politics
Tunisia Freezes Football Magnate’s Assets Over ‘graft’
Authorities in Tunisia on Wednesday announced they have frozen the assets of football club magnate and former...
Ghana Needs Political Will and Leadership To Fight Corruption
Madam Gloria Afua Akuffo, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, on Tuesday, said the establishment of the...
McConnell, Republican Leader ‘boxed In’ On Health Care
Mitch McConnell may be Washington's master political tactician, but the Senate majority leader's failure to bring an...
China Loan Will Be Used To Leverage Bauxite Industry – Gov’t
Government is seeking to leverage Ghana’s natural resources, specifically bauxite, through its recent partnership...
Gunmen Attack UN Convoy Near Libya Capital
Gunmen attacked a UN convoy on Wednesday near Zawiyah, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) west of the Libyan capital, a...
Michael Moore Donates $10,000 To Trump-As-Caesar Theater
American filmmaker Michael Moore has donated $10,000 to a New York theater that staged a controversial production of...
Asians Stuck In Saudi After Qatari Bosses Ordered Out
Asian migrants working as domestic staff and farmers are stranded in Saudi Arabia -- potentially illegally -- after...
Time Asks Trump Org To Pull Mock Magazine Covers
Time Magazine said Wednesday it has asked the Trump Organization to take down a mock front cover celebrating Donald...
When Trump Raises Funds For Trump At the Trump Hotel
The next US election is still more than 1,200 days away, but Donald Trump is already drumming up cash to pay for it --...
Ethiopia Asks For Extension of Saudi Amnesty Deadline
Thousands of Ethiopians are still stuck in Saudi Arabia after a 90-day amnesty for undocumented migrants expired on...
Up To 100,000 Civilians Trapped In Syria’s Raqa
As many as 100,000 civilians are trapped in Syria's Raqa, as US-backed fighters battle to retake the city from the...
Kim Jong-Un Vows To Execute South Korea’s Former President
Kim Jong-un has threatened South Korea's president with a 'miserable dog's death' over an alleged plot to assassinate...
Fears Surge of A Fresh War In Congo’s Nord-Kivu
The governor of Congo's restive eastern province of Nord-Kivu urged the army Wednesday to beef up operations against a...
North Korea Threatens To Kill South’s Ex-President Park
North Korea threatened on Wednesday to "impose the death penalty" on the South's former president Park Geun-Hye over an...
Deal Reached On Cuts To UN Peacekeeping
A tentative deal on nearly $600 million in cuts to the UN peacekeeping budget has been reached following weeks of tough...
China Donates Arms To Philippines For Raging Islamist Fight
China on Wednesday donated thousands of guns to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to help Manila in its battle...
Hamas Building Gaza Buffer Zone As It Seeks Improved Egypt Ties
Gaza's rulers Hamas said they had begun building a new buffer zone along the southern border with Egypt on Wednesday,...
Mattis Says Assad Took Trump’s Chemical Warning ‘seriously’
US President Donald Trump's warning to the Syrian government not to carry out a chemical weapons attack appears to have...
Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Detained By Police
Hong Kong student pro-democracy campaigner Joshua Wong was detained by police on Wednesday after an anti-China protest...