The newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Paris on Wednesday for talks with French officials, with Paris-led military operation in Mali expected to top his agenda.
Early in the morning, French President Franco…
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Thursday played down concerns about his nation being ungovernable following this week's inconclusive elections.
"I am sure that in the next few weeks an Italian government will be formed," Napolitan…
French President Francois Hollande said he would ask Russian President Vladimir Putin in a meeting on Thursday to drop support for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
The position of Moscow was crucial in determining when peace could co…
A mother confessed to police she had drowned her 7-year-old son because she thought his penis was too small, media reports said Thursday.
Retno Purwanti, 38, told police she tied the boy's hands and feet and drowned him Tuesday in a ba…
Some 130 people were injured in Guinea when protesters calling for a free and fair election clashed with security forces, state television reported Thursday.
The protest march in the capital Conakry on Wednesday was organized by the op…
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Syrian opposition leader Moaz al-Khatib met in Rome Thursday ahead of the start of a Friends of Syria conference being held in the Italian capital.
The talks marked his first meeting with al-Khatib, wh…
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano is to meet German leaders in Berlin on Thursday, with the unfolding political drama in his nation following this week's inconclusive elections expected to dominate talks.
But his visit, which includes …
Participants at a focus group discussion in Koforidua have appealed to Parliament to pass the Right to Information Bill (RTI) with the necessary amendments to make it more beneficial to the ordinary citizens.
The group called for the…
Mali was likely to be the focus of a two-day meeting of West African heads of states due to start Wednesday in Ivory Coast with a focus on regional security and terrorism.
Presidents and prime ministers of the Economic Community of Wes…
The Cote d'Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara who is also the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), said on Wednesday that the sub-regional organization will give more support to Guinea- Bissau which is curren…
It was a solemn moment for those who attended the 65th anniversary of the 28th February Christiansburg crossroad shooting incidence, on Thursday in Accra.
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur unveiled busts in honour of Sergeant Pete…
The United States have committed to providing 60 million U.S. dollars in non-lethal assistance to help the Syrian opposition, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said here on Thursday.
Kerry made the remarks at a press conference held afte…
Mr Daniel Kwasi Ashaima, newly elected member of Parliament for Buem constituency in the Volta Region, was on Thursday sworn in by Mr Edward Doe Adjaho, the Speaker of Parliament.
Mr Ashiama, 43, contested the Buem by-election on the…
Italy's outgoing premier Mario Monti on Thursday defended the European Union and his austerity record, days after he was defeated in elections.
"In the case of Italy, ... there was no choice but to put in place at the same time a tough…
Mr Daniel Kwasi Ashiamah, 43, of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has won the Buem bye-election.
He polled 9,366 votes representing 84.68 percent of the total valid ballots cast of 11,060 to beat four other contestants.
M…
Slovenia's parliament was expected to oust Prime Minister Janez Jansa in a no-confidence vote Wednesday and replace him with Alenka Bratusek from the opposition.
The vote comes after Jansa's coalition fell apart over a finding by a state …
55 minute rainfall further compounded the low turnout situation experienced at the Buem bye-elections.
The rain with a moderate windy storm rocked the area between 1545 hours and 1640 hours disrupting and delaying the voting process…
The Akatsi-South Constituency branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has dismissed allegations of cheating at the recent bye-election in the constituency as "frivolous."
Mr Bernard Ahiafor, 39, a Lawyer, won that bye electi…
The Africa Centre for Development and Integrity (CeDI-AFRICA), has called on parliamentarians to be mindful of the social contract they have with Ghanaians and exhibit political maturity in Parliament as they played their oversight roles.
…
Provisional results from two polling centres out of 84 centres have been released.
At the District Assembly Centre (302)
NDC- 74
CPP - 1
NVP - 2
PNC - 0
PPP - 0
At the Post Office centre (397)
NDC - 93
CPP - 2
NVP - 5
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Up to 17 people including 10 Afghan policemen were killed overnight following an armed attack in the country's eastern province of Ghazni, the provincial governor said.
"A total of 10 Afghan Local Police (ALP) service members and sev…
A Chinese Foreign Ministry work panel was scheduled to arrive in Egypt at 5 p.m. Beijing time (0900GMT) on Wednesday, in the wake of nine Hong Kong tourists dying in an air balloon crash in the country.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson …
A harsh report by European Union consuls in the Palestinian territories recommends the Union level economic sanctions against Israeli settlements in the West Bank, the Ha'aretz daily reported Wednesday.
The Israeli newspaper said it ha…
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Wednesday cancelled a dinner with Germany's opposition leader who had said "two clowns" had won in Italian elections.
The chancellor-hopeful Peer Steinbrueck, a former finance minister, was mocking …
A parliamentary candidate for the People's National Convention (PNC) in the 2012 general elections, Humni Sinari, and two others were on Wednesday remanded by an Accra Circuit for defrauding a Member of Parliament of 180,000 cedis.
