Two British-Australian women and an Australian man have been detained in Iran, it has been reported. The Times says one of the women was arrested with her boyfriend 10 weeks ago on unknown charges while another woman was jailed for 10 years. Iran has held several dual nationals in recent …

The identification of human remains from the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 is complete, the head of Ethiopia’s police said late on Monday, six months after the plane nosedived into farmland outside the capital Addis Ababa. The investigation was “very challenging”, said Endeshaw Tassew, commissioner general of the Ethiopian …

Arab nations have condemned a plan by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to annex part of the occupied West Bank. On Tuesday Mr Netanyahu pledged to apply Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea if he is returned to office following a general election next week. Officials in …

California lawmakers have passed a bill that paves the way for gig economy workers to get holiday and sick pay. Assembly Bill 5, as its known, will affect companies such as Uber and Lyft, which depend on those working in the gig economy. Some estimates suggest costs for those firms …

he body of Robert Mugabe has left Singapore on a private flight destined for his home country of Zimbabwe. The former president had been receiving hospital treatment in the city state before he died last week aged 95. Mr Mugabe was Zimbabwe’s first leader after becoming independent in 1980. He …

The Tema Regional police command has arrested two suspects for their roles in various crimes reported in the region, including rape and armed robbery. The suspects who are currently in police custody are Wilfred Mohammed Dakeh, trader and Petiafo Abraham, unemployed according to SVTV Africa. Briefing the media, the Tema …

A man believed to be in his early forties has been stabbed to death in Dapooretindongo, a suburb of Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region. The deceased suffered knife wounds on his stomach by unknown assailants. The incident according to residents in Dapooretindongo, located in the heart of Bolgatanga, happened …

General Overseer of the Action Faith Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has taken a swipe at Ghanaians for being shallow-minded about the little things that don’t matter. He says Ghanaians are so rigid that they see it a crime for someone to prosper unlike the case of countries like Nigeria. …

Popular Ghanaian boxer, Braimah Kamoko, is tasking Shatta Wale to stay true to his words and buy him a Toyota Camry. In a video posted on Asempa FM’s facebook page, Bukom Banku as he popularly called, said the dancehall artiste had promised to buy him the vehicle when he wins …

Veteran contemporary Ghanaian vocalist, Alfred Benjamin Crentsil known by stage name A. B. Crentsil has finally broken his silence on what appeared to be a myth about he nearly being beaten up north over lyrics of his song infamous ‘Atia’ song. The higlife musician on Kumasi-based Pure Fm monitored by …