Responding to Obama's new Middle East policy, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a Palestinian state along the 1967 border lines would leave the country "indefensible."
Netanyahu said he expects Washington to allow Israel to …
NATO fighter jets attacked eight warships of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces, NATO said on Friday.
NATO continued its airstrikes against the Libyan government troops with a coordinated strike against Gaddafi's forces in the ports o…
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday called on the Israelis and Palestinians to negotiate a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders with mutually agreed swaps, so that "secure and recognized borders are established for both states.…
US president Barack Obama has addressed the nation with his first comprehensive comments on the unrest sweeping many countries in the Arab world. He pledges the US support for reforms in the Middle East and North Africa.
Obama has also pr…
In a major foreign policy speech on Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama outlined a borders-and-security-first approach to peacemaking between the Israelis and Palestinians. However, analysts say the outline will lead nowhere.
Obama call…
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso urged Serbian officials to apply greater diligence toward the goal of EU membership during his official visit to Belgrade on Thursday.
After meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetk…
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday that the future of his country is bound to the Middle East region by forces of "economics and security; history and faith," calling for a change of U.S. policy dealing with the region.
In his m…
A Syrian military source said Thursday the army units started to withdraw from the western town of Talkalakh after accomplishing their mission to contain the chaos caused by "armed criminals", Syrian official news agency SANA reported.
Li…
Islamic Hamas movement on Thursday rejected U.S. President Barack Obama's speech on the Middle East, accusing him of leaning towards Israel.
"Obama adopted Israel's position to boost himself in preparation for an electoral campaign," said…
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday met U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Marc Grossman here and they discussed post-Abbotabad-operation developments, according to local media.
The meeting wa…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in an unusual move, immediately rejected United States President Barack Obama's call for peace negotiations between the Jewish state and the Palestinians based on the 1967 borders.
"Prime Ministe…
Mr Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary General has observed that Ivory Coast would face enormous challenges in restoring peace, accountability and reconciliation, after months of post-election violence.
He said although President Alassane Ou…
The Get Atta Mills Endorsed (GAME) Team, has expressed concern over the growing incidence of falsehood, character assassination and unnecessary bickering that is bedeviling the campaign leading to the July 8-10 Congress in Sunyani.
…
Ministry of the Interior on Friday reminded the general public that Wednesday, May 25, which marks African Union (AU) Day is a Statutory Public Holiday and should be observed as such throughout the country.
The reminder was contained…
Mrs Joyce Bamford Addo, Speaker of Parliament on Friday walked-out from the Chamber in an unusual wrath to register her displeasure for a comment that could dent her credibility as moderator of Ghana’s Parliament.
Her action was ac…
Political parties in Ghana have been asked to improve their structures and procedures and remove barriers that discriminate against the participation of women in politics.
Mrs Ernestina Naadu Hagan of Women Law and Development, who m…
Libyan officials say NATO air strikes on the
government-controlled port in Tripoli has caused a humanitarian crisis.
Libyan officials said the airstrikes made it difficult to move supply ships in and out of the
country, but NATO said it…
Gen. Martin Dempsey, the new U.S. Army chief of staff, appears to be President Obama's top choice to become chairman of the joint chiefs, defense sources say.
The Hill reported Friday that insiders say Dempsey has survived discussions tha…
Former British Environment Minister Eliot Morley was
sent directly to prison Friday after being sentenced to 16 months for expenses fraud.
Morley, a Labor member of Parliament, served as environment minister for nine years under Prime Mi…
First lady Michelle Obama Friday told U.S.
Military Academy graduates and their families the U.S. military is "a force of families."
Speaking at the academy graduation family banquet during her first visit to West Point,Obama told the ca…
President Barack Obama visited CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., to personally thank officers Friday for their work in tracking Osama bin Laden.
The president ended his remarks by saying intelligence agents miss many of the conventional r…
Two Rwandan exiles and opponents of President Paul Kagame who live in London say they have been warned they were targeted for assassination.
Police officers went to the homes of Rene Mugenzi and Jonathan Musonera last week and advised the…
The Swedruhene, Nana Aseidu Kobina Botwe II, has cautioned supporters and politicians not to use the freedom of speech in this democratic dispensation to insult and malign high profile personalities.
He said the government of the peo…
The Asante-Mampong Municipal Assembly is expected to receive a total amount of GH¢1,670,431.48 to undertake development projects in the area this year.
Mr Daniel Appau-Ohyeamang, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), said the money w…
Responding to Obama's new Middle East policy, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a Palestinian state along the 1967 border lines would leave the country "indefensible."
