Reuters

International

300,000 Civilians At Risk In Damascus Fighting

The United Nations said fighting around Syria's capital has cut off 300,000 people from humanitarian assistance and...

International

Russia May Be Supplying Taliban Fighters

The top US general in Europe said on Thursday he has seen growing Russian influence on the Afghan Taliban, and raised...

International

Car Bomb Kills At Least 5 In Somalia’s Capital

Blast near the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu targeted a security checkpoint with soldiers among the dead. A deadly...

Top Stories

Flight Ban On Laptops ‘sparked By IS Threat’

An aircraft cabin ban on large electronic devices was prompted by intelligence suggesting a terror threat to US-bound...

Top Stories

Somalia: 26 ‘starve To Death’ In Drought

At least 26 people have died of starvation in Somalia’s southern region of Jubaland, the government-owned Radio...

International

Russia ‘strikes Deal’ With Syrian Kurds To Set Up Base

Russia is setting up a military base in northwestern Syria in agreement with the Syrian-Kurdish YPG armed group that...

Top Stories

Happiness Report: Norway Is the Happiest Place On Earth

Norway is the happiest place on Earth, according to a United Nations agency report – toppling neighbour Denmark from...

International

Mass Graves In Central Congo Bear Witness To Growing Violence

The increasingly brutal nature of fighting in central Congo between the army and local militia is on vivid display in...

International

Malaysia Expects More Arrests In Kim Jong Nam Murder Probe

The police chief did not respond immediately when contacted by Reuters for comment. Malaysian police are expected to...

Top Stories

President Akufo-Addo Defends Appointing ‘elephant-Size’ Government of 110 Ministers

Ghana’s President has come under fire for appointing an “elephant size” government of 110 ministers. Nana...

International

U.S., China Soften Tone, Say To Work Together On North Korea

The United States and China will work together to get nuclear-armed North Korea take "a different course", U. S....

International

Tanzania To Send 500 Doctors To Kenya To Help Cover Strike

Tanzania will send 500 doctors to Kenya to help overcome the effects of a strike in public hospitals, the Tanzanian...

International

Tillerson To Face Chinese Ire Over Blame For North Korea Tensions

U. S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in China on Saturday for what is likely to be a prickly visit, with...

Top Stories

Rex Tillerson Begins Tense China Meeting With Wang Li

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is meeting his Chinese counterpart Wang Li in Beijing in the final leg of his East...

International

South Sudan Keeps Buying Weapons Amid Famine

The government of South Sudan is spending its oil revenue on weapons, even as the country descends into a famine...

International

Missing From Trump’s Grand Navy Plan

U. S. President Donald Trump says he wants to build dozens of new warships in one of the biggest peace-time expansions...

Business

Cedi Stabilises Marginally Over 3-Year Bond Issue, 2017 Budget

Government’s decision to issue a three-year bond last week has helped stabilize the cedi marginally on the interbank...

International

Israel Carries Out Air Strikes Inside Syria

Fighter jets bomb multiple targets, prompting Syrian retaliation with ground-to-air missiles, Israeli army says. The...

International

Yemen Migrant Boat Attack Killed 31, Says UN

The UN has confirmed the deaths of refugees after reports that 31 Somalis were killed in a helicopter gunship strike on...