World Leaders Condemn London Attack
World leaders have condemned Saturday’s London terror attack which left seven people dead and more than 30 injured. President Emmanuel Macron said France, which had two citizens injured in the...
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US Now Conducts Social Media Background Checks Before Issuing Visa
The Trump administration has approved plans to ask US visa applicants for details of their social media use. Consular officials can now ask for social media usernames going back five years via a new...
Musicians Play Tunes In Protest At US-Mexico Border Wall
German and Mexican artists staged a show on the border with the United States in protest at Washington's plans to build a wall, thrilling hundreds but infuriating supporters of the controversial plan...
Iran Says Trump’s Climate Pact Withdrawal Will Isolate US
Iran on Sunday joined the international chorus of criticism against President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, saying it would further isolate the United States....
Indonesia Says 1,200 IS Operatives In Philippines
There are about 1,200 Islamic State (IS) group operatives in the Philippines, including foreigners of whom 40 are from Indonesia, the Indonesian defence minister told an international security forum...
Ceasefire Hopes For Civilians In War-Torn Philippine City
Philippine authorities said Sunday they were trying to negotiate a ceasefire in a war-torn southern city to rescue up to 2,000 civilians trapped in areas held by Islamist militants for nearly two...
Trump Offers Help As London Grapples With Violent Incidents
President Donald Trump offered US help Saturday to Britain in response to reports of three violent incidents including a vehicle mowing down pedestrians on London Bridge. "Whatever the United States...
African Union Offers Full Support For UN Climate Deal
The African Union (AU) on Saturday joined the chorus of disapproval at US President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the landmark Paris climate deal, expressing its full support for the...
African Union Offers Full Support For UN Climate Deal
The African Union (AU) on Saturday joined the chorus of disapproval at US President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the landmark Paris climate deal, expressing its full support for the...
Trump Does Believe In Climate Change and Man’s Role In It
President Donald Trump does believe the world climate is changing and humans bear some responsibility, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said in an interview Saturday. Amid furious...
After Teen’s Suicide, Suite Becomes Memorial Against Bullies
Well after 18-year-old Tyler Clementi killed himself in 2010, his shellshocked mother found that strangers remembered the headlines -- Tyler's roommate had snooped on him being intimate with another...
Oracle Team USA Beat Kiwis In Key America’s Cup Qualifier
Holders Oracle Team USA defeated Emirates Team New Zealand on Saturday to win the round-robin phase of qualifying for the 35th America's Cup. The victory means Team USA will go into the America's Cup...
Trump Critics, Backers March Around Globe Over Climate and Russia
Sharp political passions over President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris climate treaty and his links to Russia brought people onto the streets of cities around the globe on Saturday, mostly...
Radiohead Hits Back At Israel Boycott Calls As ‘divisive’
Radiohead hit back Friday at a campaign urging the band to scrap a show in Israel, calling the boycott effort divisive, patronizing and "an extraordinary waste of energy." The experimental rock icons...
Modi Tells Macron India Will ‘go Beyond’ Paris Climate Accord
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed after meeting French President Emmanuel Macron Saturday to go "above and beyond" the Paris Agreement on climate change, after the US said it would quit the...
Explosions Rock Funeral In Tense Kabul
At least 15 people were killed and wounded as explosions rocked the funeral of an Afghan politician's son who died during an anti-government protest over spiralling insecurity in Kabul, raising...
Anti-Terror Agency Raids Homes of Kashmir Separatists
India's anti-terrorism agency Saturday searched the homes of separatist leaders in restive Kashmir as part of an investigation of their finances and alleged anti-government activities. The National...
Akufo-Addo Swears In First Batch of Ambassadors [Photos]
President Nana Akufo-Addo on Friday presented letters of credence to eight (8) Ghanaians as Ambassadors to head the country’s missions in other parts of the world. He charged the new Ambassadors...
USA Chapter of GRASAG Inaugurated In Washington
Against a backdrop of limited support for Ghanaian students abroad, GRASAG-USA was inaugurated at the forecourt of the Ghana Embassy on Saturday, May 27th, 2017. The 1st President, Juliet...
USAId’S Ghana Mission Head Visits Agric & Natural Resources Mgt. Site
The Ghana Mission Director of USAID, Andrew Karas, is impressed with rural women in Northern Ghana for their adoption of the Feed the Future Ghana Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Project...