Tag: World News
Jan. 14 world news summary at 0030 GMT
KHARTOUM -- At least 14 people were killed on Sunday in a traffic accident in western Sudan, an official of Sudanese North Darfur State...
Jan. 13 Quotes of the Day from World News
LONDON -- British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday that a failure to support her Brexit deal will be catastrophic for Britain.
Saying a...
Jan. 13 world news summary at 1530 GMT
STOCKHOLM , The six people who died in a tragic road accident in Sweden on Saturday have been identified as Swiss citizens, Swedish Television...
Jan. 12 Quotes of the Day from World News
LUSAKA -- The Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Friday called on all stakeholders in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to refrain from...
Jan. 12 world news summary at 1430 GMT
RIYADH -- Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday that the United States has no intention to leave the Middle East...
Jan. 12 world news summary at 0030 GMT
HAVANA -- Seven people, including four foreign tourists, were killed and 33 others injured in a bus accident that occurred in eastern Cuba, local...
Jan. 10 world news summary at 1530 GMT
MOSCOW -- The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) intends to continue cooperation with Russia in exploring outer space despite pressure from Washington,...
Jan. 10 world news summary at 0930 GMT
KINSHASA -- Opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi has won the presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to interim results proclaimed early...
Jan. 5 Quotes of the Day from World News
ACCRA -- The Ghana Immigration Service(GIS) is ready to deepen its collaboration with China in order to instill efficiency into the work of its...
Jan. 4 world news summary at 1530 GMT
MOSCOW -- U.S. national Paul Whelan, who was detained last week in Moscow on suspicion of espionage, also has British citizenship, Russian Foreign Ministry...
Dec. 24 world news summary at 0830 GMT
BOGOTA -- Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group launched a unilateral temporary cease-fire on Sunday in the lead up to Christmas.
The cease-fire began...
May 13 world news summary at 0030 GMT
PARIS -- A man randomly attacked bystanders with a knife on Saturday night in central Paris, Paris prefecture confirmed.
"Five people in the 2nd district...
May 2 world news summary at 0030 GMT
RABAT -- Citing Tehran's support to separatists in Western Sahara, Morocco announced on Tuesday to sever ties with Iran, only a few years after...
April 23 major world news summary
SANAA -- At least 40 people were killed or wounded late on Sunday when air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition hit a wedding ceremony...
Feb. 7 world news summary at 0030 GMT
JERUSALEM -- Israel's parliament passed Monday a controversial law to retroactively legalize wildcat Jewish outposts built on private Palestinian lands, despite international condemnations and...
News Ghana Top ten world news events in 2016
The following are the top ten world news events in the year 2016 selected by Xinhua in a chronological order:
1. CHINESE...
Dec. 20 world news summary at 0045 GMT
ANKARA -- Turkey will continue to move some of its troops out of Nineveh province in northern Iraq, where the camp is based, said...
Dec. 19 world news summary at 0030 GMT
UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution endorsing an international roadmap for a Syrian-led political transition in order to...
Dec. 16 world news summary at 1530 GMT
KAMPALA -- As the Burundi crisis continues to worsen, the British minister for Africa currently on a tour in the Great Lakes region has...
Dec. 15 world news summary at 0030 GMT
LONDON -- The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced Monday that its board of governors had approved a request by the Chinese...
Dec. 14 world news summary at 1530 GMT
ANKARA -- The U.S. Embassy in Turkish capital Ankara announced Monday that they limited services on Monday and Tuesday due to "security threat."
...
Dec. 3 world news summary at 0100 GMT
LOS ANGELES -- One suspect was gunned down and one in custody Wednesday afternoon after a shooting killed at least 14 people and injured...
Nov. 29 world news summary at 1530 GMT
YAOUNDE -- At least 17 people were killed and several others were injured in a suicide bomb blast Saturday in Cameroon's Far North Region,...
Nov. 29 world news summary at 0030 GMT
MADRID -- Thousands of people throughout Spain protested on Saturday against the war in Syria in a series of concentrations which were accompanied by...
Nov. 28 world news summary at 1530 GMT
WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday called for the need to control weapons domestically, a day after a shooter killed three people...
Nov. 28 world news summary at 0030 GMT
LOS ANGELES -- Authorities in the U.S. state of Colorado confirmed that at least four police officers and an undetermined number of civilians were...
Nov. 26 world news summary at 1530 GMT
MADRID -- Spain's political unity against the threat of terrorism was strengthened on Thursday when seven parties signed the anti-terrorism pact which the governing...
Nov. 23 world news summary at 1530 GMT
ACCRA -- Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama over the weekend received a massive endorsement from his ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) to run in...
Nov.23 world news summary at 0030 GMT
BRUSSELS -- A series of police operations in the Brussels regions has finished, Belgian public radio La Premiere reported on Sunday night, with the...
Nov. 22 world news summary at 0130 GMT
LONDON -- British Prime Minister David Cameron is pushing for parliamentary backing for airstrikes against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria, and British lawmakers...