Akufo-Addo Condemns London Terror Attack
Ghana’s leader Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has joined other world leaders to condemn Wednesday’s terror attack at Westminster in Central London, UK. The attack left three persons including a...
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Police Name Westminster Attacker
The man believed to be responsible for the attack in Westminster has been named as Khalid Masood, by the Metropolitan Police. Masood, who died in the attack, was not the subject of any current police...
French National Abducted In Chad
A French civilian has been abducted in the central African nation of Chad, French authorities said on Thursday. The kidnapping took place near the eastern city of Abeche, a military source told...
Tanzanian Minister Sacked After Condemning TV Intrusion
Tanzania's information minister was fired on Thursday after he criticised an ally of President John Magufuli who had stormed into a television station accompanied by armed men. The sacking comes amid...
UN’s Troubled Syria Peace Talks Restart In Geneva
UN-backed Syria peace talks resumed in Geneva on Thursday, with little hope of a breakthrough and the emboldened regime seen as unlikely to make concessions. The United Nations deputy Syria envoy...
Emboldened Taliban Capture Key Southern District
Taliban fighters captured the strategic southern district of Sangin on Thursday, officials said, another setback for Afghan forces in opium-rich Helmand province ahead of the spring fighting season....
400,000 ‘trapped’ In West Mosul’s Old City
About 600,000 people remain in the areas of west Mosul held by the Islamic State group, including 400,000 who are "trapped" in the Old City under siege-like conditions, the UN said Thursday. "They...
Seven Held After Armed Police Raids
Seven arrests have been made in raids following the Westminster attack that left four dead, police have said. Acting Deputy Commissioner and Head of Counter Terrorism Mark Rowley said hundreds of...
Nana Addo Condemns Westminster Attack
President Nana Akufo-Addo has condemned the terrorist attack near London’s Houses of Parliament. Four people, including an armed police officer and man believed to be the attacker died in the...
10 Egyptian Soldiers Killed In Sinai Roadside Bombings
Ten Egyptian soldiers were killed in two roadside bombings as they clashed with Islamic State group jihadists in the Sinai Peninsula, the military said on Thursday. Fifteen jihadists were also killed...
Akufo-Addo Condemns London Attack
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has condemned the Westminster attack that left four dead in London on Wednesday 22 March. “I join the rest of the world in condemning the London terror attack,...
Major Oduro Condemns Assault On Journo
Major Derek Oduro (rtd), Deputy Minister of Defence nominee, has criticised the military officers involved in the brutalities meted out to a freelance photojournalist during the 6th March...
Five Dead In Westminster Terror Attack
Five people have died and at least 40 were injured after an attacker drove a car along a pavement in Westminster, stabbed a policeman and was shot dead by police in the grounds of Parliament. The...
London Attack: Five Dead In Westminster Terror Attack
Five people have died and at least 40 were injured after an attacker drove a car along a pavement in Westminster, stabbed a policeman and was shot dead by police in the grounds of Parliament. The...
Two Malaysian Hostages Found Safe In Philippines
Two ailing Malaysian seamen held hostage by Filipino Muslim militants for eight months were found Thursday aboard a boat adrift off the southern Philippines, the local military said. Tayudin Anjut,...
Five Dead After Rampage Outside UK Parliament
London police say five people, including the attacker, were killed after a car ploughed into pedestrians and a man went on a stabbing spree before being shot dead close to the British parliament....
Two Years On, Yemen Stuck In ‘quagmire’
Deadly fighting, a rise in jihadism, the threat of famine -- two years after Saudi Arabia intervened against Iran-backed rebels, Yemen is more unstable than ever. The chaos has also seen fighting...
UN-Backed Syria Peace Talks To Restart In Geneva
Syrian rivals were to resume UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva on Thursday, with escalating violence and deadlock on key issues dimming hopes of a breakthrough. UN envoy Staffan de Mistura tried to...
Multiple Bomb Blasts Rock Nigeria’s Maiduguri
Most the people living in Muna camp have fled their homes due to the spate of attacks by Boko Haram At least eight people have been killed in multiple suicide blasts along a highway in Maiduguri in...
UN Condemns Sri Lanka Over War Probe
As many as 40,000 Tamil civilians may have died in the last few months of the fighting The United Nations has condemned Sri Lanka's government for failing to investigate civil war-era atrocities,...