The United Nations human rights office said on Thursday that Islamic State fighters may have committed genocide against the minority Yazidi community in Iraq as well as crimes against humanity and war crimes against civilians including children.
In a report...
Japan's loss-making Sharp Corp (6753.T) intends to cut 12 percent of its workforce in a global restructuring expected to cost more than $1.7 billion, a person familiar with the plan said on Thursday.
The job cuts will total around 6,000,...
Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) will partner Taiwanese drinks maker Tingyi Holding Corp (0322.HK) to produce and sell ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages in China, becoming the latest global firm to latch on to a local peer to expand in the tricky market.
Starbucks...
Target Corp (TGT.N) has agreed to pay $10 million in a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit related to a huge 2013 data breach that consumers say compromised their personal financial information, court documents show.
Under the proposal, which requires...
For all intents and purposes, I foresee a serious infighting in the household of PDP that may lead to the collapse of the party in the days ahead if the signs we are seeing today are anything to go...
In a follow-up question to the statement that Prime Minister Netanyahu made during an interview with the Israeli website NRG--in which he stated that “I think that anyone who moves to establish a Palestinian state and evacuate territory, gives...
In 1973, the then Nigerian Military head of state, General Yakubu Gowon went to Canada on state visit. On that visit, something significant to both countries happened that is worth taken into cognizance in our political decisions today. The...
Too much ink has already been spilled expressing that any democracy without a dynamic opposition is not only prone to dictatorship but also breeds corruption as honey attracts bees. The history also tells us that a culture of weak...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, (THEWILL) – Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation and a former federal cabinet member, who is being prosecuted by the EFCC for money laundering and theft of government...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Atahiru Jega, on Wednesday confirmed the readiness of the electoral body to conduct the 2015 general elections scheduled to take place next
Professor Jega gave the assurance at a meeting...