Biden To Release 15 Million Barrels From Oil Reserve, More P...
President Joe Biden
U.S. President Joe Biden is to announce the release of 15 million barrels of oil from the U.S. strategic reserve on Wednesday, part of a response to recent production target cuts announced by OPEC+ nations. He is ... Read More
UN Rights Chief: Fighting In Tigray Taking Toll On Civilians...
The U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Volker Turk, says the escalating hostilities in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region are taking a devastating toll on the civilian population and must stop. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva.
U.N. rights chief Volker ... Read More
Blinken ‘Very Different China’ Emerging Under Xi...
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken talk about national security, diplomacy and the evolution and importance of technology to students at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., Oct. 17, 2022.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony ... Read More
Ethiopia Civil War: Federal Army Seizes Shire And Two Other ...
Shire became home to thousands of people fleeing fighting elsewhere
Ethiopia says its soldiers have seized three towns in the northern Tigray region from forces it has been fighting in the 23-month civil war.
It has promised to take "maximum care" to ... Read More
Liz Truss: This Is Not The Time To Change Conservative Leade...
This is not the time to be changing leader, Armed Forces Minister James Heappey has argued, as he defended the prime minister.
Suggestions that there is a candidate to replace Liz Truss who would unite the party is "for the birds", ... Read More
Spanish Ambassador Hosts Former Black Stars Players For ‘E...
A host of former Black Stars players were present at the annual ‘El Clasico’ viewing experience which took place at the Garage Lounge and Bar in Accra last Sunday.
The event was organised by the Spanish Embassy in Ghana to celebrate ... Read More
UN Chief: Ethiopia’s Tigray ‘Spiraling Out Of Control’...
Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat, left, meets with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at U.N. headquarters, Sept. 18, 2022.
The U.N. secretary-general warned Monday that the situation in northern Ethiopia is “spiraling out of control” and he ... Read More
Three UN Peacekeepers Killed, Three Injured In Mali Attack
Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed and three others seriously injured when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in northern Mali on Monday, a U.N. spokesperson said.
Islamist militants, some with links to al-Qaida and Islamic State, have been waging ... Read More
Ukraine Says 108 Women Freed In Swap With Russia
This handout picture taken and released by Ukrainian presidential chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, on Oct. 17, 2022 shows freed Ukrainian female prisoners posing for a picture after their exchange in an unknown location in Ukraine.
Ukraine announced Monday it had ... Read More
Somalia Faces Worst Famine In Half A Century, UN Warns
An estimated 7.8 million people - roughly half of the population - are now affected by drought, of whom 213,000 are at high risk of famine, according to the UN
Somalia faces famine on a scale last seen half a ... Read More