Jakarta's Christian governor was jailed for two years Tuesday after being found guilty of committing blasphemy, capping a saga seen as a test of religious tolerance in the world's most populous...
Islamic hardliners staged a noisy protest Tuesday against Jakarta's Christian governor as a court prepared to deliver its verdict in his blasphemy trial, seen as a test of religious tolerance in...
Indonesia said Monday it would disband the local branch of radical Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, as concerns grow about hardliners in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country. Hizb...
The Republican governor of Texas has signed a controversial bill into law banning so-called sanctuary cities and enabling police officers to ask the immigration status of anyone they detain. Greg...
Pakistan's military on Sunday said it had killed more than 50 Afghan soldiers in a clash on a major border crossing two days earlier, a claim quickly rejected by Kabul. The skirmish took place Friday...
Pakistani and Afghan officials accused each other of killing civilians Friday after gunfire erupted near a major border crossing where Pakistani census officials were carrying out a count. The...
The second deputy governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Johnson P. Asiama, has charged African central banks to ensure monetary policy credibility by removing all technical and political...
In Morocco's neglected Rif region, where outrage erupted last year over the gruesome death of a fishmonger, calls for justice have evolved into a grassroots movement demanding jobs and hospitals....
Thousands of south Yemenis demonstrated on Thursday in support of a governor sacked by the president in a blow to his authority and his efforts to keep together a motley loyalist coalition. In his...
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of the UBA Plc, which is one of Africa's leading financial institutions, has been nominated for the 'Best Retail Bank in Africa' Award 2017 by...
“President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the country has been saved the amount of GHC443 million following Finance Ministry's suspension of salary payment to some 26,589 workers in April,...
The governor of Puerto Rico announced Wednesday that the US territory would seek a form of bankruptcy protection to restructure its $70 billion debt, the largest municipal restructuring in US...
DR Congo's influential Catholic bishops have urged authorities to allow prominent opposition politician Moise Katumbi to return from exile, calling his criminal conviction a "farce". In a...
Arnold Schwarzenegger stole the limelight from a group of tourists in the French capital, Paris. The Terminator star couldn't resist diving in front of the Thai visitors as they were posing for a...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has said that blackmailers who accused him of not working but sleeps at public events, know nothing. ?The Governor stated this during an interactive session...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has said that blackmailers who accused him of not working but sleeps at public events, know nothing The Governor stated this during an interactive session...
The US Department of Justice has reportedly decided not to charge two white officers who shot and killed a black man in Louisiana last summer. Video footage appearing to show the officers holding...
Newly crowned Nigerian-born British world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua has set the records straight regarding his nationality saying he is a "Nigerian man by blood". Joshua, 27, added...
US President Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador to Beijing said Tuesday he would urge his friend Chinese leader Xi Jinping to honor a commitment to rein in North Korea. Terry Branstad, governor of...
Commercial banks in Ghana would have to increase their minimum capital for operation to at least 200 million cedis. This follows the revision of the minimum capital requirement by the Bank of Ghana....
