Nana Addo Is On Top of Affairs
The Acting National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Freddie Blay, believes the progressive implementation of the NPP manifesto programmes and policies aimed at improving the livelihood of...
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China Urges US To Stop ‘unfriendly’ Recon Flights
China on Tuesday called on the United States to stop "unfriendly" and "dangerous" military flights after two Chinese fighter jets intercepted an American surveillance plane over the East China Sea....
‘We Don’t Care’ About US Travel Ban
Washington's ban on US citizens travelling to North Korea will have no effect on the country's tourism industry and Pyongyang does not care about it "at all", a senior development official insisted...
Man Shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ Attacks Police On Morocco-Spain Border
A knife-wielding man shouting "Allahu Akbar" charged across the border between Morocco and the Spanish territory of Melilla on Tuesday, attacking and injuring a police officer, authorities said. The...
China Urges ASEAN To Reject Outside Interference
Beijing urged Southeast Asian nations on Tuesday to unite and "say no" to outside forces seeking to interfere in the South China Sea dispute, in an apparent swipe at the United States ahead of a...
Govt Shoots Down ‘friendship’ Ties With IMF After 2018
Government has insisted it will not subscribe unto the Policy Sector Initiative (PSI) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after the deal expires in December 2018. The NPP argues that the...
What Is All This Noise At the EC About?
WHEN former President of the United States of America (USA), Barrack Hussein Obama, visited Ghana in 2009, he applauded our efforts at entrenching a strong democratic culture in the sub-Saharan...
Violence Against Afghan Journalists Soars
At least 10 journalists were killed in Afghanistan in the first half of 2017, a 35 percent surge from last year, a media watchdog said Tuesday, with rampant violence on the rise in the war-torn...
PPP Warns EC Commissioners To Step Aside For Independent Investigation
In the wake of the allegations and counter allegations by the Commissioners of the Electoral Commission (EC), the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has asked all three national Commissioners—the...
Israel Removes Metal Detectors From Jerusalem Holy Site
Israel removed metal detectors from a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site before dawn on Tuesday and said they would no longer be used after their installation triggered deadly violence. The move...
Deadly Strike Hits Syria Rebel Town Despite Truce
An air strike killed eight civilians late Monday in a rebel-held town east of Damascus where a truce was supposed to have taken effect at the weekend, a monitor said. Three children and a woman were...
N. Korea Appears To Be Preparing New Missile Test
Speculation intensified Tuesday that North Korea is preparing another missile launch to coincide with a military anniversary, just weeks after conducting its first successful test of an ICBM that...
Saudi, Allies Unveil Qatar ‘terrorist’ Blacklist
Saudi Arabia and its allies unveiled a "terrorist" blacklist on Tuesday of 18 organisations and individuals suspected of links with Islamist extremism that they said had ties with regional rival...
Thai Authorities Freeze Ousted PM Yingluck’s Bank Accounts
Thai authorities have frozen seven bank accounts belonging to ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra over a $1 billion fine she faces for her administration's controversial rice subsidy scheme, her lawyer...
India’s Kovind To Be Sworn In As President
Ram Nath Kovind will be sworn in as India's president Tuesday, becoming just the second leader from the oppressed Dalit community to be elected head of state. A former lawyer and state governor,...
Japan Aims To Reduce Suicides By 30% In 10 Years
Japan aims to cut suicides by 30 percent over 10 years, with the government Tuesday approving a plan which seeks to curb extreme work hours seen as contributing to one of the world's highest suicide...
NPP To Miss Budget Deficit Target If … – Terkper
Former Finance minister, Seth Terkper has predicted that the NPP government will miss its budget deficit target for this year. He argues that the government’s efforts to ensure tax compliance and...
Maldives Says Parliament Shut For Security
The Maldivian government Tuesday defended its controversial deployment of troops to block opposition legislators entering parliament, saying the move was part of security measures undertaken for a...
US House Votes Tuesday To Sanction Russia, Iran, NKorea
The US House of Representatives votes Tuesday to slap new sanctions against Russia, a move that limits President Donald Trump's ability to tinker with the penalties and has also triggered uproar in...
Syrian Rebel Aid Program Was ‘dangerous and Wasteful’
US President Donald Trump on Monday announced he had ended a program to support rebels fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad because it was "massive, dangerous, and wasteful." The...