A Tunis court has sentenced Ridha Grira, the last defence minister under ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, to six years in jail for corruption, the judiciary said Friday. Spokesman Sofiene...
A UN committee has condemned the "widespread practice of torture" in Pakistan by police, the military and intelligence agencies in a report published Friday, and called on Islamabad to implement...
Ace comedian and actor, Bob Santo, also known as John Evans Bosompi passed away in 2002 but his comic value has not waned almost 15 years after his death. The late Bob Santo became a household name...
Residents of Taifa-Burkina, a suburb of the Dome-Kwabenya constituency expressed disappointment in the Police over their untimely response to neutralising the gun-wielding Rasta man, Gideon, who went...
When John Mahama stepped down as president of Ghana in January 2017, he became the first in his country's history to fail to secure a second term in office. Critics argued that Mahama, who was...
His Lordship Justice Jones Dotse, a Supreme Court Judge, has called for a reformation of the country’s criminal justice system to address weaknesses in the system. “We need to revise and reform...
The Okyehene has threatened to sue any individual or institution that mentions his name in any galamsey discussion. The warning comes on the back of a BNI report that fingered the paramount chief in...
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered prosecutors Friday to seek the toughest possible charges against criminal suspects, in a move widely seen as reversing the Obama administration's policy to...
The house in Parliament went on a brief recess for the Easter holidays Ghana’s Parliament is set to resume sitting on May 30, 2017. This was contained in a letter by the Speaker of Parliament, Prof...
North Korea on Friday demanded the extradition of the South's spy chief, a Chinese businessman, and unnamed US CIA agents over a supposed conspiracy to assassinate leader Kim Jong-Un. Last week...
Gambians want swift justice for the crimes of fallen dictator Yahya Jammeh's regime but the new government faces an uphill battle to jail the most prolific abusers. Silenced for 22 years, victims...
Government is considering granting a ten year tax holiday to major Multinational firms. The move, according to the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, Yoofi Grant, is to...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared Friday his desire for a "quantum jump" in relations with Sri Lanka, as New Delhi jostles with regional rival Beijing for influence in the island nation....
North Korean state media reported the election of the South's new left-leaning president Moon Jae-In after a two-day delay, but at unusual length. The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) put...
Gunmen have shot and killed a 15-year-old boy at Alavanyo in the Volta Region on Thursday evening. Another boy sustained gunshot wounds in the fatal attack in the precarious town today. According to...
The UN's top court will hold an emergency hearing on Monday as India seeks to stop Pakistan from executing an Indian national accused of spying. New Delhi has already protested to Islamabad over the...
Twum Boafo, a lecturer at the Valley View University has stated that he and three fellow lecturers will petition the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI)...
The president-elect had made several conditions for candidates to sign up to (AFP) The party of French President-elect Emmanuel Macron has selected a diverse list of 428 candidates for parliamentary...
Acting National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP),Mr Freddie Blay, has been appointed as the new Board Chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC). In a letter dated 3 May...
The acting chief of the FBI told the US Congress Thursday that President Donald Trump's shock firing of James Comey will not derail the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016...
