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U.N. Told Up To 500 killed In South Sudan Clashes: Diplomats

The United Nations received reports from local sources in South Sudan on Tuesday that between 400 and 500 people had been killed and up to 800 wounded in the latest violence, and the government said it had arrested 10...

India Removes U.S. Embassy Security Barriers In Spat

Indian police removed concrete security barriers outside the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi on Tuesday in apparent retaliation for the treatment of an Indian diplomat who was strip-searched after her arrest in New York last week. The diplomatic spat was...

Saudi Expulsions Leave Broken Dreams In Africa And Asia

More than a million people from across the world - managers, maids, accountants and laborers - have left Saudi Arabia since March, after years or even decades working in the Gulf Arab state, which sustains its own citizens with...

China Confirms Near Miss With U.S. Ship In South China Sea

China on Wednesday confirmed an incident between a Chinese naval vessel and a U.S. warship in the South China Sea, after Washington said a U.S. guided missile cruiser had avoided a collision with a Chinese warship maneuvering nearby. Experts have...

Five Turkish Police Commissioners Removed After Graft Inquiry: Report

BARIS GULER (C IN SUNGLASSES), SON OF TURKEY'S INTERIOR MINISTER MUAMMER GULER, IS ESCORTED BY PLAINCLOTHES POLICE OFFICERS AS HE LEAVES A MEDICAL CHECK-UP IN ISTANBUL Five Turkish police commissioners were sacked a day after the sons of cabinet ministers...

Fed Faces Tough Call On Bond Buying As Economy Strengthens

The Federal Reserve will decide on Wednesday whether the U.S. economy is finally resilient enough to withstand less policy support, or whether it is prudent to wait a bit longer. With the world's financial markets on edge, the U.S. central...

OPIONION: MANDELA, OBASANJO, AND JONATHAN

From the outset, I must offer an apology for the grave moral offense of seeming to bracket the late sage, Nelson Mandela, with Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan. In a way, the decision was not mine, but Mr. Obasanjo’s. Last...

OPINION: DIVISION AS THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE OUTCOME FOR THE PROPOSED NIGERIA NATIONAL CONFERENCE

We assume that the aim of any debate engaged in by grown up people and, in this case the Nigerian debate; should be to find and apply reasonable and practical solutions to the real problem of Nigeria. We do...

OPIONION: BELLO HAYATU GWARZO: AN EXEMPLARY SENATOR

Senator Bello Hayatu Gwarzo is the chief whip of senate, the 7th National Assembly from 2012 to date and also awarded with an honour of Chief order of Niger (CON) by the President Goodluck Jonathan; he is the pioneer...

OPINION: CHEI; GOD FORBID BAD THING IN SIGN LANGUAGE

Sign language stole international attention at world leaders and common folks’ celebration of Madiba’s life in South Africa. That is the good part. The bad part is that it could have turned into calamity if you believe some recovering...

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