…
President of Chad Idriss Deby has called for a quicker deployment of African troops in Mali at a two-day meeting of West African heads of states that started Wednesday in Ivory Coast, with a focus on regional security and terrorism. He ca…
The Ashanti Regional Executive of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has chided the former Member of Parliament (MP) for Asokwa, Mr Kofi Jumah, over alleged unsavory comments that sought to deride chiefs in the region.
He was …
Mr Aquinas Tawiah Quansah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Mfantseman has said the perception of some Ghanaians that they have been ordained to rule the country does not promote democratic governance.
Mr Quansah who was speaking in an …
Former premier Silvio Berlusconi's aide hailed the "extraordinary result" that saw the People of Freedom (PDL) party running neck-and-neck with the centre-left, confounding pollsters who
had predicted it would lose Italy's general electio…
The threat of a hung parliament and political instability weighed on the eurozone's third-largest economy on Monday, after preliminary vote counts indicated that Italy's general
elections had failed to deliver a clear winner.
The news…
US Secretary of State John Kerry launches the second day of his 11-day 9-nation tour through Europe and the Middle East in Berlin on Tuesday with a round of talks that are likely to focus on the conflict in Syria and Iran's nuclear program…
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Tuesday expressed hopes that Italy could quickly form a new government, despite the stalemate that has resulted from the country's inconclusive general election.
Westerwelle said this was no…
Conservative party leader Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday ruled out fresh Italian elections and hinted at a German-style "grand coalition" with the centre-left after a general election denied any coalition a governing majority in the Senate.
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Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket at southern Israel Tuesday, the first such attack since a truce ended cross-border fighting in November, the military said.
The rocket hit a road in the industrial area of Ashkelon, a…
Voting started at exactly 0700 hours in all the 84 polling stations across the Buem Constituency without a hitch and most of the stations have no queues.
Mr Mohamed Shani Abukari, Jasikan District Electoral Officer, told the GNA that …
Madagascar's transitional President Andry Rajoelina has allowed the wife of the ex-president Marc Ravalomanana to return to the country to visit her mother who is seriously ill, a statement from the transitional presidency said on Tuesday.…
Tunisian Interior Minister Ali Laarayedh said on Tuesday that four people allegedly involved in the killing of Chokri Belaid, a main opposition leader in the country, had been arrested, the Tunisian Radio Shems FM reported.
Speaking …
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano is due to arrive in Munich for a long-planned visit amid the political crisis in his country following an inconclusive election.
During his four-day visit to Germany, Napolitano is also set to hold …
President John Mahama has assured the security agencies of adequate support to flush out illegal miners across the country.
"I am appalled to see people engaging in galamsey, and especially illegal mining that take place in or near w…
President John Dramani Mahama had reassured Ghanaians of the government’s commitment to ending the current erratic power supply with an additional 87 megawatts of power from the Takoradi Thermal Plant.
The 87MW is part of the expecte…
China on Tuesday said deployment of buoys in waters around the Diaoyu Islands are for maritime meteorological observation.
At a daily press briefing, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said, "As I know, Chinese related departm…
A veteran former prosecutor became South Korea's prime minister Tuesday, one day after the inauguration of President Park Geun Hye.
Chung Hong Won, 68, was the first member of Park's cabinet to receive approval from the National Assemb…
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), with the assistance of the security agencies has arrested Rita Fordjour, a 52- year- old woman, for allegedly importing fake medicine from China- Trex Orix Forte, multivitamin syrup.
The drug was origin…
The Ashanti Regional branch of the Convention People's Party (CPP) has marked 47 years of the overthrow of the party's Founder and Ghana's first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, with a call for the people to have self-belief and the…
The Ashanti Regional Propaganda Caucus of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has advised ministers of state and other appointees of the President to exhibit high sense of integrity and transparency in the performance of their duties.
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A junior coalition partner of Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa quit the government on Monday, joining two other parties who defected after he refused to resign over corruption claims.
The Slovenian People's Party (SLS), which has two …
Italy was braced for an uncertain electoral outcome Monday, amid falling turnout rates and predictions that mounting support for a radical protest party might spoil the expected victory of the centre-left in the eurozone's third-largest ec…
Egypt's Al-Nour Party, the political arm of the Salafists, announced Monday that they will participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections, which were set for April 22.
Speaking at a press conference, Bassam al-Zarqa, a leading f…
Bahrain's authorities have banned importing the popular Guy Fawkes masks that are used by anti- government protests, local media reported Monday. The masks were popular during anti-government protests in several countries of the Arab world…
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerian Finance Minister, has called on leaders in Africa to muster the political will to tackle the bane of political corruption infecting neophyte democracies on the continent.
She acknowledged that there a…