Talks to end a month-long war between Israel and Gaza militants are "difficult", Palestinian delegates said on Tuesday, while Israeli officials said no progress had been made so far and fighting could soon resume.
As a 72-hour ceasefire held for...
Mozambique's parliament has approved an amnesty law that will allow opposition Renamo party leader Afonso Dhlakama to leave his hideaway in the bush, sign a peace accord with President Armando Guebuza and run in an Oct. 15 election, lawmakers...
The first two doses of an experimental serum created to treat Ebola went to American missionaries.
Then the drug was sent to treat a Spanish priest.
The two Americans, Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, appear to be recovering. The priest,...
Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group Holding , holds deep sway over executive and board appointments at China's biggest e-commerce company, and that influence is set to strengthen further at the firm, which is heading towards...
The Obama administration has sent about 130 additional military personnel to Iraq, U.S Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Tuesday, as Washington seeks to help Iraq contain the threat posed by hardline militants from the Islamic State.
Hagel, speaking to...
The four biggest U.S. brokerage firms are facing an exodus of employees who are finding they can make more money and save on taxes by taking their clients and starting an independent firm before they retire.
Prices are rising for...
There is no doubt, almost all Nigerians want imminent and practical change beyond daily promises from respective governments. However, the mood for change is evident from small villages to big cities where poverty, disease, crime rate, lack of social...
The perception and understanding of the deadly Ebola virus became more apparent in Nigeria with the arrival and demise of Mr. Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian - American Ebola patient who flew in to Lagos, Nigeria and subsequently died on...
The build-up to the Osun State gubernatorial election was very frightening to all peace loving citizens not only in the state but across the country. The party in government, the All Progressives Congress (APC) approached this election with a...
Around the streets of Osogbo, Modakeke, Ife, Ede and even far away in Bourdillonian Circus, the beats of victory and sounds of jubilation has continued to roar in a tempo similar to the echoes felt that day in Pompeii...