Protect Troops Over Iraq Claims
Every effort must be made to stop the legal system being abused over allegations of serious misconduct by UK troops, Theresa May has said. The PM told defence chiefs she is determined to stop...
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The Iron-Fisted Ethiopian State
A political crisis of longstanding duration has been brought to the world’s attention by the actions of a competitor at the recently concluded Olympic Games. Marathon runner Feyisa Lilesa’s...
Rome Olympic Chief’s Fury At Mayor’s Bid Veto
The Italian Olympic chief has reacted angrily to the Rome mayor's decision to reject the city's bid to host the 2024 Games, and has vowed to fight on. Calling the decision "demagogic and populist",...
Could India and Pakistan Go To War?
After all, both countries have long been nuclear powers -- a deterrent that encompasses the lives of a combined 1.4 billion people. Both nations have also seen some years of relative peace along...
Tony Blair Closes Controversial Consultancy Business
Tony Blair is giving up most of the consultancy work that made him millions after he stood down as U. K. leader. In a statement on Tuesday, the former British prime minister said he had decided to...
Nkrumah Never Dies
History has it that on the 21st day of September 1909, a boy was born in a tiny village of Nkroful, somewhere in the Western Region of present day Ghana. The boy grew up as a young man with his...
Elections Will Be Peaceful – Togbe Afede
Togbe Afede XIV, the Agbogbomefia of Asogli State, has assured the chiefs and people of Notse in the Republic of Togo of a peaceful general election in Ghana, in December. “I am very confident that...
Australia Regrets Syrian Air Strike Role
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has expressed regret for the loss of life in a US-led airstrike which killed dozens of Syrian soldiers fighting the so-called Islamic State. Mr Turnbull has...
Russian Election: Putin Party Well Ahead On More Than 40%
United Russia, backed by President Vladimir Putin, is well ahead in the nation's parliamentary election, taking more than 40%, exit polls suggest. However its vote, if confirmed, would be down on the...
EU States ‘could Veto Brexit Deal’
A group of Central European EU members known as the Visegrad Four is ready to veto any Brexit deal that would limit people's right to work in the UK, Slovakian PM Robert Fico says. In an interview...
UK Troops ‘forced Iraqi Teen Into Canal, Let Him Drown’
A judge in the UK has condemned four British troops for the killing of an Iraqi teenager in 2003 in the city of Basra. The soldiers had displayed "a manifest disregard of life" when they forced...
Former President Who Championed Euro Dies At 95
Ciampi at a ceremony in Germany in June 2008 Former Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, who steered his country into the single currency, has died in a clinic in Rome aged 95. He was the tenth...
UK ‘may Begin Brexit In Early 2017’
UK Prime Minister Theresa May is likely to trigger the formal process of leaving the European Union early next year, according to a top EU official. European Council President Donald Tusk said Mrs...
Former Italian President Ciampi Dies At 95
The former president of the Italian Republic and central banker, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, died on Friday at the age of 95, the Italian government said. He died in a hospital in Rome after a long...
This Thing We Call Power!
Whenever I hear people talk of power, they use it as a child will play with the toy. Power to them means nothing other just occupying political offices or positions. How much about power we know...
UN Chief Calls Netanyahu Ethnic Cleansing Comment Outrageous
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence that Palestinians want the "ethnic cleansing" of Jews in the West Bank "unacceptable and...
A Bad Strategy Could Be A Tragedy
It is commonly said that " it is easy to destroy than to build". Those who built this nation struggled for decades and it would only be absurd preposterous to sit aloof as some unscrupulous political...
EU Leaders ‘need Sober Look At Problems’
The European Council President Donald Tusk has called on EU leaders to take a "sober and brutally honest" look at the bloc's problems, in the wake of Britain's shock vote to leave the EU. As they...
Four Questioned In Italy After Woman’s Suicide Over Sex Video
Four men are being questioned in Italy in connection with the suicide of a woman who battled for months to have a viral video that showed her having sex removed from the internet. The 31-year-old,...
Is Global Democracy Enhancing True Development?
Today, 15 September, is International Day of Democracy (IDD). It is the ninth commemoration since 2007 when the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 62/7, deciding that every 15th...