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Andrei Karlov’s Body Flown Home From Turkey

The body of the Russian ambassador assassinated by a Turkish policeman in Ankara has been flown home. Andrei Karlov was...

Opinion

On The Assassination Of Russian Ambassador In Turkey

The relations between unpredictable allies, Russia and Turkey, appear to have deteriorated in the past few years. The...

International

Dollar Hits New 14-Year High, Dow Sets Sights On 20,000

The dollar hit a 14-year high on Tuesday as the yen fell after the Bank of Japan stuck to its ultra-loose monetary...

International

AU and UN Laud Firm Stance of ECOWAS, 11 Envoys Desert Jammeh

The African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) have issued statements lauding the firm stance taken by the West...

International

Turkish Police Detain Six After Russian Ambassador Shot Dead

Turkish police have detained six people over the killing of the Russian ambassador, state media said, who was shot in...

International

African States Narrowly Fail To Stop U.N. Gay Rights Envoy Work

African states narrowly failed on Monday for a second time to halt the work of the first U. N. independent investigator...

International

Ukraine’s Largest Bank Rescued By State, Prompts Call For Calm

Ukraine took over its largest bank on Monday in a move backed by Kiev's international donors to protect the country's...

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Rebels Burn Syria Evacuation Buses

Several buses sent to transport the sick and injured from two government-held villages in Syria’s Idlib province have...

International

I Told Putin Directly To Stop Hacking US

President Barack Obama on Friday all but named Russian President Vladimir Putin as behind Moscow's alleged attempts to...

International

One Killed As Aleppo Medical Convoy Comes Under Fire

Ambulances trying to evacuate people from rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Thursday came under fire from fighters loyal to...

International

Can Japan Summit Change Asia-Pacific Power Dynamic?

They're the islands where World War II never ended and now they're the focal point of a rare meeting between the...

International

Trump Rewrites US Foreign Policy On the Fly

Donald Trump is not even President yet, but he's already turning US foreign policy on two of the biggest challenges to...

International

Russia Corrupted Olympics On Unprecedented Scale

The Russian state conspired with athletes and sporting officials to undertake a doping program that was unprecedented...

International

Foreign Diplomats Livid Over India’s Cash Crisis

India's cash shortage has left foreign diplomats in the country fuming. Multiple embassies have lodged protests with...

International

Russian Oil Giant In Surprise $11bn Deal

The Kremlin has announced that commodities trader Glencore and Qatar's sovereign wealth fund are together buying a...

International

Aleppo Battle: Victory In City Would Be ‘huge Step’

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said a victory for his army in Aleppo would be a "huge step" towards ending the...

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Can ‘Mr Power Cut’ John Mahama Win A Second Term?

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has joked he is known as "Mr Dumsor" - a reference to the power cuts that have...

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BBC Describes President Mahama As ‘Mr Power Cut’

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has joked he is known as "Mr Dumsor" - a reference to the power cuts that have...

Opinion

Are Killings Ever Justified and Mandated?

The majority of the Ghanaians fear blood which became obvious in the many Coups the country had seen which mostly were...