It was a constant refrain on the campaign trail for Donald Trump in his quest for the US presidency: "We're going to have a great relationship with Putin and Russia." Now, weighed down by claims that...
Acting National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay, has disclosed his intentions to contest for the party’s National Chairman position. Members of the NPP will go to Congress...
US President Donald Trump has defended his use of social media in a series of tweets, following a row over comments he made about two MSNBC TV presenters. “My use of social media is not...
Barack Obama called for tolerance and respect in his childhood home of Indonesia Saturday, amid rising religious tensions in the country where the former US president spent four years as a boy. At...
President Donald Trump on Saturday fired off another volley in his escalating feud with the US media, aiming a Twitter tirade at CNN, NBC and a morning show host he taunted as "dumb as a rock." The...
US President Donald Trump, after insisting a "fantastic" health care overhaul was imminent, injected more confusion Friday by suggesting if the current Senate bill fails they should immediately...
Indian opposition vowed Friday to boycott the launch of the government's new national tax, adding to the strain ahead of the country's biggest ever fiscal reform. Businesses are bracing for upheaval...
The United States slapped unprecedented sanctions Thursday on a Chinese bank accused of laundering North Korean cash after President Donald Trump said Beijing's efforts to put the brakes on...
Donald Trump's administration has approved $1.3 billion worth of arms sales to Taiwan, a US government official said Thursday, in a move likely to provoke the ire of Beijing which considers the...
Nigeria on Thursday began to export yams to Europe and the United States, as part of moves to diversify its oil-dependent economy and earn much-needed foreign exchange. Agriculture minister Audu...
The US economy grew slightly faster than originally reported in the first three months of the year, on stronger consumer spending and exports, the Commerce Department said Thursday. But even with the...
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday faced a fresh call to quit, nearly two months after he left the country on indefinite sick leave. "I want to say that it's time that the president...
A 32-year-old man has been arrested for ramming his car into a monument to the Ten Commandments outside the Arkansas state legislature early Wednesday, shattering the statue less than 24 hours after...
Authorities in a deeply conservative Indian state were accused Wednesday of reinforcing entrenched gender discrimination after describing veiled women as the "pride" of the region. The advertisement...
Member of Parliament (MP) for Amasaman Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Mr Emmanuel Nii Okai Laryea, has assured his constituents that he will pursue government till it completes all road...
Three CNN journalists have resigned following the retraction of an article that claimed the US Congress was investigating links between members of Donald Trump's administration and a Russian...
The US Supreme Court said Monday that it would re-hear a case on the rights of detained immigrants, weighing whether they can be held indefinitely without being offered bail. The case could be...
A top Republican lawmaker on Monday threatened to block US arms sales to members of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council including Saudi Arabia until their escalating rift with Qatar is resolved....
US Senate Republicans on Monday launched into a crucial week seeking to ram through the most consequential legislation of Donald Trump's presidency to date, but his party's support for the health...
AFP has traced three former victims of "bacha bazi", or the sexual exploitation of boys, whose testimonies lay bare one of Afghanistan's most egregious human rights violations. Here are some key...
