American fighter jets and drones conducted nearly a dozen airstrikes in Iraq since Tuesday, a U.S. official said, even as Islamic State militants threatened to kill a second American captive in retribution for any continued attacks. The strikes came in the hours ...

Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Nashiru Issahaku has admitted that the Central Bank’s foreign exchange reserve is overstretched. He regretted that the nation’s imports supersedes its export potential, hence the pressure on the Central Bank’s foreign exchange reserves. According to him, the Central Bank’s major challenge is to arrest inflation to ...

The importance of the demands of the Palestinians in the Cairo talks was the topic that dominated the headlines of the region's papers. The UAE's Al Bayan said that any agreement made with Israel must include benefits for the Palestinians. “Any agreement ...

Islamic State militants released a video Tuesday purporting to show the beheading of American journalist James Foley in an act of retribution for U.S. airstrikes on the group in Iraq, raising new dangers for President Obama's Middle East policy. WSJ's Tamer ...

MONROVIA, LIBERIA - AUGUST 20: Members of Liberia's Ebola Task Force enforce a quarantine on the West Point slum on August 20, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. The military began enforcing a quarantine on West Point, a congested favela of 75,000, fearing ...

Ghana, the nation seeking to increase its oil output fivefold in the next decade, expects an offshore development by Hess Corp. (HES) to join the nation’s project pipeline, according to the Petroleum Commission. Hess will drill a third appraisal well later this year on the Deepwater Tano/Cape Three Points block to establish commercial viability and reserves, Kwaku ...

Several dozen protesters gathered and chanted Wednesday in front of a county courthouse near Ferguson, Missouri, where a grand jury was expected to begin hearing evidence in the police killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager. More than a ...

Four people are feared dead in a gas explosion accident at the Valco Estates  in Tema Community 12. According to Citi FM’s Tema correspondent, Elvis Washington, the explosion occurred “while employees at the premises were working.” He said officials of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) are currently at the venue to deal with the ...

Four people have reportedly died in a gas explosion accident at the Valco Estates  in Tema Community 12. According to Citi FM’s Tema correspondent, Elvis Washington, the explosion occurred “while employees at the premises were working.” He said officials of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) are currently at the venue to deal with the ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian yoga guru BKS Iyengar, who built a global following that included violin maestro Yehudi Menuhin and novelist Aldous Huxley, died on Wednesday, his website said. He was 95. “Generations will remember Shri BKS Iyengar as ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian yoga guru BKS Iyengar, who built a global following that included violin maestro Yehudi Menuhin and novelist Aldous Huxley, died on Wednesday, his website said. He was 95. “Generations will remember Shri BKS Iyengar as ...

Yes Nicki Minaj's “Anaconda” video is booty-ful in every way, but don't let the all the ass shots fool you, Ms. Minaj's latest clip is just as much about living a healthy lifestyle as it about her backside. It's not Nicki's fault if you missed the medicine hidden inside of ...

The Ministry of Transport, after a competitive tender process, has selected PricewaterhouseCoopers, an international consulting firm, as the transaction advisor for the establishment of a new national carrier. PwC is expected to undertake various business studies to determine the viability, ownership structure, develop various models and evaluate bids for the establishment of the new flag carrier. The process, which is expected to take 13 months, is being financed using part of a US$30million Public-Private

In this photo taken Monday, Aug. 5, 2014, a woman has her passport photos taken outside the passport office in Harare. People queue for hours before the offices open in the hope of securing a passport that will allow them to escape their country's dearth of ...

When former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager, pro-golfer Rory McIlroy, San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh and philanthropist Woody Johnson nominated President George W. Bush for the ice bucket challenge to strike out ALS, the former ...

Barcelona's appeal to overturn a two-window transfer ban has failed. The original ban was handed to the Catalan club in April due to concerns over the "international transfer of minors". The club's decision to appeal meant they could sign players this summer ...

Liberian security forces have sealed off a seaside slum in the capital Monrovia in the latest effort to stop the spread of Ebola, setting off protests by angry residents. Also in this Section. Chan 'shame' over son's drug arrest · Apple stock reaches new high ...

Uganda Cranes coach Milutin Sredojevic has named a 25-man squad to face Ghana and Guinea in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.