Greek schools shut and flights were disrupted as workers held a general strike on Wednesday to protest austerity imposed by foreign lenders, whose inspectors were in Athens to review the country's performance under its bailout.
The 24-hour walkout by Greece's...
Payments problems, chaos and corruption are hampering Libyan importers from making big deals to buy wheat, another setback as the country spins out of control two years after dictator Muammar Gaddafi was toppled by rebels and NATO warplanes.
In the...
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood lost an appeal on Wednesday against a court decision to ban the group and seize its funds, court sources said.
A court in September banned the Brotherhood, Egypt's oldest and most influential Islamist group, after Islamist president...
In defying four years of official cooling efforts, China's soaring house prices reveal an uncomfortable truth: government is one of the biggest obstacles to the success of taming the market.
State income is so entwined in the need for rising...
The euro tip-toed away from a seven-week low on Wednesday as talk of extending the lifespan of the U.S. Federal Reserve's stimulus helped balance expectations of easing by the ECB in coming months.
With uncertainty high about what steps the...
SAN FRANCISCO, November 06, (THEWILL) – As controversy continues to trail the election into the executive committee of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), the Bayelsa State Government has been accused of splashing over N20 million to swindle votes at...
SAN FRANCISCO, November 05, (THEWILL) – President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday heartily congratulated the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria on their qualification for the finals of the ongoing FIFA under-17 World Soccer Championship in the United Arab Emirates.
The Nigerian team convincingly...
The leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC have thrown an open invitation to the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi and the people of Rivers State to join and support the party.
The political rally was held at the Rivers...
The Presidential Committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan to dialogue with the Boko Haram dreaded sect has submitted its report to the President.
The committee which had spent 7 months travelling round Northern Nigeria trying to get the leaders...
SAN FRANCISCO, November 05, (THEWILL) – Enugu’s First Lady and wife of the Governor of State, Mrs. Clara Chime has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking the agency’s help in securing her freedom from her estranged husband...
