Gaza/Jerusalem: Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Friday killed a top militant commander, two of his sons and a pregnant woman among others, taking the Palestinian toll to 832, as the 18-day conflict spread to the West Bank where largest anti-Israel ...

Senior Economist at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Dr J.K. Kwakye is recommending that Ghana adopts ‘a currency board system’ as an alternative to suggestions that Ghana adopts the British Pound or US Dollar as its official legal tender. There have been several recommendations from various quarters for Ghana adopts the British Pound or ...

KIEV, Ukraine — Responding to strong advances by the Ukrainian military against separatist insurgents in the week since the downing of a passenger jet, Russia has stepped up its direct involvement in the hostilities in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian and ...

Didier Drogba will begin his second spell at Chelsea next season after agreeing a one-year deal with Jose Mourinho's side. The 36-year-old striker and Blues favourite returns to Stamford Bridge after leaving in 2012 for stints at Shanghai Shenhua and ...

Taiwan Plane Crash Aftermath A woman escaped from the fiery wreckage of the TransAsia Airways plane by clambering through a hole in the fuselage – and then phoned her father to come and pick her up. Hung Yu-ting was one of only 10 survivors when the aircraft crashed into houses near a runway on Taiwan’s Penghu […]

Former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri has been appointed the new coach of Greece after agreeing a two-year deal. The 62-year-old Italian takes over from Fernando Santos, whose contract expired after the 2014 World Cup. The Portuguese guided Greece to the last 16 in Brazil and Ranieri will now focus on qualification for Euro 2016. The ...

A group of men sit in a Kamaz truck – one of those big Russian 4x4s that regularly wins the Dakar rally – speeding down a highway. Some of them sense that they are going the wrong way fast but nobody dares do anything. This graphic scenario is how the ...

A British man is confirmed as being among the victims of flight AH5107, as the first images from the disaster in Mali emerge. 5:10pm UK, Friday 25 July 2014. Images from the crashed plane in Mali. Video: The plane crash in southern Mali left no survivors.

Kofi Adams The Deputy General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr Kofi Adams who also doubles as the official spokesperson for former President Rawlings has hinted he will quit his position as the official spokesperson for the former president to enable him serve the NDC fully and help it to retain power […]

Andreas Bouchalakis of Olympiakos scores against AC Milan in their friendly match at BMO Stadium in Toronto, Canada, on Thursday. Photo: John E. Sokolowski-USA Today. Greek champions Olympiakos defeated Italy's AC Milan 3-0 on Thursday in a ...

Government forces in South Sudan retake the strategic town of Nasir attacked by rebels on Sunday, the UN says.

A hunt has been launched in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, for a woman with Ebola who was forcibly removed from hospital by her relatives. Radio stations around the country are appealing for help to find the 32-year-old who is being described as a “risk to all”. She is the first Freetown resident to have tested ...

Neil Armstrong Mortagbe Citi Sports can confirm that the Board of Accra Hearts of Oak has agreed to part ways with Managing Director Neil Armstrong-Mortagbe. The decision was contained in a press release sent out on Friday 25th July, 2014 and it stated that Board of the club had finally settled on letting Armstrong-Mortagbe leave […]

Asamoah Gyan has become the highest ever paid Ghanaian footballer following his latest bumper deal with his UAE-side Al Ain that will earn him at least $13m per year

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