Myanmar health authorities have asked the UN's health agency for help to combat a deadly outbreak of swine flu that has sparked alarm in the commercial capital. At least six people have died and 30...
Pakistan police on Thursday arrested four more men involved in the rape of a teenage girl as punishment for a rape committed by her brother. The latest arrests, which include the man who allegedly...
Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways said Thursday it posted a $1.87 billion loss last year, hit by "one-off" impairments on aircraft and investments in troubled Alitalia and airberlin. The government-owned...
Barcelona striker Neymar has been cleared of any criminal charges in a long-running tax evasion case in Brazil, a Brazilian court said on Wednesday. A judge in Sao Paulo said there was a “lack of...
An insurance marketer believes Members of Parliament wasted the time, energy and resources of the state on Wednesday with the grilling of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte...
Some 20 people from Multan, Pakistan, have been arrested for ordering the rape of a teenage girl, in revenge for a rape her brother allegedly committed. Police said the families of the two girls are...
The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, will Thursday night grace the 5th John Evans Atta Mills Commemorative Lecture to be held at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (Gimpa)....
Apart from the man who stole Major Mahama’s iPhone, up to 32 suspects were remanded into police custody for their alleged roles in the murder… Police have arrested the person who stole late Major...
The biggest grossing German movie last year was a fizzy feel-good summer comedy about the country's refugee influx, "Welcome to the Hartmanns". Just a year on, German screens are darkening with "Club...
France will set up processing centres this summer in Libya for asylum seekers trying to reach Europe across the Mediterranean, President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday. "The idea is to create...
Udinese Midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang Badu has revealed that he might leave Udinese by this summer. The 26-year old in an exclusive interview with Kasapa Sports disclosed that he may be parting ways...
As the facts about Shatta Wale and Michy’s relationship has been laid bare on the table, all wagging tongues can now lie low and watch out in silence… Shatta Wale has finally removed every veil...
Management of the electricity company of Ghana has come to an agreement with the Yilo and Manya Krobo traditional leaders to resume work after several months of closure. The assumption of work by...
The head of Japan's reeling main opposition party announced her resignation on Thursday, less than a year after becoming the first woman to lead the group. Renho, a former model and TV anchor, took...
England captain Joe Root won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa in the third Test at The Oval on Thursday. Root made his decision despite overcast skies and a green-tinged pitch both...
A familiar WhatsApp scam has reappeared in order to try and trick people into supplying their bank details to cyber criminals. The scam takes the form of an official-looking message that warns...
Some concerned students of the University of Ghana (UG) Legon have formally petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Aaron Ocquaye, over what they describe as exorbitant academic fees...
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have banned a leading business website and magazine for one month for allegedly publishing "false news" on failed real estate projects in Dubai. Arabian...
Muslim leaders have lifted a boycott of a key holy site in East Jerusalem after Israel removed the last of security measures which had led to uproar. They urged Palestinians to re-enter the compound...
A Japanese historian who helped save Cambodia's renowned Angkor Wat temple complex was among the winners of this year's Magsaysay Awards, widely regarded as Asia's version of the Nobel prize,...