Man Waves Gaddafi Flag From Plane
A man has emerged from a hijacked Libyan jet waving a flag associated with the late former leader, Muammar Gaddafi, during a stand-off in Malta. The man appeared after most of the 118 people on board...
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First Passengers Released At Airport
The first people have been allowed off a hijacked Libyan jet during a stand-off at Malta International Airport. At least 65 people have been released from the domestic Afriqiyah Airways flight, which...
Struggling Spanish Town Wins Fortune From Lottery
Celebrations in Madrid after the top prize of the El Gordo lottery went to one neighbourhood Spain's annual Christmas lottery has paid out €56m ($58m; £47m) to residents of a struggling southern...
AMA Demolishes Four-Storey Warehouse At Adabraka
A four-storey warehouse at Adabraka in Accra was yesterday pulled down by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), following the detection of structural defects on the building. The controlled...
Obama Administration Ending Program Once Used To Track Mostly Arab and Muslim Men
President Barack Obama's administration said Thursday it was ending a dormant program that once was used to track mostly Arab and Muslim men. "The Department of Homeland Security is removing outdated...
Police Say Lorry Crash ‘probably Terror Attack’
German police are investigating a “probable terrorist attack” after a man ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48. The driver,...
Police Say Lorry Crash ‘probably Terror Attack’
German police are investigating a "probable terrorist attack" after a man ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48. The driver is an Afghan...
NDC To Fill One Deputy Speaker Position
Although the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has lost hold of majority seats in Parliament owing to its massive defeat in the December 7 polls, it will still have the opportunity to...
NDC To Fill One Deputy Speaker Position
Although the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has lost hold of majority seats in Parliament owing to its massive defeat in the December 7 polls, it will still have the opportunity to...
NDC To Fill One Deputy Speaker Position
Although the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has lost hold of majority seats in Parliament owing to its massive defeat in the December 7 polls, it will still have the opportunity to...
Philippine President Tells US
The Philippine President vowed Friday to keep up his controversial campaign against drugs as long as he remains in office. Rodrigo Duterte was met with a roar of approval and chants of "Duterte,...
Heimlich Manoeuvre Inventor Dies Aged 96
US doctor Henry Heimlich, who invented the manoeuvre used to help victims of choking, has died aged 96. Dr Heimlich died at a hospital in the US city of Cincinnati early on Saturday following...
Akufo-Addo Will Be the Best President Ghana Will Ever Have
Former mayor of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Maxwell Kofi Jumah has revealed he is not “too determined to serve” in Nana Akufo Addo’s government. Kofi Jumah however says in his personal...
Final Stage the Toughest For Paris
Paris is the hot favorite to win the right to host the 2024 Olympics Games but, having fallen at the final hurdle before, knows the hardest part is yet to come - convincing the International Olympic...
Death Toll Nearing 6,000 In the Philippines Drug War
A 6-year-old Manila boy killed in his sleep is among the latest victims in the ongoing violence against suspected drug criminals in the Philippines. "There was a knock on the door," said Elizabeth...
Hitler’s Austrian Birthplace Will Be Home For Disability Charity
Adolf Hitler's birthplace will turned into a base for a disability charity, it has been announced. The decision comes a day after Austria's parliament passed a law allowing it to seize the house...
Philippines President Duterte Should Be Impeached For ‘mass Murder’
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte should be impeached after he admitted to personally killing drug suspects, one of his top critics told CNN. On Monday, Duterte said that when mayor of the...
Okoe Vanderpuije Switches To ‘demolition Mode’ After Elections
The Accra Mayor Mr. Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije has bounced back in pulling down all structures which pose threat to public safety in the Metropolis barely a week after the December 7, 2016 elections....
We Can’t Provide Accommodation For You
The Mayor of Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Mr. Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije has indicated the assembly’s unpreparedness to provide accommodation of any sort for residents living around a building...
Aleppo Evacuation Deal Back On
A deal to evacuate the last rebel-held part of eastern Aleppo is back on, opposition fighters say, a day after a previous agreement fell through. Rebel fighters and civilians in the Syrian city had...