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Vote counting is under way in Ivory Coast after a contentious presidential election, with longtime incumbent Alassane Ouattara widely expected to win a fourth term. Nearly nine million Ivorians were ...

The Kerala High Court struck down State-issued certificates granting actor Mohanlal ownership of ivory tusks and artifacts, calling them void and unenforceable. The Court allowed the government to ...

The petitioner pointed out that two pairs of elephant tusks and 13 ivory artefacts were allegedly seized by the Income Tax Department from Mohanlal’s residence in Kochi on 22 July, 2011. KOCHI: The ...

Dancing dominates campaign rallies in Ivory Coast but the pulsing energy and fervour belies concerns about the political landscape in the world's largest cocoa producer. Saturday's presidential vote ...

Kemi Badenoch today widened a split with one of her most senior MPs as she said a complete ban on burqas was 'not a priority'. The Conservative leader dismissed shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick ...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) -Alassane Ouattara's long path to becoming Ivory Coast president included two elections in which he was disqualified from running and a brief but brutal 2010-11 civil war spurred by ...

The bill, proposed by Portugal's far-right Chega party, would prohibit coverings such as burqas and niqabs from being worn in most public places. It received support from centre-right parties.

Portugal's parliament has approved a bill banning face veils worn for 'gender or religious' reasons in public, and people who wear them could face a hefty fine. The measure was proposed by the ...

MADRID -- Portugal's parliament on Friday approved a bill banning face veils worn for "gender or religious" reasons in public, in a move seen as targeting the face coverings worn by some Muslim women.