Trump To Visit UK In July
US President Donald Trump is to visit the UK on Friday 13 July, after previously cancelling a trip amid claims he would face mass protests. It will not be the full-blown state visit Mr Trump was...
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Attackers Strike Burkina Faso Capital
Gunmen have launched attacks in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, with the French embassy and a military HQ among the apparent targets. Burkina Faso’s government said security personnel had...
GTMO 2: US Ambassador Lying Or Not On Top of Issues – Sam George
The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram Constituency, Sam Nartey George, has threatened to throw the classified details of the deal on the two former Guantanamo Bay detainees in the open if the...
5 Places US Citizens In Ghana Are Warned To Avoid and Why
The United States of America Embassy in Accra has issued out a security warning to all US citizens in Ghana, concerning some communities in the capital city of the country. Per the security alert...
Russia Defends Slashing US Mission As Hope Fades of Better Ties
Moscow on Monday sought to justify its decision to purge US diplomatic personnel in the country, as the Kremlin appeared to give up on hopes of improving ties anytime soon under Donald Trump....
Ukraine To Start Receiving Coal From US For First Time
The United States is set to start shipping coal to Ukraine for the first time under a "historic" deal announced Monday that should help the crisis-hit nation end reliance on Russia. The agreement...
Russia Orders US To Cut Diplomats In Response To Sanctions
Russia's foreign ministry on Friday announced counter measures in response to tough new sanctions proposed by the United States, ordering Washington to reduce its diplomatic staff. Moscow ordered the...
Russia Retaliates Over US Sanctions
Russia has retaliated to new US sanctions by telling Washington to cut its diplomatic staff to 455 and barring the use of some properties. The new US embassy staffing level would be the same as at...
Philippines’ Duterte Demands US Return Symbolic Church Bells
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has demanded the United States return church bells seized by American forces in a bloody campaign more than a century ago, in another blast at his country's...
Iran Rejects US Threats Over Detained Americans
Iran's government rejected US demands to release detained Americans on Saturday, saying it had no control over the judiciary. "The judiciary, courts and judges in Iran are completely independent, as...
Jordan Soldier Who Killed US Trainers Jailed For Life
A Jordanian soldier has been sentenced to life in prison with hard labour for killing three US military trainers last year. Marik al-Tuwayha, who pleaded not guilty to premeditated murder, attacked...
Kuwait Mission Will Rescue Distressed Ghanaian Citizens – Ablakwa
A Ranking Member on the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament, Okudzeto Ablakwa has justified government’s decision to set up a diplomatic mission in Kuwait. There have been a series of reports...
Ghana To Set Up Mission In Kuwait To Check Abuse of Women
The establishment of a diplomatic mission in Kuwait as a measure of checking the maltreatment of Ghanaians in the Gulf region is in advanced stages. This is according to Foreign Affairs Minister,...
Probe Maltreatment of Ghanaian Deportees
National Security has been tasked to probe allegations of maltreatment meted out to some 63 Ghanaians who were recently deported. There have been reports that the deportees were handcuffed and forced...
Has the US Apologised Yet? (1)
It is no news that some top public officials of the United States of America (US) respect no other country, not even its own allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Yet the fact...
US, German Doctors To Visit China’s Ill Nobel Winner
US and German doctors are set to visit China's cancer-stricken Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo this weekend, sources familiar with Liu's case told AFP, as the democracy advocate's health has...
Philippines, US Hold Joint Patrol In Dangerous Waters
US and Philippine warships on Saturday conducted a joint patrol of southern waters known as a hunting ground for local Muslim militants, amid rising concern over Islamic militancy and piracy in the...
Sudan Defends Human Rights Record Against US Criticism
Sudan insisted on Saturday that it respected media and religious freedoms after the United States said it was "very concerned" about Khartoum's human rights record. Washington raised its concerns...
China Offers Philippines More Aid Against Drugs, Terrorism
China vowed Thursday to continue providing the Philippines with "necessary assistance", a day after Beijing donated thousands of weapons to the country to help its fight against Islamist gunmen....
New US Ambassador Keen To See Chinese Dissident Go Abroad
The new US ambassador to China said on Wednesday he would "love" to see terminally-ill Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo get treatment abroad after prison officials granted him medical parole. Ambassador...