Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday to meet with commanders as the self-imposed deadline to begin U.S. withdrawal approaches.
Gates and Gen. David Petraues will discuss how many American troops to withdr…
Israel will mull France's proposal for a peace conference but will not speak with a Palestinian Authority that includes Hamas, Israel's prime minister says.
Binyamin Netanyahu told Cabinet members Sunday he would consider the proposal rai…
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi's brother was indicted in Rome for allegedly illegally publishing the transcripts of a wiretap.
Paolo Berlusconi, owner of the conservative newspaper Il Giornale, published the 2005 transcripts of Piero F…
Pakistan's security agency uncovered a plot to kill President Asif Ali Zardari and rounded up eight alleged participants, Dawn newspaper reported Saturday.
Sources told the Pakistani newspaper the alleged terrorists intended to assassinat…
Mrs Vivian Anafo, the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Talensi-Nabdam District, has called on newly elected Unit Committee Members to assist the Assembly in revenue mobilization.
She made the call during the inauguration of 175 Uni…
The Information Service Department (ISD) has been challenged to intensify its information dissemination role, to educate the public about government policies and programmes.
Mr Baba Jamal, a Deputy Minister of Information, who made t…
Mr Isaac Kodobisah, Ho Municipal Chief Executive, has called on Ghanaians to support the Government to deliver on its “Better Ghana Agenda”.
He said given the achievements of the Government so far, its better agenda was firmly on cou…
The Police in Ashanti Region are investigating death threats on the Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Mr Yaw Owusu Obimpeh said he has received threats on his life through anonymous mobile phone text message…
More than a week after David Headley accused ISI of training him in terrorist operation and
espionage system, there has been no "convincing" denial from Pakistan, a top US counter-terrorism expert has said, underscoring the need to hold t…
The owner of an Indian restaurant chain has won accolades here from the State Legislatures of New Jersey and Connecticut and the New York City Council for his "corporate social responsibility and entrepreneurship".
The Legislatures fe…
LeT, an "extremely capable" terror group with a sophisticated regional network, continues to plan its operations from within Pakistan, a US government report has said, warning that militant safe havens inside that country pose greatest thr…
Slamming ISI for its "double game" in the war against terrorism, a top US lawmaker has said that while the Pakistani spy agency was cooperating with America on some high-value targets, it was "protecting" militants active in Kashmir.
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Several terrorists charged by India with mass killings on its soil have been living in
Pakistan, an eminent American think tank has said, noting that the US has not yet made it a priority to hold Islamabad to account for the infiltration …
Five years after he called an Indian-American "macaca" or a monkey, triggering his defeat in
Senate elections in 2006, Republican politician George Allen has finally apologised.
"Sorry" by Allen, US media reported, is an attempt by h…
Chinese Defence Minister has said that there is a huge space to improve military to military relations with India, but "disputes" or "sensitive issues" needed to be handled properly.
Liang Guanglie complained that some artificial
obs…
Alhaji Rashid Pelpuo, Deputy Majority Leader of Parliament said his comments that motivated a historic walk-out of the Speaker of Parliament last month should be seen as a democratic model evolving in the House.
Mrs Joyce Bamford Add…
President John Evans Atta Mills, has called on Ghanaians, especially students and school heads to adopt a maintenance culture that keep development facilities from early decay.
He indicated that proper maintenance of national assets …
Ofori Panin Fie (Office of the Okyenhene) has expressed concern about the many publications regarding statements made by Osabarima Adusi Peasah IV, Akyem Tafohene, when President John Evans Atta Mills visited the Abuakwa State College.
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The Northern Alliance For a Better Ghana (NAFBEG), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), has appealed to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to prosecute Mr Kwabena Amankwa Asiamah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Fanteakwa for insulting …
The management of waste and environmental sanitation is a major challenge facing communities in Yendi Municipality, the Chief Executive of area, Mr Zakaria Issah has said.
He told the Unit Committee members to place premium on sani…
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor left Accra on
Thursday for Dresden, Germany, to deliver the keynote address at the 33rd Congress of the German Protestant.
The Congress is expected to be attended by about 100,000 participants.
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A grand durbar is to be held at the Jubilee Park, Kumasi on Saturday, June 4, to climax the 32nd anniversary celebration of the June 4, 1979 Uprising.
A statement issued by the Planning Committee in Accra on Thursday said Chairman of…
Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Mr Aquinas Quansah on Thursday said government was determined to ensure the transfer of financial resources to assemblies to enhance fiscal decentralisation.
Speaking at a ro…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday announced a conference between the Executive and the Donor Community to finalise the budget for Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) slated for June 23 to June 24 in Accra.
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Ghana and the European Union (EU) on Thursday met under the framework of the political dialogue defined in the Cotonou Agreement.
