US President Donald Trump has claimed credit for the pressure being placed on Qatar by Gulf neighbours who accuse it of supporting terrorism in the region. He said his recent visit to Saudi Arabia was “already paying off” and the development might mark the “beginning of the end to the horror of terrorism”. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, Yemen, Libya’s ...

Former Newcastle United and Ivory Coast player Cheick Tiote collapsed and died during a training session in China Monday. The 30-year-old was training with the Chinese second-tier side Beijing Enterprises, which he joined just four months ago, when he collapsed and was taken to hospital. He later died after receiving emergency treatment. After a flood of reports on social media, ...

George and Amal Clooney have welcomed twins. The human rights lawyer, 39, gave birth to a girl, Ella, and a boy, Alexander, on Tuesday morning in England. ‘This morning Amal and George welcomed Ella and Alexander Clooney into their lives,’ a spokesperson for the 56-year-old actor said in a statement. ‘Ella, Alexander and Amal are all healthy, happy and doing ...

Heard a rumour that the contraceptive Pill wasn’t all it’s cracked up to be? We’ve sorted the fact from fiction. Long-term Pill use makes falling pregnant less likely A study at Copenhagen University Hospital last year found that levels of anti-Mullerian hormone and antral follicles, which predict fertilisation probability, were 19 and 16 per cent lower respectively in Pill users ...

Turkey captain Arda Turan has announced his retirement from international football after he allegedly abused a journalist on the Turkish team’s plane. The 30-year-old Barcelona midfielder was reported to have verbally and physically abused Bilal Mese on a flight following a friendly against Macedonia in Skopje on Monday. Turan was kicked out of a training camp in Slovenia on Tuesday ...

Maseru- Lesotho’s former prime minister Thomas Thabane is poised to form a coalition government after his party won snap elections at the weekend and defeated the ruling alliance, official results released on Tuesday showed. Thabane’s All Basotho Convention (ABC) won 48 parliamentary seats and will form a coalition with three other parties to obtain the required 61-seat majority. The ABC ...

Three young Ghanaian ladies have become the talk of International News having been chosen among a list of 28 other young African ladies from 26 African Countries for this year’s Moremi Initiative Leadership and Empowerment Development (2017 MILEAD) Fellows. The 3 are Ms. Iris Kwafo-Mensah, Ms. Fafali Nyonator and Ms. Maame Darkwaa Twum Barima Ms. Iris Kwafo-Mensah’s selection is in ...

Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul says Police report on the murder of Major Mahama is accurate insisting that there is no twist to the investigations conducted so far by the Police. “The military High Command is not hiding anything, the Ministry is not hiding anything, and the family is not hiding anything. I just feel we should allow the Police to ...

WAFA coach Klavs Rasmussen has made a mockery of Hearts of Oak claiming his side could have scored more in the 5-0 thumping of the capital club. Hearts suffered their heaviest defeat in league history as the Academy Boys clobbered them by five unanswered goals at the Red Bull Arena, Sogakope on Sunday. Hearts are yet to recover from the ...

Three candidates taking part in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination in Sissala East have been reported dead. Nine others have also failed to take part in the ongoing exams for unknown reasons. This was disclosed by the Director of Education in the Sissala East district Leonard Ananobalong during a tour of the exam center in Tumu by the District ...