Somalia has called on the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen to investigate an incident in which dozens of Somali refugees were shot dead on board a boat. It was not immediately clear who was...
Just before midnight in a sleepy district of Beirut, dozens of Syrian refugees huddle in small groups around bulging suitcases, clutching their pinging cellphones and one-way tickets to Italy. They...
Thousands of people protested in eastern Myanmar on Sunday against plans to name a bridge after Aung San Suu Kyi's father, the latest flashpoint between her administration and the country's restless...
Of the 2,900 babies born last year in Cabell County, West Virginia, 500 had to be weaned off of opioid dependence. In Ohio, counties are renting refrigerated trailers to store the mounting number of...
When Sadegh married his college sweetheart, he never thought he'd end up as one of those Iranians facing ruin and even prison because of huge sums demanded by his wife's family. But the "mehrieh"...
In fluorescent uniforms, dozens of inmates blink in the afternoon sun as they line up in the yard for lunch, the low murmur of their chatter punctuated suddenly by a solitary plaintive cry. "This is...
Thousands of people fled Nigeria's largest informal fishing settlement on Friday as security forces used gunfire and tear gas to make way for demolitions in defiance of a recent court order, rights...
Members of Parliament (MPs) have called for the decriminalization of the offence of attempted suicide because it does not help to punish somebody who decides to end his own life. The MPs argue that...
Parliament, Wednesday, granted GHC398million worth of tax reliefs to help reduce the burden on the few Ghanaian individuals and companies captured under the tax net. Those tax cuts were made possible...
One of the pioneers of gender equality in the country, Professor Akua Kuenyehia has lamented what she described as the slow pace of Ghana’s achievement with respect to gender parity. “Personally,...
About seven suicide cases have been reported in the print and electronic media over the past few weeks. Though the term SUICIDE ( the Latin word suī of oneself + -cīdium ,from caedere to kill )...
Family of Evelyn Boakye, the 25-year-old victim of an alleged assault at Marwako Fast Foods, Abelenkpe branch have denied reports that she attempted suicide in the raging controversy over the...
About 200 demonstrators protested under heavy police surveillance in the Angolan capital Luanda on Saturday against a draft law criminalising all abortions. The proposed new penal code has been...
Oge Okoye seems to be getting it really hot these days with her angry fans after the dog stealing scandal early this month. What might have aggravated her been trolled the more might be the fact that...
Chiefs in the troubled Banda town in the Brong Ahafo region have declared a one week ultimatum to architects of the xenophobic threats in the area, to own up or face severe sanctions. Addressing a...
Ashanti Regional Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress; Yaw Brogya Genfi says it is not enough for “prophets and men of God” to give doom prophecies regarding the nation. Speaking...
Mr Martin Kpebu a legal practitioner on Friday said the establishment of Domestic Violence Support Fund to cater for victims of domestic violence seeking medical attention in the country was crucial....
The U. S. Justice Department is developing plans to temporarily reassign immigration judges from around the country to 12 cities to speed up deportations of illegal immigrants who have been charged...
Parliament, Wednesday, granted GHC398million worth of tax reliefs to help reduce the burden on the few Ghanaian individuals and companies captured under the tax net. Those tax cuts were made possible...
US President Donald Trump said Friday he has won over several Republican lawmakers skeptical of the Obamacare replacement and insisted the health care overhaul was "coming together beautifully,"...
