Iraqi forces will resume their push against Islamic State inside Mosul in the coming days, a U. S. battlefield commander said, in a new phase of the two-month-old operation that will see American...
Following the outcome of December 19th election, it is no news that President Mahama has yesterday celebrated his last Christmas as president. He, however, did not fail to celebrate it in his usual...
President John Mahama has reacted to tweets mocking him for spending Christmas in his home constituency in Bole in the Northern region following his government's defeat. Some Ghanaian youth on social...
At least 22 civilians were killed in Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province over the weekend, an official said, blaming the attacks on an armed group led by Ugandan rebels. The killings...
Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Saturday talks about initial Greek debt relief measures would be resumed after being frozen mid-month over Greece's decision to pay pensioners a Christmas...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a UN call to end illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land is “shameful”. He stressed that Israel would not abide by Friday’s vote...
The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution urging an end to illegal Israeli settlements after the US refused to veto it. The Egyptian-drafted resolution had been withdrawn after...
The hijacking of a Libyan plane has ended peacefully after the men who seized control surrendered in Malta. The domestic flight with 118 people on board was hijacked after taking off from Sabha,...
A man has emerged from a hijacked Libyan jet waving a flag associated with the late former leader, Muammar Gaddafi, during a stand-off in Malta. The man appeared after most of the 118 people on board...
The first people have been allowed off a hijacked Libyan jet during a stand-off at Malta International Airport. At least 65 people have been released from the domestic Afriqiyah Airways flight, which...
A Libyan plane with 118 people on board has landed in Malta in what the island’s prime minister called a “potential hijack situation”. The Airbus A320 was on an internal flight for Afriqiyah...
Apart from gospel Music, I am a big fan of Jamaican Reggae Music. I love the music of Joseph Hill of culture fame. My best number from Culture is “Where the tree falls.” In that song, the...
A Libyan passenger plane with 118 people on board has been forced to land in Malta in what the Maltese prime minister called a “potential hijack situation”. The Airbus A320 was flying inside...
Several people have gathered at the scene today to have a view of the aftermath A total of 42 injured persons and 5 dead persons have been confirmed by the police service as the number of affected...
Whenever I hear those who ought to know say that Nigeria’s main problem is ethnicity, I often begin to develop cold feet. They seem to argue that if not for ethnicity (a colonial construct), the...
Egypt has delayed a UN vote on a text condemning Israeli settlements in occupied territory after Israel asked Donald Trump to intervene. Israel contacted the US president-elect's transition team...
Egypt has suddenly delayed a vote on its UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank as Donald Trump made his opposition clear. A US official told the BBC that it had been...
The Israeli government reached out to President-elect Donald Trump for help in pressuring the Obama administration to veto a UN Security Council resolution condemning settlement activity, a senior...
Australian police arrested seven people overnight Friday as part of an investigation into a plot to attack central Melbourne on or around Christmas Day. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called it "one...
France’s military chief on Wednesday took the unusual step of urging the country's next president to raise defence spending in a rare public appeal. Chief of Defence General Pierre de Villiers...
