Trump Travel Ban Comes Into Effect
People from six mainly Muslim countries and all refugees now face tougher US entry due to President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban. It means people without close family or business...
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Ex-CIA Agent Convicted Over Imam Kidnapping To Face Sentencing
A former CIA agent who was found guilty of kidnapping an Egyptian imam by an Italian court more than a decade ago said Thursday she intended to return to Italy to face her sentence, but hopes to...
Washington Approves $1.3 Bn Arms Sale To Taiwan
Donald Trump's administration has approved $1.3 billion worth of arms sales to Taiwan, a US government official said Thursday, in a move likely to provoke the ire of Beijing which considers the...
Court Says NY Skyscraper Linked To Iran Can Be Seized
The Piaget Building at 650 5th Avenue in New York may be seized by the US government, as the building's owners' link to the Iranian government gave Iran a "critical foothold" in the US, allowing it...
US Embassy Clears Air On Visas
Ghana’s three living former presidents would not have to queue up with fellow citizens seeking American visas for non-official purposes. This is according to Press Attaché’ at the US Embassy in...
Modi, In Washington, Hails ‘growing Convergence’ of US-India Interests
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the increasing "convergence" of US-Indian interests and values, as he prepared for his first face-to-face meeting Monday with President Donald Trump. Modi...
Former Presidents Won’t Queue For Visas
Ghana’s three living former presidents would not have to queue up with fellow citizens seeking American Visas for non-official purposes. This is according to Press Attache’ at the US Embassy in...
Abducted Priest Seen Alive As Islamists Hold Out In Philippines
A Roman Catholic priest abducted by Islamist militants who seized parts of a southern Philippine city has been seen alive, the military said Monday, as troops pressed on with their offensive. Air and...
USAID, Partners Refurbish Sanitary Facilities In W/R
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Coco-Cola Company under its Water and Development Alliance, (WADA) programme, have provided sanitary facilities to be used by...
‘Secrecy’ In Gitmo 2 Transfer Was Necessary
The President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, who was briefed ahead of Ghana’s decision to host two former Guantanamo Bay detainees from the US, has said he felt the processes leading up to the...
US Wanted Terror Leader May Have Fled Philippine City
One of America's most wanted terrorists may have escaped a five-week battle with Islamist militants in a southern Philippine city, which began with a raid to capture him, the military said Saturday....
Denying Former Presidents US Protocol Visa Disrespectful
Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for the Lower Manya Krobo Constituency, Michael Teye Nyaunu, has described as disrespectful, the US government’s decision to...
Gov’t To Seek Clarity On New US Protocol Visa Rules
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will seek clarity from the US government on its latest directive on the allocation of US visas to top Ghanaian officials on non-official visits, Shirley Ayorkor...
Ministry To Seek Clarity On New US Protocol Visa Rules
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will seek clarity from the US government on its latest directive on the allocation of US visas to top Ghanaian officials on non-official visits, Shirley Ayorkor...
Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Removed From Endangered List
Grizzly bears native to Yellowstone National Park and the surrounding area are being removed from the endangered species list, the US government said Thursday, calling efforts to replenish the...
US Top Court Sets Limits To Stripping Citizenship
President Donald Trump's efforts to tighten the screws on US immigration suffered a blow Thursday, when the US Supreme Court set more restrictions on the government's ability to strip naturalized...
Ghana Court Rules Transfer of Ex-Guantanamo Detainees Unconstitutional
Ghana's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the transfer of two former Guantanamo Bay detainees to the country was unconstitutional without parliamentary approval. Ghana had signed an agreement with...
We Didn’t Maltreat Ghanaian Deportees – US Ambassador
The United States Ambassador to Ghana, Robert P. Jackson, has rejected suggestions that the 63 Ghanaians who were recently deported from the United States were brought back home under inhumane...
Compensation For Guam WWII Atrocity Survivors
The US government has launched a compensation scheme for survivors of Japanese atrocities in Guam, 73 years after hostilities ended on the Pacific island. Japan occupied Guam on December 10, 1941, --...
Warmbier Death ‘unimaginable’ For Former North Korea Detainee
A US missionary who spent two years in a North Korean jail said Wednesday he had never imagined that a valuable American prisoner like student Otto Warmbier could die after being taken into...