A US-backed alliance has ousted Islamic State group jihadists from half of their Syrian bastion Raqa, a monitor said Wednesday, less than two months after its fighters broke into the city. The Syrian...
The UN Security Council on Wednesday warned that the Democratic Republic of Congo and the region could face further turmoil unless a political deal reached six months ago to pave the way to elections...
Eight people were killed when a four-storey building collapsed after heavy rains in Nigeria's commercial hub of Lagos, the emergency services and witnesses said on Wednesday. Ibrahim Farinloye, a...
Head of the Centre for Teacher Education and Action Research at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Dr. (Mrs.) Sally Essuman, has urged teachers to use a mix of activities, skills and...
Kofi Kinaata has put to rest debates about him being a better rapper than popular musician Sarkodie. The reigning VGMA songwriter of the year, known in real life as Martin King Arthur, said the...
Hala Gamal looks at a pile of rubble on Cairo's Warraq island -- all that's left of her house after a police operation to evict residents accused of squatting on state land. Gamal, 31, said she had...
Hollard Insurance Ghana Limited has paid a compensation of GHC30,000.00 to the family of the late Thomas Obeng Asare, the Deputy Equipment’s Officer of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, who died on July 12,...
Rohingya Muslim Ayamar Bagon has lived on handouts since her husband left her after she told him she was gang-raped by Myanmar soldiers in the final month of her pregnancy. She is among scores of...
Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell, a top advisor to Pope Francis, denied all charges of historical sexual abuse Wednesday at his first appearance in an Australian court over the allegations....
Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell arrived for his first appearance in an Australian court on historical sex abuse charges Wednesday, facing a huge media scrum ahead of the largely...
Journalists and human rights activists on Tuesday denounced "threats" by Saudi Arabia and its allies against Qatari media organisations, including satellite news broadcaster Al-Jazeera. Regional...
The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has challenged President Akufo Addo to publicly state how he intends to handle the petition that against the head of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte...
Four people were killed in suicide bomb attacks at a camp for those displaced by the Boko Haram conflict in northeast Nigeria, the emergency services said on Monday. Abdulkadir Ibrahim, from the...
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner on Monday said he had four contacts with Russian officials but denied any collusion to help his father-in-law Donald Trump win the presidency, US media said....
East Timor is set for another coalition after the two governing parties in Asia's youngest democracy clinched a majority of the votes in a trouble-free contest praised Monday as "remarkable" by...
Today can report that it has not been easy for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) since some faceless staff of the Electoral Commission (EC) last week petitioned President Nana Addo Dankwa...
The heads of the opposing sides in Libya's crisis are planning to meet in Paris on Tuesday for talks to find a way out of the impasse, according to reports. Khalifa Haftar, who controls the east of...
India spearhead Jhulan Goswami took three key wickets as hosts England were held to a total of 228 for seven in the Women's World Cup final at Lord's on Sunday. The 34-year-old pace bowler, in what...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced mounting pressure Sunday over new security measures at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site after a weekend of violence left eight people dead, with fears...
Seventy Afghans were abducted Friday from their village along the main highway in the south of the country, and at least seven were killed, police said, accusing the Taliban of the kidnappings....
