A powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled the central Philippines Thursday, US seismologists said, revising an earlier figure of 6.9. The quake hit at a depth of around six kilometers (four miles),...
China on Thursday warned against "words and deeds" that could heighten tensions over North Korea, after Pyongyang tested an intercontinental ballistic missile that Kim Jong-Un dubbed a gift to...
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives not to get caught up in the “Honourable” and “Excellency” game,...
Singer Morrissey claims he was 'terrorised' by a police officer in Rome who held him at gunpoint for half an hour on a busy street. The outspoken British star, a longtime lover of Rome who has...
Latest: Govt set up committee to look into BOST operations AfDB focuses on fashion industry to create jobs for millions of women and youth in Africa Government has announced plans to increase the...
Findings of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and National Security, which exonerate the Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST), were “at best...
Vanuatu elected a pastor as its new president Thursday as the tiny pacific nation eyes continued "moral leadership" following the sudden death of its former head of state last month, local media...
The siblings of Singapore's prime minister offered a truce Thursday in an explosive family feud over the legacy of their late father, founding leader Lee Kuan Yew, saying they wanted to settle the...
Donor partners will soon withdraw their funding for immunisation exercise in the country, Ms Evelyn Bema Darkwah, the Vice President of the Brong-Ahafo Regional Chapter of the Ghana Coalition of NGOs...
A Chinese graduate from one of Taiwan's top universities was charged with espionage on Thursday as prosecutors accused him of attempting to recruit spies for Beijing. The indictment comes as...
Sporting flak jackets, machine guns and smouldering stares, four Thai heartthrobs have been enlisted to woo fans -- and some say spruce up the ruling junta's image -- in a new soap opera dividing the...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the EU's top officials will join forces Thursday and approve the broad outline of a landmark trade deal that would challenge the protectionism championed by US...
In a crowded hospital in Kashmir a 17-year-old student is recovering from gunshot wounds, one of thousands of civilians injured in protests against Indian rule that have exploded since the death of a...
Counting is under way in Papua New Guinea's sprawling elections, officials said Thursday, but voting has been marred by claims of rigging, electoral roll flaws and ballot paper shortages. The last...
Up to 20,000 civilians are trapped in the last Islamic State group-held areas in Mosul's Old City, which Iraqi forces are battling to retake, a senior UN official said Thursday. More than eight...
An Accra High Court has struck out a case involving the National Democratic Congress (NDC) member of Parliament (MP) for Zabzugu in the Northern Region, Alhaji Alhassan Umar, for having dual...
African Development Bank (AfDB) has called for the empowerment of small and medium operators in the textiles, apparel and accessories sectors as a deliberate job creation strategy. The AfDB made the...
Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has listed the absence of street names as a major challenge hindering and impeding tax collection in Ghana. The Authority says the development remains one of their...
Government has set up a committee to review the operations of BOST aimed at ending the recurring oil contamination saga. Announcing the establishment of the committee last Tuesday in Accra at a news...
Newly-crowned world welterweight champion Jeff Horn on Thursday brushed aside boxing legend Manny Pacquiao's call for a review of his controversial defeat and threw down the gauntlet for a rematch....
