The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will likely continue for “a long time”, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott warned Saturday, a day after voicing confidence that signals from the black box had been detected. The Australian-led…
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Three Chinese coastguard ships sailed through disputed waters off Tokyo-controlled islands in the East China Sea Saturday, the Japanese coastguard said, the latest such incident in a bitter territorial row between the Asian giants. The state-owned Chinese…
11 April 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid tribute to the Trinidad and Tobago’s former President, A.N.R. (Ray)…
11 April 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the start of dialogue to ease political tensions in Venezuela and…
11 April 2014 – The United Nations independent expert tasked with defending the rights of indigenous peoples, today called on…
10 April 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his deep sadness at the death of Norman Girvan of Jamaica,…
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists have killed 19 people, including six college teachers, in three separate attacks in Nigeria’s troubled northeastern Borno state, residents and travellers said. The killings took place on Thursday and Friday in Dikwa, Kala…
8 teachers were Thursday killed in Dikwa town, Borno State by members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect. The sect…
An outbreak of cholera in Bauchi State has reportedly killed over 59 persons, an official of the State told a…
The Minister of State for Power, Hon. Mohammed Wakil said the Federal Government would assist Borno Sate government in building…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had secured more than 773 convictions and recovered billions of naira since its…
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, presided over by Justice A. I. Kutigi, on Thursday, April 10, 2014,…
For any meaningful impact to be made in the war against economic crimes and corruption, anti-graft agencies like the Economic…
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Since late December 2013 IOM has registered and tracked over 95,000…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU),…
Filmmaker Rachel Boynton set out to give a new perspective on how the world keeps the lights on and cars on the road. It took her nearly a decade, but the result is “Big Men”, a documentary — backed by Hollywood A-lister Brad Pitt as executive producer…
Leaders of the Group of Seven industrial powers will meet in Brussels for two days from June 4, the European Council said Friday, after the meeting was moved from Russia due to the crisis in Ukraine. The meeting had been due to take place in the Russian…
After months of post-election deadlock Madagascar’s president named a new prime minister Friday, tapping the relatively unknown doctor Roger Kolo for the post. The announcement came in a statement from president Hery Rajaonarimampianina’s office. It…
A 49-year-old pastor, Friday Arthur, was on Friday charged before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly defiling two…
Gunmen on Friday attacked Kashimbilla community in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba, killing two persons and kidnapping two women,…