Two police officers have been injured by a machete-wielding assailant in the Belgian city of Charleroi.
The attacker was shot and wounded, Charleroi police said on Twitter.
The assailant is said to...
ISIS militants have captured up to 3,000 people displaced from their homes trying to flee conflict zones in northern Iraq, the United Nations said Friday, reportedly killing 12 of them.
The UN...
A fire during a birthday party at a bar in the northern French city of Rouen has killed at least 13 people and injured six.
Candles on a birthday cake started the fire at the Cuba Libre bar, which...
Russia's prime minister has again landed himself in hot water with his comments - this time about teachers.
Dmitry Medvedev is encouraging teachers unhappy with their salaries to pursue another...
A court in Turkey has issued a formal warrant for the arrest of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who the government accuses of being behind the failed July 15 coup that left more than 270...
Over 32 people dead and 60 more injured today by a terror attack on Istanbul's main airport, one of the busiest airports in on Istanbul's main airport.
Three attackers were involved, with one...
David Cameron has announced he is quitting as Prime Minister after Britain voted to leave the European Union after a nearly half a century.
In a statement outside Downing Street, and with his wife by...
Canada's Supreme Court in has ruled that some sex acts between humans and animals are legal. According to Canada’s highest legal body, humans having sexual contact with animals is OK if there is no...
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has described the educational system in Ghana as lacking substance and essence.
He said at a time when the country was inundated with so many universities the...
A cross section of religious leaders in the country have unequivocally confirmed widely held view that President John Dramani Mahama’s meteoric rise to the highest office in the land has the...
President John Mahama turned 57 years today (Sunday November 29, 2015). He was born in 1958, a year after Ghana’s independence. Mr Mahama is currently in Malta attending a three-day 2015...
European ministers have devised a dramatic plan to solve the migration crisis, offering a series of sweeteners in exchange for sending illegal migrants back to Africa.
They will provide cash and visa...
A Russian passenger plane carrying 224 passengers and crew operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia has crashed in a mountainous area of Egypt's Sinai peninsula, with medics at the site reporting...
India and Ghana are working together to revamp the Western rail line according to President John Dramani Mahama. The President met with the Prime Minister of India, His Excellency Mr. Shri Narendra...
President John Mahama has left Accra for New Delhi, India, to participate in the 3rd India- Africa Forum Summit.
He is being accompanied on the trip by the Foreign Minister, Hanna S. Tetteh (MP) and...
Ivorians are voting in Sunday’s presidential elections with incumbent Alassane Ouattara fending off challenges from six other presidential contenders.
Preliminary results are expected early in the...
The walls of the house are about ten metres high and fortified with electric fence. At every material moment, there are two security guards in the house: a private security man from Westec Security...
Soldiers fired warning shots to disperse hundreds of protesters outside Burkina Faso's presidential palace on Wednesday after the presidential guard burst into a cabinet meeting and arrested the...
It’s a pleasure to be here in your company and to be given the opportunity to share some thoughts on Ghana’s development goals, especially as they pertain to investment opportunities.
I learned...
(The Presidency, Accra)President John Mahama has expressed optimism that there will be a positive turnaround in the fight against the Ebola Virus Disease. The totality of ongoing international...
