Gunman Killed After Houston Attack
A gunman shot dead by police after he shot at people outside a shopping centre in Houston, Texas, was a "disgruntled lawyer", authorities said. Nine people were injured, one of them critically, in...
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Abubakar Shekau Boko Haram’s Shekau ‘alive and Well’
The disputed leader of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has released a video message denying a claim by the military that he was killed or badly wounded in an air strike last month. Abubakar Shekau...
Kidnapped Mexican Catholic Priest Found Shot Dead
Funerals have already been held for two other priests killed in Veracruz state last week A Roman Catholic priest who was kidnapped in western Mexico a week ago has been found shot dead. The body of...
Don’t Shut Your Doors Over Terrorism – Mahama To Western Leaders
Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama, has told western leaders that shutting their doors to migrants who seek entry into their countries is not the solution to winning the war against terrorism....
Bystanders Watch As Delhi Woman Killed
Indians have reacted with outrage after passers-by watched a woman being stabbed more than 20 times on a busy street in the capital, Delhi. CCTV footage showed a man on a motorcycle approach...
An Open Letter To The People Of The United States
As citizens of the USA with a presidential election approaching you have a wonderful opportunity to ponder whether to participate in this election or to participate in the ongoing American...
Alarm Bell In Kukuom
A news report about the assault of New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters by their National Democratic Congress (NDC) counterparts at Kukuom in the Asunafo South District of the Brong Ahafo Region made...
Police Trains Personnel For Special Anti-Terrorism Duties
The Ghana Police Service has trained 365 police personnel drawn from the 10 regions to form an anti-violence advocacy group to combat violence and other crimes in the run up to the general election...
Ghana Police Identifies Over 5000 Flashpoints Ahead of 2016 Elections
The Ghana Police Service says it has identified over five thousand potential flash point in the forthcoming elections which must be managed to prevent any form of violence. The Director General of...
Report Domestic Violence, It’s A Crime
To prevent another domestic violence oriented death in her constituency, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma West, Mrs. Ursula Owusu Ekuful, has held a sensitization seminar for women in the...
US City Records 500 Homicides In Nine Months
Chicago's 500th homicide of the year happened over Labor Day weekend, according to the Chicago Tribune. That number carries a lot of weight for the city -- not just in quantity, but in meaning: 2016...
Resolving Conflicts With Your Passive-Aggressive Partner
Most people are afraid of conflict in their relationships. No one really enjoys getting into arguments with their partner, right? But to some, conflict is more terrifying than to others. A...
The Recent Spate of Police Robberies and Police Misconducts
From what is happening around the world today, crime and criminal activities appear to be permanent features of modern society. Although it has been with humankind since from creation, it is on the...
The Youth Many Of Us Did Become And Will Not Become
I started thinking again recently of my youthful days after reading Forbes edition of July 20, 2016 in which a 28-Year-Old John Crestani was said to have read the bible and the Bhagavad Gita (Hindu...
Kwame Anokye Responds To Professor Mike Ocquaye
I read with incredulity the darkest attempt by a self described Pastor and chairman of the New Patriotic Party’s legal and constitutional committee Professor Mike Ocquaye, to whitewash the...
Is Obinim Insane Or Christianity Gone Mad In Ghana?
By Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK August 19, 2016 The headline “Bishop Obinim whips teenage members for fornication” appeared on Ghanaweb on Thursday morning but did not read it as news on undesirable,...
Presidency Is Better Off With Short People
Bankruptcy is not always one of fiscal drought, but a lack of morals and reasoning, and an acute deficiency in prudence. It is disheartening to see unreasonable people clamouring to gain respect and...
Fires, Street Clashes After US Police Shoot Man
Protesters burned several stores and threw rocks at police Saturday night on the city's north side, leaving one officer injured and three protesters arrested. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said...
Shun Violence – Mahama To NDC
President John Mahama has cautioned supporters of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) to desist from utterances and acts which could lead to violence. Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, who...
Secret Service Spoke To Trump Campaign About 2nd Amendment Comment
A US Secret Service official confirms to CNN that the USSS has spoken to the Trump campaign regarding his Second Amendment comments. "There has been more than one conversation" on the topic, the...