Hamas spokesman Abu Ubaida said in a televised speech on Wednesday that Israel had "failed" in its assault on Gaza and called upon the Palestinian negotiating delegation in Cairo to return home. The speech comes after Israeli air strikes killed 22 ...

Twelve key craft export companies from Ghana are participating in this year's Summer Artisan Resource in New York as part of measures to re-establish the country's handicraft on the United States market.

An official of the Electoral Commission (EC), in Ashanti Region, Mr Paul Boateng has called on members of the review committee on registration to ensure neutrality and circumspection in their handling of voter registration issues in the region.

Former Sports Minister Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah has revealed that Black Stars players demanded U$120,000 each as appearance fee to play at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Scores of people have been killed in fresh clashes between two Arab tribes in Sudan’s troubled western region of Darfur, witnesses from the rival camps have said. One person said at least 30 members of his Rezeigat tribe were killed in the fighting, in which heavy weapons were used, with Maaliya tribesmen over territorial claims in ...

An Indian woman is thought to have had the world’s longest ectopic pregnancy after doctors removed the skeleton of a baby that had been inside her for nearly four decades. Jyoti Kumar, from Madhya Pradesh in central India, became pregnant at the age of 24, in 1978. At the time doctors warned the expectant mother […]

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The World Health Organization says the death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is now at least 1,350 people. The latest figures Wednesday show that the deaths are mounting fastest in Liberia, which now accounts for at ...

The 2012 Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reiterated that he is strong enough to work to reverse the economic mess created by the Mahama administration. According to him, Ghanaians are looking for a decisive president who will initiate and execute policies and programmes that will bring relief […]

An eight-year-old boy has left doctors baffled after his hands swelled to giant proportions and now weigh more than two stone. Young Kaleem, from India, is unable to carry out simple tasks, including tying his own shoe laces, after he was born with hands twice the size of an average baby. His mother Haleema, 27, ...

Asante Kotoko young goalkeeper Mutawakilu Seidu has denied circling reports that he has signed for rival club Hearts of Oak.

The FBI has informed the family of slain journalist James Foley that they believe the YouTube video which shows his beheading is authentic. Share. Go To. Comments. The Global Post has said the FBI has indicated it is continuing a longer process of official ...

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - The armed wing of Hamas warned foreign airlines on Wednesday against flying into Tel Aviv, threatening to step up its six-week conflict with Israel and declaring truce talks in Cairo over. "We are warning international ...

Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey (left) and Besiktas' Veli Kavlak fight for the ball during their Istanbul clash. Picture / AP. Arsenal held on with 10 men to draw 0-0 at Besiktas in the Champions League playoff round yesterday, while Bayer Leverkusen are better placed ...

The MTV Video Music Awards will kick off Sunday with what's sure to be an energy-filled performance by Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj and Jessie J. The trio of stars will perform their new song, "Bang Bang," live on the show, taking place at the Forum in ...