International relations
China Arrests Taiwanese Activist For
China has arrested a visiting Taiwanese rights activist on suspicion of subverting state power, according to reports....
US Rules Out Easing Sanctions On Russia
Washington will not ease sanctions on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine and may even get tougher on Moscow, the White...
Trump Says N. Korea Problem ‘will Be Solved’
US President Donald Trump said Friday the "problem" of an increasingly belligerent North Korea would be "solved", as he...
Five Kenyan Police Killed In Roadside Bomb Attack
Five Kenyan policemen have been killed after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in the north-eastern town of Liboi, near...
Seoul Approves Civilian Contact With North Korea
Contacts between North and South Korea are extremely limited, and their tense shared border is one of the few places it...
Celebrate Africa, Bridge the Boarders
25th May marks the 54th anniversary of the African Union We are a sad people today because amidst the positive strides...
US Appeals Court Maintains Block On Trump Travel Ban
A US federal appeals court on Thursday dealt a fresh setback to President Donald Trump's controversial travel ban,...
Trump Scolds NATO Allies Over Defense Spending
President Donald Trump on Thursday chided NATO member countries directly for not meeting their financial commitments to...
Trump Set For ‘tough’ NATO and EU Talks
Donald Trump meets NATO and EU leaders for the first time Thursday with the US president set to press nervous allies to...
NATO Will Join Anti-IS Coalition At Trump Summit
NATO will join the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State jihadis, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday,...
Is It A Drone? Is It A Balloon? No, It’s A Bird, Says N.Korea
North Korea on Thursday accused the South of unleashing more than 450 machine gun rounds at a flock of birds in an...
[Opinion] The Frustrations of Travelling On Ghanaian Passport Within Africa
I sent e-mails to two prominent journalists to do a story about the frustrations of the Ghanaian passport holder in...
Tillerson Expects NATO To Join Anti-IS Coalition
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday he expected NATO to overcome reservations and join the US-led...
Eight Police Killed In Two Kenya Roadside Bombings
Eight police officers were killed Wednesday when their vehicles hit roadside bombs in two separate incidents in Kenya's...
NATO Must ‘step Up’ After Manchester Attack
NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that the Manchester bombing shows the alliance must agree at a summit with...
More Donors Can Absorb ‘shock’ of Any US Cuts
The World Health Organization should expand its donor base to better withstand the "shock" from planned deep budget...
Israeli Joy At Trump Visit, But Substance Lacking
Israeli right-wingers celebrated US President Donald Trump's visit after he made no mention of the two-state solution,...
China’s UN Envoy Says ‘no Reason’ Not To Talk With N.Korea
China's UN ambassador said Tuesday that there was "no reason" to refuse dialogue with North Korea despite a series of...
US Plans Deep Cuts To Diplomacy and Aid
The US State Department laid out plans on Tuesday to put "America first" and to slash Washington's budget for diplomacy...