Facebook said Tuesday its ranks of monthly active users had hit the two billion mark -- meaning more than a quarter of the world's population is on the giant social network. "As of this morning, the...
VGMA Artiste of the Year, Joe Mettle has honoured veteran gospel singer Yaw Sarpong who has been in the ministry for the past 40 years. “It is important to respect and honour those who have gone...
The UN envoy for Syria said Tuesday he hoped that talks set to begin next week in Astana would help create favorable conditions for the next round of talks scheduled in Geneva, despite rising...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi jetted into The Netherlands for a one-day working visit Tuesday to boost ties between the major trading partners. Some 20 percent of India's exports to Europe...
Ghanaian hip-life artist, Sarkodie, has hit the recording studio with legendary high-life musician, Charles Kwadwo Fosu, who is popularly known as Daddy Lumba. Although very little is known of the...
A US judge has halted deportations of all Iraqi nationals -- some slated for removal as early as Tuesday -- on the grounds they could be tortured or killed if returned to the Middle Eastern country....
US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron agreed during a telephone call Tuesday on the need for a "joint response" in the event of another chemical attack in Syria, the...
Canada's supposed non-combat role in Iraq is being questioned after a special forces sniper took out an IS fighter in Iraq. But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday would have none of it, saying...
A physically challenged pastor, Mr Clement Ofori, has threatened to drag Africa World Airline (AWA) and the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to court for disembarking him from an aircraft...
A superstitious passenger delayed a flight for over four hours after throwing coins at the plane's engine for good luck at a Chinese airport. The woman, 80, tossed nine coins towards the engine when...
Eight people, including four children returning to school after Eid celebrations, were killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in eastern Kenya near the border with Somalia, police said. "We have eight...
The Minority in Parliament has called for a full scale investigation into issues surrounding the sale of five million substandard petroleum product onto the Ghanaian market. There have since been...
AshGold head coach, C. K. Akunnor, has lifted the lid on what caused his team to beat Inter Allies 3-0 on Sunday in the Week 19 of the Ghana Premier League (GPL). The Miners continued their good form...
The 12 persons being held for attacking and vandalizing the Somanya Police station and office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the town have been granted GHC70,000 each with two sureties....
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday congratulated Ireland's new Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, who earlier this month became the country's youngest ever and first openly gay leader. "Congratulations...
The final outdoor event of the Citi Business Festival, which is the Real Estate/Housing Forum, is underway at the Alisa Hotel in Accra. The forum is a thought leadership platform created to discuss...
Frantic closed-door negotiations intensified at the US Congress on Tuesday to try to salvage President Donald Trump's key campaign pledge to repeal Barack Obama's health law, as the number of...
Four of South Africa's neighbours have banned poultry imports from the rainbow nation following a serious outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian influenza. Namibia on Tuesday became the...
Israel's Mossad spy agency is starting a fund to invest in technology firms creating products that could assist its work, including those involving robotics and encryption, the prime minister's...
The US Navy has paid tribute to seven sailors who were killed when the USS Fitzgerald guided-missile destroyer collided with a merchant ship off Japan. More than 2,000 sailors and their families...
