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 The agenda for the third inter-Korean summit scheduled for April 27 is unlikely to have North Korean human rights issues despite calls for the inclusion by more than 200 NGOs earlier this week. The NGOs, including Human Rights Watch, sent a joint letter to

Former president Jacob Zuma has appeared in court in South Africa to face corruption charges relating to a multibillion dollar arms deal that took place 20 years ago. Zuma, who was ousted as head of state in February, attended a brief preliminary hearing at

Findings of a Pew Research Center survey have revealed that 75% of Ghanaians would go to live in another country if they had the means and opportunity. The research titled: At Least a Million Sub-Saharan Africans Moved to Europe Since 2010,

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated Ghana has not offered a military base and will not offer a military base to the United States of America. Speaking on the US-Ghana military agreement for the first time, President Akufo-Addo has stated

A major fire on Thursday broke out at a hospital in Istanbul, with patients urgently evacuated into the street and firefighters battling to control the blaze. Television pictures showed flames and black smoke engulfing the multi-storey hospital building in the Gaziosmanpasa

Sierra Leone’s opposition candidate Julius Maada Bio has won the country’s presidential election re-run, the electoral commission said on Thursday. Bio, a former military ruler, won 51.81 percent of the votes cast in last month’s election while Samura Kamara of the incumbent

A former Italian footballer hung up his boots at the age of 24 to pursue his dream of becoming a porn star. Davide Iovinella was seeking a bigger pay day while plying his trade in Serie D for ASD Calcio Pomigliano.

A woman shot and wounded three people at YouTube’s headquarters in Northern California before killing herself, police say. Police have named the suspect as Nasim Aghdam, 39, and say they are still investigating a motive. They say there is no evidence