Iraq's Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Friday called for dialogue after thousands of the country's Sunnis held protests against his policies.
"It is better for us to talk to each other and agree at the table of brotherhood and ami…
The condition of the 23-year-old Indian gang rape victim being treated in a Singapore hospital took a turn for the worse late Friday, doctors said.
Kelvin Loh, the hospital's chief executive, said in a statement: "Her vital signs are d…
The condition of the 23-year-old Indian gang rape victim being treated in a Singapore hospital took a turn for the worse late Friday, doctors said.
Kelvin Loh, the hospital's chief executive, said in a statement: "Her vital signs are d…
Pakistan-based Taliban said Friday they were open to "earnest" peace negotiations with the government in Islamabad - but refused to lay down their arms.
The message came in a 52-minute video message by Hakimullah Mehsud, chief of Tehri…
Some Traders in the Agbogbloshie market in Accra have said sales in 2012 has not been too good but expressed the hope 2013 will be better.
They said most customers when visiting the market to purchase goods kept complaining of not ha…
Many Ghanaians remain apprehensive as the year draws to a close and the future is still uncertain, a Ghana News Agency interview in Accra on Friday reveals.
Mr James Avormey, station attendant at Tudu, a suburb of Accra, said 2012 wa…
A US drone strike on Friday killed at least four people in Pakistan's troubled tribal territory bordering Afghanistan, an intelligence official said.
Two missiles fired from a pilotless aircraft struck a compound in the region of Shawa…
Jesco von Puttkamer, a German-American scientist who worked in the early US rocket programme alongside
Wernher von Braun and had a decades-long career in the US space programme, has died at age 79, NASA said Friday.
The German-born en…
The Volta Region House of Chiefs Friday expressed shock at the passing on of the late Henry Ford Kamel, Volta Regional Minister saying his death has created great vacuum in the Region.
A statement signed by Togbe Afede XIV, Presiden…
An event dubbed: "John Mahama for the Youth Street Carnival" took place at the Osu Oxford Street in Accra to say thank you to Ghanaians for supporting President John Mahama, as President elect.
It was organised by pro-Mahama groups in…
The Philippine military was checking the authenticity of a video of an Australian man held captive by suspected Muslim militants for more than a year in the country's south, a spokesman said Thursday.
The video of 53-year-old Warren Ro…
Iran said it would allow the international nuclear watchdog to inspect a military site if threats of Israeli attacks on the country's nuclear facilities were defused, an Iranian news agency reported Thursday.
Iran and the International…
Parents have been advised to teach their children and house-helps to be security conscious to prevent the incidence of robbery at all times, and especially during the yuletide.
Police Superintendent Aduhene Benieh, Airport District Police…
The Agona Swedru Municipal Government Hospital recorded 15 births comprising eight girls and seven boys during the Christmas period.
Dr Apetorgbor Dzodzodzegbe, Medical Superintendent of the Hospital made this known in an interview wit…
A Cambodian woman who led protests against her community's forced eviction was sentenced Thursday to three years in jail on charges related to a street brawl.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court also ordered Yorm Bopha, 29, to pay compensat…
China launched global positioning services in the Asia-Pacific from its Beidou satellite network on Thursday, saying it aimed to win up to 20 per cent of global market share by 2015.
The state-run Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) …
More than 1,000 people have died in road accidents in South Africa in December, officials said Thursday.
The Road Traffic Management Corporation warned that the total for the festive month could top 1,100, in the country of 49 million …
Taliban militants shot dead three Afghan police and injured four others after the officer on watch allowed insurgents into a compound, officials said Thursday.
The officer on night duty late Wednesday let the gunmen into the police pos…
A high-ranking Muslim cleric was shot dead in the troubled northern Caucasus region of North Ossetia, the Interfax news agency reported Thursday.
Deputy mufti Ibragim Dudarov was shot five times at close range late Wednesday as he was …
Elephants roaming onto northern Indian roads have led to the overnight closure of a key highway in Uttarakhand state over safety concerns, officials said Thursday.
Herds have been blocking traffic on the road between the state capital,…
The Foods and Drugs Authority (FDA) in its bid to ensure the safety of Ghanaians, will in 2013 strictly enforce its laws to ensure that those who violate the law are prosecuted.
"With the passage of the Public Health law, we have th…
A Thai court on Thursday indicted leaders of the royalist "yellow shirt" movement for attacking and seizing government offices in 2008, local media reported.
The Bangkok Criminal Court indicted 10 leaders of the People's Alliance for Demo…
Elephants roaming onto northern Indian roads have led to the overnight closure of a key highway in Uttarakhand state over safety concerns, officials said Thursday.
Herds have been blocking traffic on the road between the state capital,…
A tea plantation owner and his wife were burned to death after angry workers set fire to their house after a labour dispute in north-eastern Indian, police said Thursday.
At least 700 workers surrounded the house of Mridul Kumar Bhatta…
Cambodia's court of appeal Thursday jailed two men for 20 years each for the 2004 killing of a prominent trade union leader as rights groups condemned the ruling.
