KUMASI, GHANA, Jan 4 (BERNAMA-NNN-GNA) -- Ghana's National House of Chiefs (NHC)has congratulated Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo on his election as the country's president and pledged their unflinching support. The country's traditional chiefs ...

ACCRA, Dec 2 (BERNAMA-NNN-GNA) -- All seven candidates contesting the presidency in Ghana's general election on Dec 7 have committed to ensuring free and fair polls before, during and after the vote. They have also promised to respect the political ...

ACCRA, Dec 2 (BERNAMA-NNN-GNA) -- All seven candidates contesting the presidency in Ghana's general election on Dec 7 have committed to ensuring free and fair polls before, during and after the vote. They have also promised to respect the political ...

ACCRA, Dec 2 (BERNAMA-NNN-GNA) -- All seven candidates contesting the presidency in Ghana's general election on Dec 7 have committed to ensuring free and fair polls before, during and after the vote. They have also promised to respect the political ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 (Bernama) -- Inspector- General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar today urged media practitioners not to pressure the next of kin of victims of the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 crash to the extent of causing disharmony.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 (Bernama) -- Malaysians who wish to travel to West Africa have been advised to take precautionary measures to prevent from being infected with the Ebola virus (EVD). Health director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said ...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has proven Malaysia's clout in diplomacy when the Ukrainian separatists agreed to meet Malaysia's demands over the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) MH17 crash incident in that ...

UNITED NATIONS (New York), July 22 (Bernama) -- Currently on a tour of a number of Middle Eastern countries, United Nations' Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is on a mission to defuse the Gaza tensions which, many fear, could escalate into a full-fledged ...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 (Bernama) -- The new search area for the Malaysian jetliner missing for 111 days now will be shifted further south in the southern Indian Ocean, an endeavour that is expected to be concluded in about a year. Australian Deputy ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 20 (BERNAMA-NNN-MERCOPRESS) -- At least 85 hooligans mostly Chileans were given 72 hours to abandon Brazil following their arrests for having broken into the Maracana stadium and destroyed most of the press centre.

WASHINGTON, May 28 (Bernama) -- US President Barack Obama plans to keep 9,800 troops in Afghanistan at the end of 2014, Xinhua news agency reports citing local media. Politico website quoting a senior administration official said the troops will ...

JINDO, South Korea, April 26 (Bernama) -- Death toll from the South Korean ferry disaster rose to 187 on Saturday morning after two bodies were recovered overnight, Xinhua news agency reported. The number of rescued passengers remained unchanged at ...

JAKARTA, April 25 (Bernama) -- A drunk passenger on a Virgin Australia flight from Brisbane to Denpasar, Bali was reported to have tried to enter the cockpit of the aircraft resulting in the pilot issuing a hijack to air traffic controllers before landing at I Gusti ...

PERTH, April 18 (Bernama) -- The Bluefin-21 deployed in the underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean is considered the best autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for such an operation. Charitha ...

SEOUL, April 18 (Bernama) -- A total of 26 people have been confirmed dead after a South Korean ferry carrying 475 people capsized in waters off South Korea's southwest coast on Wednesday, China's Xinhua news agency reported quoting local media on ...

PERTH, April 16 (Bernama) -- No objects of interest were found from data collected by the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) named Bluefin-21 in its first mission Monday to help locate the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. The Joint Agency ...

ATHENS, April 10 (Bernama) -- A car bomb exploded outside the Greek Central Bank in central Athens early Thursday. China's Xinhua news agency reported police as saying no injuries have been reported so far. The explosion, which took place shortly ...

UNITED NATIONS, April 7 (Bernama) -- United Nations secretary- general Ban Ki-moon on Sunday congratulated Afghans on last Saturday's historic presidential and provincial council elections, calling them "an important step forward in Afghanistan's first ...

UNITED NATIONS, April 7 (Bernama) -- United Nations secretary- general Ban Ki-moon on Sunday congratulated Afghans on last Saturday's historic presidential and provincial council elections, calling them "an important step forward in Afghanistan's first ...

PERTH, April 7 (Bernama) -- The search for a missing Malaysian airliner entered its 31st day today, with 12 aircraft and 14 ships expected to scour an area of 234,000 sq km in the southern Indian Ocean. The search teams are expected to follow up on the ...