Two explosions near a football stadium in Turkey's biggest city, Istanbul, have killed 29 people and injured 166. Saturday evening's blasts - a car bombing and a suicide bombing - targeted police, officials say. They occurred two hours after a match ...

The Sounders could not manage a shot on goal through 120 minutes but found the net when it counted most to cap a remarkable rise from mediocrity.

Chuck Schumer has demanded an investigation into Russia's election meddling, after the CIA said the Kremlin helped Trump win. The incoming Senate Democratic leader called for a congressional probe into the matter. 'That any country could be meddling ...

Outgoing President John Dramani Mahama has ordered the state security agencies to deploy personnel across the country to round up any person who vandalises government property in the name of...

Joshua with a third round victory

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh must hand over power after defeat in elections, the UN Security Council has said. President Jammeh initially conceded to Adama Barrow in last week’s vote but has since refused to accept the end of his 22-year rule. Mr Barrow said he was sure the military supported him as the country’s new ... Gambian President Yahya Jammeh must hand over power after defeat in elections, the UN Security Council has said. President Jammeh initially conceded to Adama Barrow

A blast has killed at least three people near the port of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, police say.

Otiko Afisa Djaba, Women’s Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has employed supporters of the party not to jubilate over the victory of the party by stepping on toes of other opponents.

The President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will Sunday morning, join the congregants of the Accra Ridge Church for a thanksgiving service.

Following the election of the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo-Addo to the highest office of the land, government together with the NPP will on Sunday outdoor a presidential transition team.

Ten out of 37 youth who applied for the second edition of Youth Inclusive Entrepreneurial Development Initiative for Employment (YIEDIE) in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis have benefitted from a grant of over GHC5,000 each to start their businesses.

President John Dramani Mahama has expressed disappointment at the inability or unwillingness of the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to call its rampaging supporters to order, following series of attacks on innocent citizens and supporters of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Popular Ghanaian actor and ardent activist of the governing NDC Wofa K, has allegedly been attacked by supporters of the opposition NPP after the latter’s presidential candidate was declared winner of the December polls.

A crash and fire involving an oil tanker on a road in Kenya kill at least 30 people.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Twin attacks by a suicide bomber and a car bomber near an Istanbul soccer stadium Saturday night killed 29 people and wounded 166 others in the latest large-scale assault to traumatize a nation confronting an array of security threats.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Twin attacks by a suicide bomber and a car bomber near an Istanbul soccer stadium Saturday night killed 29 people and wounded 166 others in the latest large-scale assault to traumatize a nation confronting an array of security threats.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Twin attacks by a suicide bomber and a car bomber near an Istanbul soccer stadium Saturday night killed 29 people and wounded 166 others in the latest large-scale assault to traumatize a nation confronting an array of security threats.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Twin attacks by a suicide bomber and a car bomber near an Istanbul soccer stadium Saturday night killed 29 people and wounded 166 others in the latest large-scale assault to traumatize a nation confronting an array of security threats.

At least 60 people are killed when a church roof collapses in Uyo, south-eastern Nigeria.

December 11, 2016