Mantrac Injects US$60m Into Economy
Mantrac Ghana says it over US$60million investment injection over the last two years is aimed at boosting the company’s capabilities and structures. It is also targeted at expanding its business...
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Mexican President Cancels Trump Summit
His decision comes a day after the new US president unveiled his plan to build a wall along the Mexico-US border. Mr Trump also insisted the US would recoup the costs for the barrier from Mexico,...
We Will Not Pay For Trump Border Wall
Mexico will not pay for Donald Trump's border wall, the country's president has said in a message to the nation. Enrique Pena Nieto said he "lamented" the plans for the barrier, adding that "Mexico...
Trump To Put Limits On Refugees, Immigration
The US president, Donald Trump, will sign executive orders restricting visas and immigration, as well as the entry of refugees, making good on his signature campaign pledges, according to several...
Iraqi PM Abadi Confirms Capture of East Mosul
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi confirmed on Tuesday that all of eastern Mosul has been captured from Islamic State, state TV said.Join GhanaStar.com to receive daily email alerts of breaking...
Why TROIKA Can Assassinate Gen. Malong
Today the subject of my pen which Western sympathizers may call it vitriol is the inscrutable TROIKA. I have written before about it and I am still continuing until TRIOKA stop all its ill plans...
Ex-CIA Chief Brennan Bashes Trump Over Speech During CIA Visit
Former CIA Director John Brennan is "deeply saddened and angered" at President Donald Trump after the commander in chief addressed CIA employees at their headquarters in Langley, Virginia, on...
A Baby Named Trump and Admiration For A New U.S. President In Northern Iraq
Hassan Jamil’s love affair with Donald Trump began in the thick of the American presidential campaign, when he found himself glued to his television screen on the other side of the world each...
US Strikes In Libya ‘kill 80 Rebels’
A US air strike on Libya has killed more than 80 rebels from so-called Islamic State (IS), said outgoing US Defence Secretary Ash Carter. The mission, which dropped around 100 bombs on Wednesday, is...
Iraqi Army Prepares Offensive On West of City
Iraqi troops have made swift advances through the city in recent days The Iraqi army says it is preparing military operations to retake western Mosul, the last urban stronghold in Iraq of so-called...
Trump Takes Over Islamic State Fight, Vowing To Finish It
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the Islamic State is on the defensive in three countries and has been all but wiped out in another. Two and a half years after the extremists...
Libyan Wins Right To Sue Ex-Foreign Secretary Jack Straw
Ex-Foreign Secretary Jack Straw faces being sued over allegations of abduction and torture brought by a former Libyan dissident. Abdul-Hakim Belhaj claims MI6, which Mr Straw was then responsible...
Donald Trump Says Merkel Made ‘catastrophic Mistake’ On Migrants
US President-elect Donald Trump has said German Chancellor Angela Merkel made “one very catastrophic mistake” by admitting more than 1m migrants. He said Mrs Merkel was by far Europe’s most...
Military Intervention Must Be Comprehensive & Secure Gambia
By: Owusu Sekyere K Jnr Recent elections and political activities in Africa and for that matter the west African sub-region continues to amuse critics, analysts, experts of security and international...
Iraqi Forces ‘retake Mosul University’ From ISIL
Iraqi special forces have taken full control of a strategic university in eastern Mosul, according to senior commanders, the latest advance in a major push to drive ISIL out of its last urban...
NATO Crisis
Turkish President Recep Erdogan alleged, giving the Obama administration a ‘new-year-surprise’, December 28 that Turkey is in possession of “confirmed evidence, with pictures, photos and...
How Did Fort Lauderdale Suspect Get Gun Back?
He was incoherent and agitated. Voices in his head told him to join ISIS, according to law enforcement sources. Authorities were so concerned when Esteban Santiago visited the FBI Anchorage, Alaska,...
Iran To Expand Military Spending, Develop Missiles
Iranian lawmakers approved plans on Monday to expand military spending to five percent of the budget, including developing the country's long-range missile program which U. S. President-elect Donald...
Oil Slips $1 On Concerns U.S. Production Is Rising
Oil fell by $1 a barrel on Monday as signs of growing U. S. production outweighed optimism that many other producers, including Russia, were sticking to a deal to cut supplies in a bid to bolster the...
Tributes For Ex-Iran President
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has led tributes to former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who has died at the age of 82. Ayatollah Khamenei hailed a “companion of struggle”...