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Vice President Assures Muslims of Incident-Free Hajj

Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has assured the Muslim Community that the Government would organise an...

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Trump Starts Foreign Tour In Saudi As Scandals Mount At Home

US President Donald Trump landed in Saudi Arabia Saturday for the start of an eight-day foreign tour, taking his first...

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Trump Lands In Riyadh On First Leg of Foreign Tour

US President Donald Trump landed in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on Saturday for the start his first foreign tour...

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Results Show Iran’s Rouhani Headed For Re-Election

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was on track for a convincing election victory with voters seeming to back his efforts...

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Trump Aims To Mend Muslim Ties On First Foreign Trip

US President Donald Trump will seek to rebuild relations with the Muslim world on his first foreign trip starting...

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Mood At White House Grim As Sense of Crisis Mounts

Less than four months ago, a keen set of young up-and-comers strode into the White House in their best high heels and...

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Yemen Rebel Missile Shot Down Near Saudi Capital

Saudi Arabia said it shot down a ballistic missile, fired by Yemeni rebels, southwest of the capital Riyadh late Friday...

Business

Yofi Grant Rails Against Protectionism, Says Incentives Are What Businesses Need

The CEO of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Yofi Grant, has said that incentives are what local businesses...

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As Trump Sets Out, US and Saudi Arabia Blacklist ‘terrorist’

As US President Donald Trump prepared to head to Saudi Arabia on Friday, Washington and Riyadh issued their first...

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Sudan’s Bashir To Skip Trump-Muslim Summit

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, will not join an Islamic summit...

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US Oil Output Back Near Records, Challenging OPEC

American oil production is approaching record levels again, led by shale projects, potentially foiling efforts by OPEC...

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Iran Votes In Verdict On Rouhani’s Economy, Diplomacy

Polls opened in Iran on Friday with voters set to give their verdict on President Hassan Rouhani's policy of opening up...

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Saudi Looks To Assert Regional Role With Trump Summit

Saudi Arabia is looking to assert its regional leadership against Iran by hosting a summit between visiting US...

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Iran Voters To Give Verdict On Economy, Diplomacy

Iranians head to the polls Friday for a vote that has become a referendum on President Hassan Rouhani's policy of...

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Trump Takes Perilous First Steps On World Stage

From Riyadh to Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Rome, Brussels and Sicily, Donald Trump leaves a swirl of domestic woes behind...

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Trump and the Hard Grind of Presidential Travel

Most US presidents make their first foreign trip an easy-peasy one-day hop to visit friendly neighbors in Canada or...

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America Is Back and the World Wants Trump

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared Thursday that the Middle East and the wider world are awaiting President...

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Palestinians Taking Trump Efforts Seriously

The Palestinians are taking seriously Donald Trump's efforts to help resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict, a...

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Football World Cup Will Attract 1.3 Mn Fans

Up to 1.3 million fans will visit Qatar during the 2022 World Cup, an official said Thursday, equivalent to half the...