Ghana Opens Consulate In Arkansas
Mr. E-B. Asare-Asiedu, Chargé D’Affaire of the Embassy of Ghana, Washington DC has expressed the gratitude of the Ghanaian Government and people for the hand of friendship extended to the country...
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US Rebuffs China Over N.Korea Talks
The United States on Wednesday rebuffed China's appeal for talks with North Korea, saying leader Kim Jong-Un was behaving irrationally and that it was reassessing its approach to dealing with...
More Than 60 Years of Tensions Between the Two Koreas
Tensions have remained high in the more than 60 years since North and South Korea fought a fierce war from 1950-53. Here is a timeline of relations between the two Koreas, who remain technically at...
US Skeptical About N. Korea Talks, Says Kim Jong-Un Not ‘rational’
The United States on Wednesday voiced skepticism about calls for talks with North Korea, saying leader Kim Jong-Un was behaving irrationally and would likely not respond to diplomatic advances. "We...
Iran Accuses US of Stirring Tensions In Gulf
A senior official in Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday accused the United States of provoking tensions after two separate incidents in the Gulf last week. "A US Navy ship crossing the...
Ghana Opens Consulate In Little Rock, Arkansas
Mr. E-B. Asare-Asiedu, Chargé D'Affaire of the Embassy of Ghana, Washington DC has expressed the gratitude of the Ghanaian Government and people for the hand of friendship extended to the country by...
Top US Diplomat To Visit Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing After NKorea Test
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit South Korea, Japan and China, the State Department announced Tuesday, just a day after North Korea launched ballistic missiles close to ally Japan. On...
US Envoy At UN Makes Bid For Reviving Israeli-Palestinian Talks
US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Tuesday discussed reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations during her first meeting with the Palestinian envoy to the United Nations. Haley tweeted after her talks...
State Department Hold First News Briefing of Trump Era
After 45 days of silence the US State Department held its first news briefing of Donald Trump's presidency on Tuesday, forced to deny suggestions that it is sliding into irrelevance. What foreign...
Decried As Muslim Ban, Will Trump Decree Pass Legal Muster?
The American Civil Liberties Union and others are already lining up to challenge President Donald Trump's revised ban on refugees and travelers from six mainly Muslim countries. But can they succeed...
Brazil’s Recession Worst On Record
Brazil has been in recession for two years, the latest figures show, marking the deepest economic decline since records began. The economy contracted by 3.6% in 2016, meaning it is now 8% smaller...
Trump Signs New Travel Ban Directive
President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order placing a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations. Iraq – which was covered in the previous seven-nation order – has been...
‘Shameful’ If Darfur Chemical Attacks Left Unprobed
Amnesty International on Tuesday renewed its call for a UN investigation into suspected chemical weapons attacks by Sudanese government forces in Darfur, saying it would be "shameful" if they were...
US Hasn’t Decided Yet On Iran Nuclear Deal
The new US administration has not yet decided what to do about the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the head of the UN atomic watchdog said Monday following talks in Washington. "The new administration of the...
What If Germany Had Not Lost Its Colonies In Africa?
The Germans were latecomers to the scramble for Africa. Even if there may have been individual Germans scouring the coasts of Africa (as slave traders?), it was only after the Berlin Conference of...
Netanyahu To Meet Putin, Says Iran Seeks Permanent Foothold In Syria
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday to voice opposition to what the Israeli leader charged were Iran's attempts to establish a...
Syrian Pilot Whose Plane Crashed In Turkey Found By Rescue Team
Syrian pilot whose plane crashed in Turkey found by rescue teA Syrian air force pilot who bailed out as his warplane crashed on Turkish territory has been found by a Turkish rescue team and is being...
China’s Premier Rules Out Taiwan, Hong Kong Independence
China will firmly oppose Taiwan "separatism", Premier Li Keqiang declared Sunday, following tension with US President Donald Trump over the island, and said Hong Kong independence moves would "lead...
British Foreign Minister To Visit Russia To Discuss Differences
Britain's foreign minister Boris Johnson will go to Moscow in the coming weeks to discuss the differences between the two countries over Syria and Ukraine, the Foreign Office said on Saturday, in the...
Iran’s S-300 Air Defence System ‘operational’
Iran's advanced S-300 air defence system, delivered by Russia following a July 2015 nuclear deal after years of delay, is now operational, state television reported on Saturday. Iran had been trying...