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Hassan Rouhani Says Voters Rejected Extremism

Mr Rouhani was re-elected with 57% of the vote Moderate Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said his re-election shows...

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US, Netherlands Pledge Support For Galamsey Fight

The United States and The Netherland Embassies in Ghana have pledged support for the country’s fight against illegal...

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Saving Atiwa Forest From Galamsey

The US Government has announced its readiness to support government’s efforts to protect the Atiwa Forest reserve and...

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Estranged Husband of Clinton Aide Pleads Guilty To Sexting

Anthony Weiner, the disgraced former US Congressman, estranged husband of one of Hillary Clinton's closest aides and...

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Greater Accra Regional Hospital Receives Support From GE Healthcare

General Electric (GE), a digital Industrial Company has partnered with the Ghana Ministry of Health and Bouygues...

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Nearly 32 Million Americans Engage In Extreme Binge-Drinking

Almost 32 million US adults admit to extreme binge-drinking at least once in the past year, meaning they consumed eight...

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Newly-Freed Chelsea Manning Says Putting Past Behind Her

Chelsea Manning, the transgender army private jailed for giving US secrets to WikiLeaks, said Wednesday she was looking...

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Trump Travel Ban Back In Court

A US government attorney insisted Monday that President Donald Trump's revised travel ban did not unfairly target...

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US Cyber Czar Says ‘no Federal Systems’ Hit By Ransomware

President Donald Trump's top cyber and homeland security advisor said Monday that no US government systems had been hit...

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US Accuses Syria of Mass Executions and Burning the Bodies

The Syrian government has been accused of carrying out mass killings of thousands of prisoners by the US government -...

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US Appeals Court Weighs Legality of Trump Travel Ban

A US government attorney insisted Monday that President Donald Trump's revised travel ban did not unfairly target...

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Who’s To Blame For Ransomware Outbreak?

Questions are swirling over who is responsible for the security flaws exploited by hackers in the world's biggest...

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Trump Weighs Further US Troops For Afghanistan

Hanging in a corridor outside the Pentagon press office, a blow-up of a Time magazine cover shows a weary US soldier...

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US Intel Chiefs Express Doubts About Kaspersky Security Software

Top US intelligence chiefs on Thursday publicly expressed doubts about the global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Labs...

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Security In Afghanistan Likely To ‘deteriorate’

The head of US intelligence agencies offered a pessimistic assessment Thursday of the security situation in...

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ECG Concessionaire Must Invest At Least $500m

The Ghanaian company that will take over the management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) under the Millennium...

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GITMO-2 To Stay In Ghana Longer Than Told – Lawyer Suggests

Claims by government that the two former detainees of Guantanamo Bay were to spend only two years in Ghana, have...

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West Virginia Seeks Future — Without Coal

Chuck Nelson spent 30 years underground in nearly every mining job available but today he is in no doubt about it:...

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US Warns of Kidnapping Threat On Philippine Tourist Island

Terrorists are planning to kidnap foreigners on a Philippine island popular with tourists, the US embassy has warned, a...