Netanyahu said he expects Washington to allow Israel to …
NATO fighter jets attacked eight warships of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces, NATO said on Friday.
NATO continued its airstrikes against the Libyan government troops with a coordinated strike against Gaddafi's forces in the ports o…
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday called on the Israelis and Palestinians to negotiate a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders with mutually agreed swaps, so that "secure and recognized borders are established for both states.…
US president Barack Obama has addressed the nation with his first comprehensive comments on the unrest sweeping many countries in the Arab world. He pledges the US support for reforms in the Middle East and North Africa.
Obama has also pr…
In a major foreign policy speech on Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama outlined a borders-and-security-first approach to peacemaking between the Israelis and Palestinians. However, analysts say the outline will lead nowhere.
Obama call…
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso urged Serbian officials to apply greater diligence toward the goal of EU membership during his official visit to Belgrade on Thursday.
After meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetk…
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday that the future of his country is bound to the Middle East region by forces of "economics and security; history and faith," calling for a change of U.S. policy dealing with the region.
In his m…
A Syrian military source said Thursday the army units started to withdraw from the western town of Talkalakh after accomplishing their mission to contain the chaos caused by "armed criminals", Syrian official news agency SANA reported.
Li…
Islamic Hamas movement on Thursday rejected U.S. President Barack Obama's speech on the Middle East, accusing him of leaning towards Israel.
"Obama adopted Israel's position to boost himself in preparation for an electoral campaign," said…
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday met U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Marc Grossman here and they discussed post-Abbotabad-operation developments, according to local media.
The meeting wa…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in an unusual move, immediately rejected United States President Barack Obama's call for peace negotiations between the Jewish state and the Palestinians based on the 1967 borders.
"Prime Ministe…
Friends of Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings (FONKAR)has appealed to sympathizers and supporters of President John Evans Atta Mills to conduct clean campaign devoid of insults and acrimony to ensure that the Party’s July Congress in Sunyani wa…
Madam Atsupe Gorleku Quarshie, New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Ada Constituency, has called on the electorate to vote for her in the 2012 election to bring development to the area.
She said it was time the peopl…
Members of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime denounced new U.S. sanctions against Assad and key aides as part of a U.S. plot to dominate the Middle East.
The sanctions, officials said Thursday, also are meant to serve Israel's intere…
The British Royal Navy ends its training mission in Iraq during the weekend leaving only a few embassy staffers behind, the British defense secretary said.
British forces helped their U.S. counterparts with the initial invasion in 2003. M…
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak challenged Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to make a "daring proposal" to help achieve peace in the Middle East.
His comments to the Los Angeles Times came as Netanyahu left Thursday on a diplomatic m…
A former Egyptian member of parliament has asked for a criminal investigation of Suzanne Mubarak, wife of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Mostafa Bakry alleged that Mubarak took money she solicited for charity and used it for her…
The armed forces of Egypt haven't used force to disperse protesters since the fall of the regime of Hosni Mubarak, the ruling council said.
Several members of the former regime are under investigation for ordering attacks on protesters du…
The Sunni leadership in Bahrain aims for "total reconciliation" with the people, the country's foreign minister declared.
Bahrain is facing international criticism for its human rights record during the repression of a Shiite uprising aga…
The United States should tread carefully in Damascus and recognize there aren't many other options there apart from the current Syrian president, Ankara warned.
U.S. President Obama imposed sanctions that went into effect Wednesday agains…
Ivorian military and political leaders are reminded that serious crimes committed during the country's political impasse won't go unpunished, a tribunal said.
The International Criminal Court in a statement said it examined allegations of…
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Wednesday reaffirmed their "all-weather" friendship as the two countries celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties.
The two leaders he…
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that Russia would not support a UN Security Council resolution on Syria.
"I will not support such a resolution" if it is similar to the one on Libya, Medvedev told a news conference.
Ho…
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, his deputy, the prime minister and several other senior government officials.
Obama said in his executive order that the additional steps…
Parliament failed on Thursday to meet the 21 days sitting deadline in working on Fees and Charges (Amendment) Instrument 2011 (L.I. 1986) that gives regulation to the Fees and Charges (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 2009 (Act 793).
The…
Controversy over absent Minister of Environment, Science and Technology on Thursday blighted parliamentary sitting and dragged the House to an early adjournment.
Ms Sherry Aryitey was scheduled to answer one urgent question and four …
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