New Hamas Chief To Be Announced Soon
The new leadership of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas will be announced in the coming days, officials said Sunday, while it also prepared to unveil a new version of its charter. Ismail Haniya,...
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Sri Lanka Rescues 30 Rohingya Aboard Indian Boat
Sri Lanka's coastguard Sunday detained an Indian boat which had illegally entered the island's territorial waters and rescued 30 Rohingya refugees including 16 children who were on board, an official...
German Chancellor In Saudi For G20, Cooperation Talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Saudi King Salman on Sunday, state media said, as she began a visit focused on bilateral relations and preparations for the next G20 meeting. King Salman received...
North In Another ‘failed’ Missile Launch
North Korea has test-fired another ballistic missile, South Korean and US military officials say. The missile exploded shortly after take-off, they said – the second failed launch in the past...
Hamas To Amend Controversial Charter In Bid To Ease Ties
Hamas is to unveil a new version of its controversial founding charter which called for the destruction of Israel in a bid to ease its international isolation, party officials said. Leaders of the...
Trump Rallies NRA ‘friends’ On Eve of 100-Day Milestone
Ninety-nine days into office President Donald Trump jetted into Atlanta, Georgia on Friday to address the National Rifle Association, earning a triumphant welcome from the hugely powerful US gun...
Trump To Address NRA On Eve of 100 Days In Office
Ninety-nine days after taking office, President Donald Trump on Friday is set to address the National Rifle Association, the hugely powerful US gun lobby that will surely give him a triumphant...
China More Interested In Macron’s Marriage Than His Politics
China is closely following France's presidential election, but web users appear less interested in the politics than the unusual marriage between moderate candidate Emmanuel Macron and his former...
Trump Says ‘major, Major’ Conflict With North Korea Possible
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday a major conflict with North Korea is possible in the standoff over its nuclear and missile programs, but he would prefer a diplomatic outcome to the...
Guam Chief Pleads Guilty In FIFA Scandal
The US prosecution of the massive corruption scandal rocking world soccer scalped a new head on Thursday: the football chief on the tiny Pacific island of Guam. Richard Lai, a 55-year-old US citizen,...
UK High Commisioner Jon Benjamin Lacks Decency – 1st Deputy Speaker
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Joseph Osei Owusu has slammed the UK High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin over the latter’s decision to expose four Ghananain MPs for alleged visa...
Nigeria’s Jonathan Blames Obama For 2015 Election Defeat
Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan has blamed Barack Obama for his 2015 presidential election defeat to Muhammadu Buhari, alleging the former US president headed a global conspiracy to get rid of him....
Kenney Agyapong Collapsing Akufo-Addo Government
The overzealousness on the part of some state institutions to please legislator, Kennedy Agyapong, has yet again brought another embarrassment for the four month old Akufo-Addo administration as his...
North Korea Faces Tighter Sanctions Under Trump Strategy
The US is to tighten sanctions on North Korea and step up diplomatic moves aimed at pressuring the country to end its nuclear and missile programmes. President Donald Trump's strategy was announced...
$41m Bauxite Receipts ‘missing’ In Audited Accounts of BoG – PAC
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is to provide data on bauxite exports for 2015 to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament today as it was not captured in the audited accounts of the Central Bank....
Tanzania Expels Top UN Official
Tanzania has expelled the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the country, the foreign ministry has said in a statement. It blamed Awa Dabo, a Gambian national, for the...
National Security Unaware of Raid At Nii Lantey Vanderpuye’s House
Wife of Member of Parliament for Odododiodio Nii Lantey Vanderpuye has dismissed reports that personnel from the National Security and Bureau of National Investigations invaded their residence to...
$2.25billion Bond Was Transparent – BoG
The Bank of Ghana has cleared the air on the controversial $2.25billion bond it issued last week saying it was done in a rather transparent manner, contrary to accusations from the opposition...
UN Says Corruption In Afghanistan A Challenge Despite Progress
Corruption remains a serious obstacle to peace in Afghanistan, the UN said in its first report on the issue released Tuesday, in which it welcomed the government's efforts but said implementation is...
Iraq Holding Qatar Hunting Party’s Ransom Money
Iraq is holding hundreds of millions of dollars Qatari negotiators had brought to Baghdad as ransom money for the release of kidnapped hunters, the prime minister said Tuesday. A hunting party...