Five Takeaways From Friday
After a rollercoaster first month in the White House Donald Trump jaunted south on Friday, holding a campaign-style event with Boeing to cast himself as a defender of US jobs. The photo op-ripe rally...
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China Urges Nuclear Talks Resumption With North Korea
China on Friday urged a resumption of six-party talks with North Korea on Pyongyang's nuclear programme, saying a "negative cycle" of nuclear missile tests followed by sanctions must end. "Today,...
Tillerson Shuns Spotlight At Landmark G20 Meeting
A G20 gathering in Bonn was supposed to herald onto the world stage Washington's new top diplomat, Rex Tillerson, but instead he kept a low profile and even left without the normally de rigueur press...
Tillerson Urges China ‘to Help Rein In N. Korea’
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (left) and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi take their seats before a meeting at the World Conference Center in Bonn, western Germany, on February 17, 2017 US...
US Under Pressure On Syria Stance Ahead of Geneva Talks
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday faces a grilling by global peers seeking clarity about Washington's position on the Syria conflict ahead of crunch UN peace talks in Geneva. On the...
Five Takeaways From Thursday
Donald Trump stunned the political world with an impromptu White House news conference at which he vented at his critics and virulently defended the record of his tumultuous first weeks in power. But...
Trump Presses Showdown With Intelligence Agencies
President Donald Trump pressed his attacks on US intelligence agencies Thursday, vowing to catch "low-life leakers" amid a battle over contacts with Russia that led to the ouster of his national...
US Pledges Nuclear Defence For Japan, S.Korea After N.Korea Missile…
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday pledged that Washington would use the full range of its arsenal, including nuclear weapons, to defend allies Japan and South Korea against North Korea...
US Sets Out Cautious Approach To Russia
Senior US officials have been setting out their position on Russia, in some of the new administration’s first diplomatic moves. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the US would consider working...
What Is the Two-State Solution?
The idea of a Palestinian state existing alongside Israel has been the basis of decades of international efforts to end the conflict. After new US President Donald Trump's administration said it is...
G20 Foreign Ministers To Tackle Fight Against Poverty In Africa
G20 foreign ministers will discuss ways to fight poverty in Africa, strengthen governmental institutions and better utilise the potential of many African countries, German ministry officials said on...
Flynn Contact With Russia: Republicans Join Calls For Investigation
Leading members of the US Republican Party have joined calls for a wide investigation into the former national security adviser’s links with Russia. Michael Flynn quit on Monday over claims he...
UK Foreign Secretary To Meet With Prez Akufo-Addo Today; Find Out More
Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson is billed to be in Ghana today, Wednesday, 15th February, 2017. He will be entering Ghana from The Gambia where he paid a similar visit...
Republicans Join Demands For Investigation
Leading members of the US Republican Party have joined calls for a wide investigation into the former national security adviser’s links with Russia. Michael Flynn quit on Monday over claims he...
UK Foreign Secretary Johnson Visits Prez Akufo-Addo Wednesday
The two are expected to hold bilateral talks at the presidency, the Flagstaff House. The talks are “aimed at boosting the already strong bilateral relations that exists between Ghana and the United...
Israeli PM Seeks ‘no Gaps’ With Trump Ahead of White House Talks
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, preparing for his first meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, will work with advisers on Tuesday to align Israeli and U. S. thinking on the Middle...
What President Akufo-Addo Can Learn From Pope Francis
By: Nicholas Issaka Gbana Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis on March 13, 2013, when he was named the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church which has a global membership of over 1.2 billion....
British FM Johnson Makes First Trip To Africa
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who notoriously sparked fury over comments about Africans made when he worked as a journalist, will visit the continent for the first time as minister this...
Chinese, US Aircraft In ‘unsafe’ Encounter Over South China Sea
A Chinese military aircraft had an "unsafe" encounter with a US Navy surveillance aircraft near a contested reef in the South China Sea, the US Pacific Command said. The two planes came within 1,000...
House of Commons Approves Brexit Bill
Britain's lower house of Parliament passed legislation Wednesday to allow Prime Minister Theresa May's government to officially begin the Brexit process. Now that the legislation has been approved by...