GNF Hopeful of Gov’t Support
While preparing for the Senior Africa Netball Championship in Uganda, the Ghana Netball Federation (GNF) has been assured of government’s support to participate in the tournament The Federation...
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‘Fake News’ US Pizzeria Invasion Man Jailed For Four Years
A man who invaded a pizzeria in the US capital firing an assault rifle, after fake news reports of a child smuggling ring, was given a four-year prison sentence Thursday. Washington federal district...
US Top Court Sets Limits To Stripping Citizenship
President Donald Trump's efforts to tighten the screws on US immigration suffered a blow Thursday, when the US Supreme Court set more restrictions on the government's ability to strip naturalized...
Ghana Court Rules Transfer of Ex-Guantanamo Detainees Unconstitutional
Ghana's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the transfer of two former Guantanamo Bay detainees to the country was unconstitutional without parliamentary approval. Ghana had signed an agreement with...
Gitmo 2 Have Comported Themselves Well
It appears government may allow the continuous stay of the two Guantanamo Bay detainees after noting that they have been well behaved, as it is taking “prompt” steps to deal with the Supreme...
Local Qaeda Leader In Yemen Killed By US Air Strike
A US air strike has killed a regional Al-Qaeda leader and two associates in Yemen's Shabwa province, a jihadist stronghold in the south, the Pentagon said Thursday. Abu Khattab al-Awlaqi was emir for...
Hosting of Gitmo 2 Illegal – Supreme Court Declares
The Supreme Court has declared as unconstitutional an agreement between the then Mahama government and the United States, which saw two Guantanamo Bay detainees brought into the country. The court,...
EU Leaders Urge Internet Giants To Fight Online Extremism
EU leaders on Thursday urged Internet firms to do their utmost to combat online extremism promoting attacks or face the possibility of legislation if the industry self-regulation fails. European...
US Withdraws Protocol Visas For Former Presidents, MPs
The United States government has withdrawn protocol visa allocation to top Ghanaian government officials including Members of Parliament and former Presidents on non-official visits. Per the...
Rawlings Celebrates 70th Birthday With Family, Friends [Photos]
Former President Jerry John Rawlings marked his 70th birthday today , with members of his family and friends. Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, the Member of Parliament of the Korle Klottey...
Qatar Ideal First Diplomatic Crisis For Oilman Tillerson
The Qatar crisis presents Rex Tillerson with his first challenge as Washington's top diplomat and an opportunity for the former oilman to use his vast network of contacts. But while his former life...
Kenya’s Schoolgirls To Get Free Sanitary Pads From Government
All Kenyan schoolgirls are to get free sanitary pads, the government has said. It is hoped the move will improve access to education in a country where many cannot afford sanitary products like pads...
FIFA Prez Not Under Probe
FIFA has dismissed a report that its ethics committee had started an investigation against the organisation’s President, Gianni Infantino, before he choreographed the sudden removal of the...
Egypt Extends State of Emergency
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi extended a state of emergency declared after twin church bombings in April by jihadists, in a decree issued in the official gazette on Thursday. The renewed...
Trump Says He Does Not Have Tapes of Comey Meetings
US President Donald Trump said Thursday he did not have recordings of his meetings with former FBI director James Comey, after weeks of speculations that the Republican billionaire leader himself...
Merkel Slaps Down May On Brexit Talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted Thursday that the EU's future take priority over Brexit talks as Prime Minister Theresa May met European leaders for the first time since a disastrous...
Multinational Forces Could Patrol Syria ‘de-Escalation Zones’
Turkey on Thursday said multinational forces from differing sides in the Syria conflict could be deployed to ensure peace in so-called "de-escalation" zones aimed at ending the civil war. Iran,...
Macron Unveils France’s New Realpolitik For Syria
Recalibrating France's long-held policy of insisting that Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad must step down, President Emmanuel Macron has opted for realpolitik by making the fight against terror the top...
S.Sudan To Lift Ban On Foreign Journalists
South Sudan's media authority will lift a ban on around 20 foreign journalists who had been refused access to the country, a top media official said Thursday. Earlier this month the government's...
You’ll Reap From Your Sweat Soon
Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West, has called on party sympathizers to ensure that there is peace in all electoral activities to...