a president through the ballot box, putting him in charge of Africa’s biggest economy and one of its most turbulent democracies.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, (Reuters) – Six world powers and Iran missed a Tuesday deadline to reach an outline accord reining in Tehran’s nuclear programme, extending talks into an extra day as they edged toward a deal but failed to agree crucial details such as the lifting of U.N.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States and Cuba met yesterday to discuss how they intend to treat future dialogue on the thorny issue of human rights as the countries move toward restoring diplomatic ties.

ABUJA, (Reuters) – Three decades after seizing power in a military coup, Muhammadu Buhari became the first Nigerian to oust a president through the ballot box, putting him in charge of Africa’s biggest economy and one of its most turbulent democracies.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Iran and major powers were struggling yesterday to reach a preliminary nuclear accord as “gloom” set in, with both sides sticking to their positions a day before a self-imposed deadline.

(Reuters) – Cuba, a few decades late to the Internet era, is committed to getting the web into 50 per cent of its households by 2020, as well as achieving 60 per cent mobile phone access, a senior US State Department official said yesterday.

DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) – The German pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps last week was treated for suicidal tendencies years ago before he received his pilot’s licence, German prosecutors said yesterday.

NOVA FRIBURGO, Brazil (Reuters) – Two renegade Catholic bishops plan to consecrate a new generation of bishops to spread their ultra-traditionalist movement called “The Resistance” in defiance of the Vatican, one of them said at a remote monastery in Brazil.

(Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said yesterday that comments recently made by Finance Minister Joaquim Levy about the effectiveness of her policies were “misunderstood.”

ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigerian opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari built a lead of 2 million votes with three-quarters of states counted on Monday, raising the prospect of a stunning ballot box victory for a man who first came to power three decades ago via a military coup.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, (Reuters) – Iran and six world powers tried to break an impasse in nuclear negotiations yesterday, but officials cautioned that attempts to reach a preliminary deal by a deadline in two days could yet fall apart.

ADEN, (Reuters) – Yemeni fighters loyal to the Saudi-backed President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi clashed with Iranian-allied Houthi fighters yesterday in Aden, the absent leader’s last major foothold in the country.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, (Reuters) – Arab leaders at a summit in Egypt announced the formation of a unified military force to counter growing security threats from Yemen to Libya, and as regional heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Iran engage in sectarian proxy wars.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – Libya told an Arab summit yesterday that a UN arms embargo on the country must be lifted to help prevent the advance of Islamic State militants.

BEIRUT  (Reuters) – Islamist groups including al Qaeda’s Nusra Front have seized the city of Idlib for the first time in Syria’s civil war, fighters and a monitoring group said on yesterday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US and coalition forces conducted 18 air strikes against Islamic State fighters in Iraq during a 24-hour period, with eight strikes near militant-held Tikrit, the US military said yesterday.

ADEN (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s navy evacuated dozens of diplomats from Yemen yesterday and the United Nations pulled out international staff after a third night of Saudi-led air strikes trying to stem advances by Iranian-allied Houthi fighters.