Tag: politics
Ghana on high alert for possible bandits attack from Burkina Faso
Ghana police were placed on a high alert following reports that suspected bandits are planning to attack communities in Northern Ghana along the border...
Chinese military air manoeuvres prompt concern in Taiwan
China sent 28 military planes into Taiwan's air defence identification zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense said, adding it was the...
Partial decline in Germans’ approval of EU
The European Union's reputation has suffered among Germans but general approval for the bloc remains high, according to a recent survey.
At 34.6 per cent,...
Israel attacks targets in Gaza after Hamas sends incendiary balloons
Israeli fighter jets have targeted Palestinian organizations in the Gaza Strip for the first time since a ceasefire with Hamas halted recent escalations in...
Biden meets Putin to cap off White House’s foreign relations reset
With relations between their countries at a low point, US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are to meet on Wednesday to...
US releases strategy against ‘growing threat’ of domestic terrorism
US President Joe Biden's administration wants to take stronger action against the "serious and growing threat" of domestic terrorism, including ensuring that various federal...
Speaker Bagbin stresses CSO, parliamentary collaboration for citizen engagement
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin on Tuesday charged Parliamentary Monitoring Organisations (PMOs) to amplify their collaboration with Legislatures to educate citizens on the proper...
President bids farewell to UK and German envoys
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday bade farewell to two envoys whose duty tour in the country has ended.
The pair are Ian Walker, High...
ECOWAS considering proposals to establish Forum of National Security advisors
In view of the increasing terrorist attacks and violent extremism in the West African sub-region, ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council is examining proposals to...
KNUST TEIN marks 26 years of youth activism
Mr Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, former Minister of Youth and Sports, has tasked members of the Tertiary Educational Institutions Network (TEIN) of the National Democratic Congress...
GJA court issue concern to presidential aspirant – Agbenu
Mr Dave Agbenu, a Ghana Journalists Association’s (GJA) Presidential Aspirant has said the court case against the Association on the expired term of office...
Zambia’s first President Kaunda, 97, admitted to military hospital
Zambia's 97-year-old founding president, Kenneth Kaunda - referred to by Zambians simply as KK - has been admitted to a military hospital in Lusaka.
Kaunda's...
Japanese Prime Minister Suga survives vote of no confidence
Japan's hard-pressed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has survived a no-confidence vote by the opposition.
With a majority of seats from his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)...
Japanese opposition submits no-confidence motion against Suga
Japan's opposition has submitted a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's cabinet, just over a month before the Tokyo Olympics are due to...
Philippines will not cooperate with ICC probe into ‘war on drugs
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will not cooperate with an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into his administration’s war on illegal drugs, his spokesman said...
NATO hardens stance on ‘authoritarian’ China at Biden’s first summit
NATO leaders toughened their collective line on China and sent a warning to Russia at a Brussels summit on Monday marked by a breezier...
Biden to meet top EU officials for trans-Atlantic reset
US President Joe Biden is due to meet top EU officials on Tuesday as they try to set common goals for global challenges...
Rutte: Working with Biden ‘more natural’ than ‘awkward’ Trump years
Working with the United States on international affairs is "more natural again" under President Joe Biden compared to the administration of Donald Trump, Dutch...
German Greens leader Baerbock sets out aims in pre-election book
Annalena Baerbock, candidate for chancellor of Germany's Green Party, is due to release a book setting out her aims for the country's future, in...
Six more districts fall as Taliban keeps pressure on Afghanistan
Afghan government forces abandoned or were pushed out of six district centers across the country in the past 24 hours, as Taliban militants gain...
New Israeli premier Bennett presents Cabinet
Israel's new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett presented his new Cabinet on Monday.
The 27 ministers met in Jerusalem with President Reuven Rivlin for a traditional...
China accuses G7 of ‘distortion’ and ‘slander’
China has accused the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialised nations of "interference in internal affairs" after their summit in Carbis Bay, England.
A spokesperson...
Personal peace is paramount to national peace – Rev Osabutey
The Right Reverend Samuel Kofi Osabutey, Bishop of the Accra Diocese of the Methodist Church Ghana, has said personal peaceful living is paramount to...
German Greens launch party conference
The German Greens - currently riding high in the polls neck and neck with the conservatives ahead of a general election in September -...
EU Parliament calls for further sanctions on Belarus
Following the forced landing of a plane travelling between two EU capitals and the arrest of blogger Roman Protasevich in Belarus, the European Parliament...
Biden arrives in Europe in first trip abroad as US president
Joe Biden arrived in Britain on Wednesday in his first foreign trip as US president, during which he is to visit several European countries.
The...
Ten demining workers dead amid Afghan violence as new district falls
At least 10 people died in an attack on a demining operation in the northern Afghan province of Baghlan, the British-US humanitarian mine clearance...
Myanmar state media: Aung San Suu Kyi charged with corruption
Ousted Myanmar head of government Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged with corruption, according to a newspaper report.
The Anti-Corruption Commission in Myanmar found...
Demining charity will remain in Afghanistan after deadly attack
Despite an attack that left 10 of its demining personnel dead, British-American charity Halo Trust plans to stay and continue its work in Afghanistan,...
Law enforcers urged to deal with metal bridge thieves
Mr Kwasi Amoako-Atta, Minister for Roads and Highways has called on the security and law enforcement agencies to be vigilant and deal with thieves...