Demonstrators have marched to the police station in the French town of Le Havre, to protest arrests made by security forces in recent days, ahead of the G8 Summit. Thousands of protesters took to local streets on Saturday, and several were…
Barack Obama ended his first state visit to Britain Wednesday with his attendance at a farewell dinner hosted by Queen Elizabeth II, during which the president once again stressed the "special and essential" ties between the two allies.
I…
U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday emphasized that the relationship between their two countries is not only "special" but also "essential."
Cameron said at a joint news conference that Britai…
Security was tightened on Wednesday around the elegant French seaside resort of Deauville, one day before the leaders of the world's richest countries hold their annual gathering here.
With 18 heads of state and government to be present, …
The European Union (EU) said on Wednesday that it will push for ambitious answers to common challenges to G8 countries, focusing on new partnership with Southern Mediterranean countries.
President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompu…
The United States on Wednesday asked its G8 partners to help Egypt convert the debts of the past into investments for the future as the most populous Arab state is undergoing transition.
"The United States is committed to a debt swap for …
The secretary general of the Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah lashed out at U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday, saying Obama's recent remarks targeting the party about an international court investigating the 2005 assassination of …
The Egyptian authorities decided to open the Rafah border crossing with the sieged Gaza Strip on a daily basis starting from Saturday, official news agency MENA reported Wednesday.
The border crossing will open from 9 a.m. (0600 GMT) to 5…
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday outlined profound challenges facing the world like economic instability, unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, terrorism and climate change in a speech in central London.
Obama, the first U.S…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il appeared to be in good health as he toured a technology hub in Beijing Thursday, a witness said, suggesting he may have recovered from a reported stroke in 2008.
The 69-year-old leader's health has drawn…
The Obama Administration Thursday supported India's move to submit the list of its 50 most wanted fugitives to Pakistan, saying this is part of the on-going dialogue between the two neighbours.
"I think submitting this list is part of…
America's relationship with India has never been as stronger as it has been under the Obama Administration, the US State Department has said.
"We've got a strategic partnership in place. We’re cooperating at an unprecedented level on …
Diplomatic immunity does not apply to family members of consular officers, US State Department has said, a day after the daughter of an Indian diplomat filed a law suit against New York City alleging that she was falsely arrested and suspe…
In Britain visiting U.S. President Barack Obama has addressed the UK Parliament, and held a news conference with Prime Minister David Cameron.
They reaffirmed that their Trans-Atlantic Alliance will remain strong and indispensable. The tw…
Officials of the Ethiopian Customs and Revenue on Wednesday held seven Ghanaian Journalists hostage for three hours for what they described as "Lack of permit to carry professional video cameras" into their country.
The Journalists who…
Ivorian President Alassane Dramane Ouattara has commended President John Evans Atta Mills for the role Ghana played in the Ivorian peace process as he posts a new ambassador to the county few days after his investiture.
The new Ambass…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama has commended the owners, management and staff of Ghana Nuts Limited (GNL), an agro-processing company at Techiman for efficient and successful operations.
He described the company as “elaborate and…
The Foundation for Sustainable Development in Africa, Ghana(FSDA-Ghana), would host a sub-regional durbar between four border communities of two member-states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at Aflao.
The du…
The Afigya-Kwabre District Chief Executive, Mr Kwaku Oppong-Kyekyeku Kaakyire, has pledged the resolve of the Mills Administration to transform the lives of Ghanaians, particularly those in rural communities.
He said everything would …
The Old Guards Association of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the National Executive Committee of the party to put its feet down to end the creeping indiscipline among some top members of the party.
They expressed…
Dual citizenship applications received by Government are timeously dealt with when relevant documents are submitted for processing, Dr Benjamin Kunbuor, Minister for Interior told Parliament on Tuesday.
He said when the applicant fai…
President John Evans Atta Mills begins a three-day visit to the Eastern Region from May 31.
Deputy Eastern Regional Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr M.M. Doh, told journalists in Koforidua on Tuesday that the P…
Dr Benjamin Kunbuor on Tuesday said the Atronie Police station in the Sunyani Municipality would re-open the station anytime there was full assurance of cooperation by the people of Atronie.
He said the vandalised properties of the s…
The Kwabre East District Assembly, last year, mobilized GH¢441,790.30, through internally generated funds (IGF), Mr Adams Iddisah, the District Chief Executive (DCE), has announced.
This represented 72.8 per cent of the projected tar…
Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, CEO of NEPAD Agency on Tuesday called on Africans to use the celebration of African Union (AU) Day to take stock of their achievements and genuinely re-focus their energies on addressing the challenges facing Afri…
A top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant was killed in an overnight encounter in Handwara area of north Kashmir's Kupwara district, officials said Wednesday.