Born Samnang, now 29, and Sok Sam Oeun, 32, were arrested soon after uni…
Hollywood star Kate Winslet has married for a third time, tying the knot with Ned RocknRoll, nephew of Virgin tycoon Richard Branson, US and British media reported Thursday.
Winslet's Titanic co-star Leonardo DiCaprio gave away the 37-…
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden bribed a Pakistani land registrar to allow the construction of the fortified compound where he was killed by the US special forces last year, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
Entries in bin Laden's diary …
At least 128 people have so far died due to an unusually bitter winter in Russia, an Interfax news agency report citing health sources said Wednesday.
About 900 people were being treated in hospital for exposure, the report said.
T…
Pastor Yaw Osei-Owusu, Brong-Ahafo Regional Overseer of Deeper Life Bible Church has expressed concern about moral decadence which has eaten into the church in recent times.
He admonished church leaders and the clergy to expel identi…
Police detained a family planning official during a crackdown on child trafficking in southern China, state media said on Wednesday.
The official, identified only by the surname Wang, was in charge of the government's family planning w…
Thai police were searching Wednesday for three men suspected of raping two Russian tourists at a beach resort.
The women told police they were abducted, robbed and raped by three Thai men armed with knives and pistols while returning to t…
Mutmainah sat quietly with her brother Wednesday at a mass grave on the outskirts of Banda Aceh on Indonesia's Sumatra island, quietly reading their prayer books.
They lost five members of their family in the December 26, 2004, tsunami, w…
Twenty babies, made up of 8 males and 12 females, were delivered at the Winneba Government Hospital and Kasoa Polyclinic in the Central Region during the Christmas festivities.
Mrs Grace Vivien Binney, Midwifery Officer, in an int…
The clergy in Ho, Volta Regional capital, has expressed utter dismay and shock at the demise of Mr Henry Ford Kamel, Volta Regional Minister.
The late Kamel last two weeks met leadership of the clergy in the region, and tasked it to …
Shinzo Abe, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was formally elected Wednesday as Japan's prime minister by both chambers of parliament amid a recession and renewed tensions with China.
The 58-year-old nationalist, who se…
Hundreds of protesters assembled Wednesday outside Phnom Penh's municipal courthouse as two housing rights activists were tried on what Amnesty International called "trumped-up charges" of violence and fraud.
Anti-eviction activists Yo…
Christmas to many means remembering Christ birth, giving, helping the needy, spending time with family and promoting peace, these were sentiments shared when the Ghana News Agency hits the streets on Tuesday, Christmas day.
The cele…
Indiscriminate land sale by the chief of Bruku-Ahodwo, near Sepaase in the Atwima-Nwabiagya District, Nana Kwame Bruku Fordjour, is fueling tension and widespread anger among the people.
An appeal has therefore been made to the Asan…
TRAX Program Support, a Ghanaian based non governmental organization with its headquarters in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region at the weekend awarded its hard working staff for year 2012.
Mr Vincent Subbey, Programmes Director of …
The chiefs and people of the Kwahu Traditional Area have been advised to promote peace after this year's elections.
The Krontihene of Kwahu Abene, Nana Simpe Wiredu II, made the appeal, during a grand durbar of chiefs and people of t…
Ten babies, including two sets of twins, were born at two health facilities in the Nkawkaw area, in the Eastern Region, on Tuesday, Christmas day.
With the exception of one birth, which was through caesarean operation, the rest of t…
The Koforidua Regional Hospital on Tuesday, Christmas day, recorded 11 deliveries, which produced 12 babies.
The babies, eight males and four females, including a set of twins, were born through normal means, but three of them were t…
Six government health facilities in the Kumasi Metropolis recorded 42 births, 22 female babies and 20 male babies, on Tuesday, Christmas day.
They are the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Manhyia District Hospital, Suntreso Gov…
Mr. Bill Reese, President, International Youth Foundation (IYF), an international non-governmental organization, has wished the youth of the world a peaceful Christmas season.
A statement signed by Mr. Reese, and copied to the Ghana…
The United Arab Emirates said Wednesday its authorities had dismantled an alleged terrorist cell that was planning attacks in the country and the region.
"The security agencies in the UAE, in coordination with their counterparts in Sau…
The Central Regional Hospital on Christmas Day recorded no deliveries as of about 11:40 hours but two women were rushed to the theatre for caesarean delivery.
A midwife at the maternity department told the GNA that five babies were…
Teachers have been asked to seek assistance from colleagues on subject areas they find challenging to avoid feeding their pupils with half-baked knowledge.
Mrs Philomena Afeti, South-Tongu District Director of the Ghana Education Ser…
Russia is raising the price of vodka by about one third to at least 170 rubles (about 4.20 euros) for a half-litre bottle, Interfax news agency said Wednesday.
The price hike is due to sharply higher taxes for hard alcoholic drinks, sa…
Vladimir Putin may be the last chance for thousands of Russian orphans looking for homes with families in the United States after the upper house of parliament banned such adoptions in
retaliation for a US human rights law targeting Russi…
Accra on Wednesday Boxing Day witnessed a number of street parties as many people were seen dancing and singing to loud musics from blaring giant speakers.
The Ghana News Agency (GNA) observed in places such as Lapaz, Darkuman and L…
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