US Soldier Charged With Trying To Provide Support To IS
A US soldier based in Hawaii has been arrested on charges he swore allegiance to the Islamic State and tried ...
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Afghanistan Enacts Law To Control Cyberspace
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has signed into law a cybercrime bill targeting online crime and militancy by groups such as ...
Queen Selects Ghanaian-Born Officer As First Black Equerry In British History
A new personal assistant selected by the Queen is set to become the first black equerry in British history. Ghanaian-born Major Nana ...
Bomb Kills Police Chief, Guard In Southwest Pakistan
A bomb Monday killed a police chief and his guard, and wounded 11 others in a southwestern Pakistani town bordering ...
Ghanaian Named First Black Equerry By Queen Elizabeth
A Ghanaian-born officer from the British Household Cavalry, Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah, has been appointed by Queen Elizabeth II to ...
Queen Elizabeth Picks Ghanaian For Top Post At Buckingham Palace
The Queen of England has picked the first black man to hold the role of equerry, one of the most ...
Ghanaian Named First Black Equerry By Queen Elizabeth
A Ghanaian-born officer from the British Household Cavalry, Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah, has been appointed by Queen Elizabeth II to ...
Afghan Cycling Sisters Take Refuge In Home of ‘Grand Boucle’
With discreet black scarves tucked beneath their helmets, Afghan refugees Zahra and Masomah Alizada hurtle down Brittany's rural and winding ...
Pakistan’s Yasir To Face Afghanistan Cricket Team At Lord’s
Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah will complete an impressive international line-up when MCC face Afghanistan in the new Test nation's first ...
US Lifts Visa Restrictions On Gambian Robotics Students
Gambian students who were twice denied visas to travel to the US for a robotics competition are celebrating after permission ...
Canada Apologizes, Pays Damages To Former Guantanamo Detainee
The Canadian government on Friday issued an official apology and paid damages to a former Guantanamo detainee who was captured ...
Top US Justice Officials To Visit Guantanamo
The top US justice officials are to visit the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on Friday amid signs ...
US Soldier Killed In Afghanistan’s Helmand
A US soldier has been killed and two others wounded in an attack in Afghanistan's Helmand province, US military officials ...
Modi, Netanyahu Seek To Deepen Ties On First Visit By An Indian PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday on the first ever visit by an Indian premier to ...
Kabul Rocket Kills Woman and Child
A woman and child were killed Wednesday when a rocket struck their house in Kabul, already traumatised by a series ...
Canada To Award Millions To Former Guantanamo Detainee
Canada is set to apologize and award millions of dollars of compensation to a former Guantanamo detainee who was captured ...
McCain Calls For Pakistani ‘cooperation’ Against Extremists
US Senator John McCain visited Kabul Tuesday and warned neighbouring Pakistan that Washington was counting on its support to eliminate ...
Afghanistan’s Sesame Street Gets Proud Brother Muppet
Zeerak the bespectacled orange muppet is the latest innovation from Sesame Street in Afghanistan: a children's TV character who reveres ...
McCain-Led Delegation Visits Pakistan For Security Talks
A high-level US Senate delegation met Pakistan's top foreign affairs official and powerful military chief in Islamabad to discuss regional ...
Modi Set To Become First Indian PM To Visit Israel
Narendra Modi becomes the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel when he arrives on Tuesday, the result of growing ...