Israel-Palestinian Conflict
A major international conference to try to kick-start peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians is being held in the ...
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Losing An Election
By Harruna Attah According to some trivia I read about Harold Wilson, Labour Prime Minister, some time ago, one of ...
Trump Scorns Probe Into FBI Pre-Election Handling of Clinton Emails
Donald Trump responded with derision on Friday to news of an investigation into the FBI decision to make public an ...
I Lost When Mahama Lost
Ghana’s High Commissioner to Namibia and Botswana, Harruna Attah, has said he lost when President John Mahama lost the 2016 ...
Losing An Election [Article]
According to some trivia I read about Harold Wilson, Labour Prime Minister, some time ago, one of the things he ...
Kerry Says He’s Confident Trump Administration Will Stick To Peaceful Policies In Asia
Outgoing U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday he was confident the next administration would stick to ...
Trump’s Pentagon Choice Says U.S. Needs To Be Ready To Confront Russia
Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon put Russia at the top of a list of threats to U. S. ...
Trump Top Nominees Pompeo and Mattis Warn of Russia Threat
President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for defence secretary and spy chief have been talking tough on Russia. General James Mattis, defence ...
Obama Served As Groomsman At Staffer’s Wedding Hours After Farewell Bash
Barack Obama made time during his final days as president to attend his longtime staffer’s wedding and serve as a ...
Trump Organization Handover Plan Slammed By Ethics Chief
The director of the US Office of Government Ethics has sharply criticised Donald Trump’s plan to hand his global business ...
‘Fair Assumption’ Putin Behind Hacks
It is a "fair assumption" that Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind US election hacks, secretary of state nominee Rex ...
Trump Confirmation Hearings Enters Day 2
Welcome to Day 2 of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet hearings, which will feature more scrutiny for Jeff Sessions and former ...
Russia Hacked Republican State Campaigns But Not Trump’s
Russia hacked into Republican state political campaigns and old email domains of the Republican National Committee but there is no ...
Jeff Sessions, US Attorney General Nominee, Denies KKK Sympathies
President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be the new attorney general has denied sympathising with the Ku Klux Klan, in a ...
Amid Hacking Row, Pressure Builds On Trump To Soften Pro-Russia Rhetoric
President-elect Donald Trump is finding himself caught between his desire to improve relations with Russia and fellow Republicans who are ...
Kerry Apologizes For Past Firings of Gay U.S. State Department Staff
U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday apologized to hundreds of State Department employees who were fired after ...
UK In ‘front Seat’ For US Trade Deal, Top Republican Says
Britain will be in the "front seat" to negotiate a new trade deal with the incoming Trump administration, a top ...
Trump Secretary of State Eyes $180m Payout To Cut Exxon Ties
The former Exxon chairman and chief executive chosen by Donald Trump for US secretary of state will receive $180m to ...
The Ivory Coast Antagonises The U.S. At A Critical Time
The Ivory Coast government has just thumbed its nose at the efforts by the U. S. to expand its role ...
New Congress Prepares To Undo Obamacare, Weigh Trump Personnel Picks
A new, Republican-controlled U. S. Congress convenes on Tuesday eager to repeal major portions of President Barack Obama's healthcare law ...