The police was forced to resort to tear gas to maintain law and order Armed police personnel have been deployed to Tema Newtown over an attack on the police station there by angry youth. The youth...
A young protester was killed Monday after a national guard vehicle "accidentally" ran him over in south Tunisia, raising fears of more social unrest in a region already rocked by weeks of protest....
The United Nations on Monday called on North Korea to put a stop to its ballistic missile tests in order to open up the prospect of talks with world powers. The appeal followed the launch on Sunday...
Ali, a jubilant 24-year-old, is finally in the stands himself for an international football match in Iraq -- the first to be held in the country in years. "Before, I watched these matches on TV....
The Kasoa Divisional Police Command has arrested two men for posing as military men and brutalizing residents of Gomoa Amanda in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The suspects are;...
The Police in Tatale in the Northern Region have begun a manhunt for four armed robbers who raided the town on Sunday. The robbers killed one person and injured several others during the attack....
The government is set to introduce a Bill in Parliament that will alter the number of years personnel can serve in the Ghana Armed Forces. This is in line with the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP)...
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir declared a unilateral ceasefire Monday as he launched a national dialogue, a controversial bid to end a civil war that excludes his rival Riek Machar. It is not the...
A young protester was killed Monday after a national guard vehicle "accidentally" ran him over in south Tunisia, raising fears of mounting social unrest in a region rocked by weeks of protest. The...
Jordan said Monday it has hit the limit of its ability to host Syrian refugees as Washington's United Nations envoy Nikki Haley visited on her first overseas trip. "Jordan has reached the limit of...
Kabul police said Monday they were investigating a "terrorist" attack on an international guest house that left a German aid worker and an Afghan guard dead and a Finnish woman kidnapped. No group...
Iran's newly re-elected President Hassan Rouhani ridiculed US strategy in the Middle East, dismissing Donald Trump's summit with Arab leaders as "just a show" and insisting that missile tests will...
Nepal destroyed thousands of valuable animal skins and other parts seized from poachers on a giant bonfire Monday in a symbolic gesture against the illegal wildlife trade. More than 4,000 animal...
Cholera has killed 315 people in Yemen in under a month, the World Health Organization has said, as another aid organisation warned Monday the outbreak could become a "full-blown epidemic". The WHO...
Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas accused US President Donald Trump on Monday of smearing the name of Palestinian "resistance" to Israeli occupation during a speech on Islam. Addressing Muslim...
Palestinians were on Monday observing a general strike in solidarity with prisoners refusing food in Israeli jails for more than a month over their conditions. The strike paralysed east Jerusalem as...
The yawning gap between Tehran and Washington has grown even wider with US President Donald Trump's latest efforts to isolate Iran, which accused the United States of "milking" Saudi Arabia for...
US President Donald Trump spoke of a "rare opportunity" to bring stability to the region as he landed in Israel on Monday to seek ways to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts. Trump also hailed...
A 10-day training programme designed to prepare military officers from 21 nations across Africa and Europe to respond properly to regional crisis has opened in Accra. Dubbed the “United Accord...
China on Monday sidestepped claims by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte that it had threatened to go to war over the disputed South China Sea. Duterte, who met with Chinese President Xi Jinping...
