Egypt has delayed a UN vote on a text condemning Israeli settlements in occupied territory after Israel asked Donald Trump to intervene. Israel contacted the US president-elect’s transition team after learning that the Obama administration might abstain on the Security Council vote. The move would have allowed the motion to pass, a US official told … Read more
Southeast Asian security forces were on alert on Friday ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays after two bomb plots were foiled in Australia and Indonesia and the arrest of suspected militants in Malaysia. Australian police said on Friday they had prevented attacks on prominent sites in Melbourne on Christmas Day that authorities described … 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
Experts leading the hunt for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have said the plane is unlikely to be found in the current search area, and recommended looking further north. No trace of the plane has been recovered in the southern Indian Ocean, after more than two years of searching. MH370 disappeared while flying to Beijing from … Read more
Myanmar’s treatment of its Muslim Rohingya minority threatens to undermine the region’s security and stability, Malaysia’s Foreign Minister said Monday at a rare international meeting to tackle the crisis. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met in Yangon, Myanmar following multiple reports from NGOs that the army has burnt down Rohingya villages and attacked … Read more
Mrs Helen Annan, the Chief Executive Officer of Brand Ghana, has underscored the need for the nation to intensify its branding efforts to enhance its competitiveness on the global arena. She said: “The process of branding our nation is now, and we call on everyone to be a brand ambassador in promoting our dear nation … Read more
A Chinese Navy warship has seized an underwater drone deployed by an American oceanographic vessel in international waters in the South China Sea, triggering a formal diplomatic protest from the US and a demand for its return, a US defence official said. The “naval glider” was used to test water salinity and temperatures to help … Read more
A collection of moments subtle and grand of the 44th president of the United States. Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Yangon International Airport on Friday in Yangon, Myanmar, for the G-20 summit in Brisbane, Australia. President Barack Obama, right, laughs as he holds a koala next to Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on … Read more
Without fear of contradiction, leadership with sheer competence is purely one of the main challenges of development and growth in Nigeria. The matter of leadership is not for want of qualified, patriotic and inspiring individuals, rather the way and manner in which some of those in leadership emerge. Since the appointment of Minister of Youth … Read more
Those of you who visited Ivory Coast in pre-independence era can testify how wicked our colonial masters were. British didn’t develop our cities nor build roads. The railway lines they built were purposely to carry timber, cocoa, bauxite, and other bulky goods to the ports to be shipped. The only infrastructure Ghana could boast of … Read more
Floods in Thailand have killed 14 people and badly affected southern holiday islands as the country heads into the December-January high season for tourism, authorities said on Tuesday. A low pressure system has brought heavy rain to parts of the south including the islands of Samui and Pha Ngan in the Gulf of Thailand, and … Read more
Malaysian police have arrested three people for allegedly selling babies following an Al Jazeera investigation into the country’s underground baby trafficking trade. A woman and two men were arrested on Wednesday after police raided clinics and homes on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. The woman who was arrested was shown on Al Jazeera’s 101 East … Read more
The Internet is a powerful tool for communication and research as well as providing businesses with means of connecting with consumers and generating income. Advancement in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and the rise in the volume of banking business performed electronically are causing what will be a vital catalyst for changing the business policies … Read more
Business man Alfred Woyome has maintained his transactions in Ghana, most of which have been a subject of controversy are altruistic and patriotic enterprises meant to transform Ghana into a developed country like Malaysia. If anything, it is his critics who are intoxicated with jealousy, Woyome suggested in an interview on Joy FM’s news analysis … Read more
An ambitious Asia-Pacific trade pact linking the United States and 11 countries lay in tatters on Tuesday after U. S. President-elect Donald Trump said he would kill the deal on his first day in office on Jan. 20. Trump’s statement appeared to open the way for China to assume the United States’ leadership mantle on … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump says the US will quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on his first day in the White House. He made the announcement in a video messageoutlining what he intends to do first when he takes office in January. The TPP trade deal was signed by 12 countries which together cover 40% of … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump says the US will quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on his first day in the White House. He made the announcement in a video message outlining what he intends to do first when he takes office in January. The TPP trade deal was signed by 12 countries which together cover 40% … Read more
Cyber criminals have remotely attacked cash machines in more than a dozen countries across Europe this year using malicious software that forces machines to spit out cash, according to Russian cyber security firm Group IB. Diebold Nixdorf and NCR Corp, two of the world’s biggest ATM makers, said they were aware of the attacks and … Read more
Pope Francis has named 17 new cardinals among whom there is no Ghanaian. There are, however, three Africans in the list by the head of the Roman Catholic Church. This is the third time in three years that Pope Francis is naming cardinals, who will form the conclave to appoint his successor. Cardinals under the … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged on Saturday to further open the world’s second-largest economy as leaders of Asia-Pacific countries gathered in Peru to find new free-trade options after Donald Trump was s elected U. S. president on a protectionist platform. The annual APEC summit got under way in Lima just over a week after Trump’s … Read more