Ander Herrera insists Manchester United's plans for Premier League glory remain intact despite the 2-1 derby defeat to Manchester City and states his team must take the positives. The former Athletic...
Russia and the US have announced an agreement on Syria starting with a "cessation of hostilities" from sunset on Monday. Under the plan, the Syrian government will end combat missions in specified...
Some 46 million people in Britain could potentially benefit from a legal case brought against Mastercard (MA. N) demanding 14 billion pounds ($19 billion) in damages for allegedly charging excessive...
Facebook says it will allow an iconic photograph of a girl fleeing a Napalm attack taken during the Vietnam war in 1972 to be used on its platform. It had previously removed the image, posted by a...
Zimbabwe's government is axing 25,000 civil service jobs in an effort to rein in government spending. It is also cancelling annual bonus payments as part of a series of measures aimed at saving $118m...
I was in the Department of Communication Studies’ library at the University of Ghana one morning when I got a whatsupp message from my editor Dzifa Bampoh saying, “Gakpo, we need to talk when you...
Brazilian police say they want to speak to International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach about an alleged scheme to resell tickets during last month's Rio Olympics. The police say Mr...
Theresa May is meeting European Council President Donald Tusk for the first time since becoming UK prime minister later, with Brexit on the agenda. In talks at Downing Street, Mrs May will say the UK...
Zimbabwe's high court has overturned a two-week ban by police on demonstrations in the capital Harare. The challenge was brought by activists, who are opposed to President Robert Mugabe and his...
Denmark will buy data leaked from the law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers scandal, Taxation Minister Karsten Lauritzen has announced. An anonymous offer to sell data involving up to 600 Danish...
A new mayor in South Africa has rejected a fleet of luxury cars he inherited from his predecessors. Solly Msimanga, from the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), said the vehicles would instead be...
The first-ever person to have a face transplant, Frenchwoman Isabelle Dinoire, has died, French doctors say. In 2005, surgeons gave her a new nose and mouth after she was disfigured by her pet dog....
A top South African court has cleared the way for an eight-year-old girl, born to Cuban parents, to be granted South African citizenship. This entitles her to access to health care, education and...
The Somali government says it has suspended all flights transporting khat from Kenya to Mogadishu. The Somali Minister of Civil Aviation Ali Ahmed Jangali told the BBC they have decided to...
"You sign up to a church here and you are in multiple countries, because you have branches all over the world. So, from day one you are an international software company." So says Nana...
Smoke could be seen coming from the area of the attack in Shar-e-Naw An attack on the offices of an international charity in the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul, has left at least one civilian...
Uzbekistan is preparing to bury President Islam Karimov, one of Asia's most authoritarian leaders, who died this week aged 78. His death was confirmed by the government in Tashkent on Friday, six...
Tropical storm Hermine has made landfall in northern Florida, becoming the first hurricane to hit the state in 11 years. Hermine hit the Florida Gulf Coast early on Friday as a category one...
“Ghanaian highlife is one of the oldest popular dance-music styles of Africa…” ALEXIS AKWAGYIRAM, BBC “Highlife, a musical genre that originated in Ghana, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, fused...
A communication team member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has commended the move by the Minority in Parliament to impeach President John Mahama for receiving a Ford Expedition vehicle...
