Pravin Gordhan has been seen as standing up to President Zuma in cabinet South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has dismissed Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan after days of speculation that rocked the...
President Donald Trump has boosted the US military's authority to step up air strikes in the fight against Islamist insurgents in Somalia, the Defense Department said Thursday. According to a...
The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group said Thursday that it had killed a propaganda chief and associates in an air strike in the western Iraqi town of Al-Qaim. Ibrahim Al-Ansari was...
SpaceX chief Elon Musk hailed a "revolution in spaceflight" after blasting off a recycled rocket for the first time Thursday, using a booster that had previously flown cargo to the International...
Amnesty International has requested to speak with jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, over concerns that the terms of his detention are "unnecessarily harsh." The 59-year-old, who is...
There comes a point when enough is enough and Lionel Messi appeared to have reached that point last summer. Something changed in the mindset of the Argentinean, breaking down after yet another defeat...
US Republican lawmakers on Thursday successfully rolled back Obama-era rules protecting funding to clinics that offer abortion services, as Vice President Mike Pence broke a Senate tie on the...
South African President Jacob Zuma sacked his respected finance minister and made ten new cabinet appointments late Thursday in a dramatic reshuffle widely seen as an attempt to control the selection...
US President Donald Trump predicted an upcoming meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping would be "very difficult" Thursday, laying out an adversarial tone ahead of a high-profile summit. "The meeting...
Former Uefa president Michel Platini has accused Fifa counterpart Sepp Blatter of being determined to make him "his last scalp". Both men were banned from football for eight years - later reduced to...
20th Century Fox opened day four of CinemaCon on Thursday with stunning new footage from "Alien: Covenant," some CGI apes and a singalong with Australian showman Hugh Jackman. The studio has a...
Stoke City striker Saido Berahino says the eight-week drugs ban he served earlier this season came after his drink was spiked in a nightclub. Berahino did not play for former club West Brom between...
Manchester City Women became the first English team to reach the Champions League semi-finals since 2014 by beating Fortuna Hjorring. City, the Women's Super League champions, beat the Danish side...
Roger Federer continued his stunning start to 2017 by reaching the Miami Open semi-finals with a dramatic win against Czech 10th seed Tomas Berdych. The 35-year-old Swiss survived two match points in...
Carolina Panthers star quarterback Cam Newton, who led the NFL team into last year's Super Bowl, underwent surgery Thursday to repair a partially torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder. The Panthers...
Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga has offered a conditional apology to Parliament for claiming some minority members on the Appointment Committee were bribed to approve the...
The five-member committee chaired by Minister of Railway Development and Member of Parliament for Essikado, Joe Ghartey has found Bawku Central Member of Parliament Mahama Ayariga guilty of contempt...
When Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey teased that he had joined the world of social media with secret Facebook and Twitter accounts, tech writer Ashley Feinberg took the dare....
Ghana will be getting a yearly cash injection of USD 100,000 from the Confederation of African Football under the Presidency of Ahmad Ahmad. The Malagasy made this known earlier this week when he met...
Former French international Willy Sagnol has been scheduled to arrive in Ghana today for an interview with the Ghana Football Association regarding the vacant Black Stars coaching job. Ghana’s...