The encounter broke out in Laribal village of Zachaldara, 100 kms from here, in …
After a year's break, India and China are all set to resume defence dialogue, which had suffered a setback after Beijing had denied a visa to an army commander based in the north Indian state Jammu and Kashmir.
The two sides will soon…
India Wednesday sought cessation of all hostilities in Libya and supported the African Union's (AU) efforts to find a peaceful solution to the civil war.
"This (Libyan crisis) is a subject which figured in our deliberation...We apprec…
NATO aircraft hit at least 15 targets in the Libyan capital Tuesday, most of the strikes concentrated around Col. Moammar Gadhafi's compound, officials said.
The center of Tripoli was blanketed with smoke and fireballs.
Moussa Ibrahim, a…
Doing more housework keeps stress levels higher at the end of the day for both married women and men, increasing health risk, U.S. researchers suggest.
Researchers Darby Saxbe, Rena Graesch of the University of California, Los Angeles, an…
With fighters loyal to the former leader fleeing to neighboring countries, Ivorian problems are part of the regional landscape, the new president said.
The Ivorian government in mid-May said fighters loyal to former Ivorian President Laur…
Britain's Queen Elizabeth 11 officially welcomed America's first couple to Buckingham Palace Tuesday, with a Scots Guard band playing the U.S. national anthem.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama watched a royal salute by…
U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron Tuesday reaffirmed the "essential relationship" between Britain and the United States.
In a bylined opinion piece that appeared in the Times of London, the two leaders s…
A sheik suspected of spying for Israel was arrested by Lebanese military intelligence officers in southern Lebanon, a security source told The Daily Star.
The name of the Shiite sheik was not released. He was arrested in the port city of …
Israel will never return to its 1967 lines, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told about 10,000 members of a U.S. pro-Israel organization in Washington.
Netanyahu said he would reveal his vision for peace with the Palestinians in a speech…
Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that work is underway to form a Palestinian technocratic government.
"There is a wrong understanding of the government that it is a power-sharing government between Fatah …
Iran said on Monday that West would be the main loser of sanctions on the country over its nuclear program as the European Union (EU) strengthened its sanctions on the Islamic Republic amid worries that it is moving to the atomic weaponry …
U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on Monday afternoon visited his Irish ancestral home in Moneygall, central Ireland's County Offaly.
Over 150 years ago, Obama's great-great-great grandfather Falmouth Kearney left …
South Korea's Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik left for Paris on Tuesday to attend a meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
During the four-day trip, Kim will lead the South Korean delegation during th…
President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday expressed hope for religious freedom in North Korea, saying it would contribute to social cohesion when the two divided states are unified in the future, the presidential spokeswoman said.
Lee made th…
Libyan opposition's envoy from the Interim Transitional National Council on Monday said here that they would not hold any talks with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The envoy, who is also a former Libyan foreign minister, Abdul- Rahman Sha…
The main aim of a pending meeting between Russia and the Libyan opposition is to gain a ceasefire in Libya, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.
Lavrov will hold a meeting Monday evening with former Libyan foreign minister Abdul-Ra…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's stance regarding the 1967 cease-fire lines is supported by a majority of Israeli society, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told members of his Yisrael Beiteinu Party on Monday, local media repo…
The Techiman North Constituency branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has raised more than GH¢20,000 at a fund-raising ceremony to strengthen and equip the party’s office as part of preparations towards the 2012 general election…
Senior Palestinian leaders on Monday stressed that they are sticking to the borders of 1967 as a reference to the peace negotiations with Israel, a clear position made as Israel declared its full opposition to withdraw to the borders of th…
The latest moves by Western allies against Libya have shown marked similarities to "strategies" they adopted in Kosovo in the 1990s.
Catherine Ashton, EU's foreign policy chief, opened the bloc's office on Sunday in Benghazi,the Libyan op…
U.S. President Barack Obama accompanied by First Lady Michelle Obama began his three-day state visit to Britain on Monday night.
They arrived in Britain earlier than the scheduled Tuesday morning on worries of possible disruption to air t…
Top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo has held talks with Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos to boost bilateral friendly ties. During the talks with his Angolan counterpart, president of the National Assembly of Angola Antonio Paulo Kas…
India and Africa Wednesday underscored the need for urgent and comprehensive reform of the UN system and backed each other's aspirations to become permanent members of the Security Council with full rights.
The eight-page Addis Ab…
A new Convention Peoples Party (CPP) Youth Group, Volunteers for Professor Edmund Delle, has been formed to campaign for him to contest the party’s Chairmanship.
Mr James Ehiawey Tetteh-Boawolor, Leader of the group, addressing a pr…