Vice President John Dramani Mahama accompanied by some members of Cabinet met with the European Union A…
Baffour Kesse Amankwaa, the President’s nominee for the Offinso South Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) position, has received overwhelming endorsement by the assembly.
He polled 42 out of the 43 votes cast.
The assembly, earlier…
The Leadership of National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Friday called on Ghanaians to work for a society devoid of all the ills that June 4 stood against – poverty, disunity, oppression and corruption.
The call was made in a stateme…
The Council for Afrika International, a UK-based think-tank has observed that evidence has shown that the catalogue of strategies, policies and interventions applied by African leaders since the declaration of political independence had fa…
Battle-ready Alhaji Inusah Abdulai Fuseini took a pacifist stand when he withdrew charges against Mr Kwabena Amankwa Asiamah whom he accused of using slanderous comments against northerners on Thursday.
According to Alhaji Fuseini, M…
Palestinians are planning to stage a protest on Sunday, which comes in response to another call on Facebook to cross Israel's borders on the 44th anniversary of the start of 1967 Middle East War.
Now this is the war, in which Israel captu…
The White House on Thursday engaged in a battle of words with Congress over the country's involvement in Libya, as the House of Representatives readies a resolution seeking clarity on Libya mission.
The House was originally scheduled to v…
The embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is determined to cling to power, but the West- backed opposition who gains momentum from NATO's extension of air war is still turning a deaf ear to no peace deal unless it is based on Gaddafi's d…
A top U.S. commander in Afghanistan on Thursday said he's concerned about the impending drawdown of U.S. forces there, saying if the Afghan forces cannot take over the security responsibilities, Taliban could again gain foothold in many pa…
The UN Security Council will feature open debates on the Middle East, Libya, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in June, the Gabonese ambassador to the UN, Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet who holds the rotating Council presidency for…
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday announced that a new constitution for Sudan would be formulated after official separation of south Sudan on July 9, and that the new constitution would be presented for a popular referendum to …
Italy officially celebrated its 150th anniversary as a unified state Thursday, with dozens of world leaders attending the ceremony rarely seen in recent years.
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, U.S. Vic…
Yemeni government said on Thursday that President Ali Abdullah Saleh is ready to sign a Gulf-brokered deal that proposed him to resign within a month.
"President Saleh is now ready to ink the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) deal, which he …
Minister for Education, Mrs Betty Mould Iddrisu who was scheduled to answer eight questions in Parliament on Wednesday failed to appear before the house.
The Deputy Ministers who could have stood in for her were also not available.
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Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Former Vice Chairman of National Democratic Congress (NDC) has withdrawn from the Party’s presidential contest after failing to submit his nomination forms before the deadline on Wednesday, June 1.
Mr Naziru Mo…
The Dormaa Municipal Assembly, in the Brong-Ahafo region, has received an amount of GHC2,907,092.00, as its share of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) for 2011.
A supplementary budget, approved by members of the Assembly at …
Afghanistan on Wednesday said it aims to establish closer defence ties with India and will welcome any cooperation from it in training of its security forces.
"We will welcome any cooperation (from India) in the field of training and …
Under US pressure to flush out militants from their stronghold of North Waziristan, Pakistani army is to launch a limited operation in the restive tribal belt and is unlikely to focus exclusively on the Haqqani terror network.
Witho…
Latest international mediation efforts in Libya made little progress while NATO escalated its air strikes on forces of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
In a latest effort to defuse Libyan tensions, South African President Jacob Zuma visited…
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) firmly rejected South Korea's conditional proposal of holding a summit between the two countries' leaders later this month, a National Defence Commission spokesman said on Wednesday.
South …
In Japan Prime Minister Naoto Kan has refused to step down in the face of a no-confidence motion in parliament this week. He says he wants to resolve Japan's massive nuclear crisis.
Japan's main opposition, the Liberal Democratic Party an…
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will go to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for a meeting of the Libya contact group next Monday, said the State Department on Tuesday.
"This meeting will build on the last Contact Group meeting held …
Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said NATO air raids on Libya had killed as many as 718 civilians and wounded 4,067, Al-Jazeera TV reported Tuesday.
The world's major powers, the UK, the U.S. and France, started on March 19 to l…
Muammar Gaddafi's regime in Libya has shown visible cracks after eight senior Libyan military officers defected, a NATO spokesman said Tuesday.
"A number of pro-Gaddafi units have shown signs of waiving loyalty. And yesterday (Monday), a …
The Central Regional Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Kow Anyanful has urged the youth of the party to claim ownership of it.
This, he said, was because they are the future leaders and must not wait for the lea…
Former First Lady and aspiring National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, says she wants to lead the party not because of what she will gain but because of what she plans to give back to the pa…
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