The US supercarrier Carl Vinson will arrive in the Sea of Japan in days, Vice President Mike Pence said in Australia Saturday amid high tensions with North Korea. The Trump administration has been...
US Vice President Mike Pence will try make a disastrous first telephone call between Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull ancient history when he meets the Australian prime minister on Saturday. After a...
Two men accused of fundraising and recruiting for the Islamic State group in India were sentenced to seven years in jail Friday, an official said. Azhar-ul-Islam and Mohammad Farhan Shaikh were...
Arkansas executes Ledell Lee in first death penalty use in 12 years Lee was convicted of murder and recently told the BBC he was innocent Arkansas has executed Ledell Lee in the US state's first use...
Dr Steve Manteaw, Co-Chair of the multi-stakeholder committee of the Ghana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), has said natural resources in a given society is a key component for...
The Trump administration's priority is boosting US growth through tax cuts and an overhaul of regulations, and a growing American economy will be good for the world, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin...
Israel is to take delivery of three more F-35 stealth fighters from the United States on Sunday, adding to two which arrived in December, an army statement said. They are among 50 that Israel has...
Striker Richmond Boakye-Yiadom has said he feels like he is at home in new club Red Star Belgrade so much so he forgets he is on loan at times. The 24-year old has settled in fast at the Serbian...
Ugandan motorbike taxi driver Sadiq Agotre grumbles as he waits for a rare client among thousands of South Sudanese refugees hoping to receive food rations in the outskirts of his town. "Business is...
Israel is launching a diplomatic offensive against Palestinian calls for FIFA to impose sanctions over football clubs based in Jewish settlements in the occupied territories, an official said on...
As the global recovery has taken firmer hold, gradual US interest rate increases are unlikely to roil world markets or cause undue problems for policymakers, a top Federal Reserve official said...
A bus has swerved off a mountain road and plunged into a deep ravine in a Himalayan region of northern India, killing at least 44 people, an official said on Wednesday. The bus with 56 passengers on...
AshGold head coach, C. K. Akunnor, says he is ready to help Kwesi Appiah in the Black Stars team if he is given the opportunity. Appiah was named Black Stars coach in March as Avram Grant’s...
In a face-saving declaration, the White House on Wednesday claimed the president's comments about the carrier strike group he'd deployed to the Korean Peninsula had been misinterpreted. President...
China confirmed Wednesday that Interpol has issued a "red notice" for Guo Wengui, a real estate kingpin and outspoken critic of the ruling Communist Party. "What we understand is that Interpol has...
North Korea showed off military hardware at a parade in honour of the anniversary of founding father China says it is seriously concerned about North Korean nuclear development, in the wake of a BBC...
The United States will counter any North Korean attack with an "overwhelming and effective" response, Vice President Mike Pence vowed Wednesday, as he stood on the deck of a massive American aircraft...
After a few days of saber-rattling, US President Donald Trump's administration has reverted to the same North Korea policy as its predecessor: relying on China to control Pyongyang. The USS Carl...
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to reinvigorate the Riyadh-Washington alliance, with both seeing a common adversary in Iran and its "destabilising" activities. The United...
An aircraft carrier the US Navy said was steaming toward the Korean Peninsula amid rising tensions has not yet departed, a US defense official acknowledged Tuesday. The Navy on April 8 said it was...
