UN envoy Staffan de Mistura on Sunday questioned US President Donald Trump’s engagement in solving the Syrian conflict, just days ahead of crucial peace talks in Geneva. “Where is the US in all this? I can’t tell you because I don’t know,” he said, adding that the new administration was still trying to work out … Read more
The US Secret Service launched an investigation Friday, after an object was hurled at Donald Trump’s motorcade as it traveled to his Florida resort. As Trump’s motorcade was moving from the airport at West Palm Beach to his Mar-a-Lago home earlier Friday, an object appears to have been thrown at the convoy. “The Secret Service … Read more
Syrian regime and rebel representatives failed Thursday to make any breakthroughs at talks in Kazakhstan, as key powerbrokers Russia, Turkey and Iran sought to shore up a shaky ceasefire. The meeting was the second time key players Moscow, Tehran and Ankara have brought the warring sides to the Kazakh capital of Astana, and comes ahead … Read more
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday pledged that Washington would use the full range of its arsenal, including nuclear weapons, to defend allies Japan and South Korea against North Korea if needed. “The United States remains steadfast in its defence commitments to its allies, the Republic of Korea and Japan, including the commitment … Read more
UN envoy Staffan de Mistura called Thursday for greater efforts in the push for peace in Syria, as he visited Moscow ahead of a fresh round of talks in Geneva. De Mistura was in Russia for meetings with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu as the United Nations gears up to hold … Read more
The South African presidency said in a statement: President Jacob Zuma and President Donald Trump of the United States of America held a telephone conversation this afternoon, 13 February 2017 at the request of President Trump. President Zuma congratulated President Trump on his election as the 45th president of the United States of America. The … Read more
President Donald Trump just delivered a searing inaugural address, attacking Washington and promising a new hope for Americans who want to dream big. A transcript of Trump’s first speech as president follows. “Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans and people of the world, thank you. We, the citizens … Read more
Egypt has suddenly delayed a vote on its UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank as Donald Trump made his opposition clear. A US official told the BBC that it had been considering an abstention, which would have allowed the motion to pass. Israel then contacted Donald Trump’s transition team to intervene, an … Read more
Sometime after January 7 2017, my two and a half years tour of duty as Ghana’s High Commissioner to Namibia and Botswana would come to an end and I will head back to my homeland Ghana to pursue the other chapters of my life. Kweku Baako, speaking on Randy Abbey’s programme on Metro TV recently, … Read more
President Barack Obama predicted in Peru Saturday that a Trump presidency won’t result in “major changes in policy” for the US-Latin America relationship, though he conceded that tensions are likely to rise on the subject of trade. But, Obama told the audience at the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative, once the incoming administration looks … Read more
The Commander of the Motor Traffic Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Patrick Adusei Sarpong has announced that road safety rules are not applicable to presidential motorcades. According to him, motorcades are free to run at any speed as far as the presidential convoy is concerned. He explained that presidential and high … Read more
The man who crashed his car into the vice presidential convoy Saturday afternoon is to be arraigned on a charge the Police have remained tight-lipped on. Monday will be exactly 48-hours after the man was arrested, and the police are required under Article 14(3)(b) to put him before court within the period. 3News sources within … Read more