Japan provided data on Kim Jong Nam to aid Malaysian murder probe
Japan provided Malaysia with fingerprint data for Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, needed for the investigation into his murder last month at…
Egypt’s Supreme Judicial Council rejects bill that gives president judicial appointment power
File Photo: Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi addresses the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on 23 April (Photo: Reuters) Egypt’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has rejected unanimously a draft bill that…
At least 46 killed in Ethiopia as mountain of rubbish collapses
Ethiopian police officers surround the site of a landslide at rubbish dump in Addis Ababa as excavators aid rescue efforts on March 12, 2017. Elias Meseret / AP Photo ADDIS…
Duo tries to smuggle half million of illegal drugs into UAE
(Phocalmedia.com) Police had tracked down the suspects and monitored their movements after being notified that they dealt drugs. Two men suspected of smuggling a huge amount of drugs including Captagon…
Somalia Security Forces are capable of effectively combating Al Shabaab if well facilitated – Madeira
NAIROBI – The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is convinced that a well-facilitated Somali National Army (SNA) can effectively combat the Al Shabaab. The AU Special Representative for Somalia…
Official denies son of Kim Jong-nam is in Taiwan
The head of Taiwan’s National Immigration Agency (NIA) on Thursday denied news reports that the son of the North Korean leader’s brother may be hiding in Taiwan after his father…
Prudent Merkel meets unpredictable Trump amid tense ties
US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet on Tuesday. Photo: Saul Loeb, Clemens Bilan/AFP Europe’s most powerful leader, Angela Merkel, meets for the first time on…
Turkish minister ‘irresponsible’, say Dutch as tensions rise
Hundreds of protesters waving Turkish flags gathered outside, demanding to see the minister. Dutch police used dogs and water cannon early on Sunday to disperse the crowd, which threw bottles…
Somalia hardly registers a blip
Antonio Guterres Somalia is currently on the brink of famine with almost half of the country’s population facing acute food insecurity. As famine looms, more than 6.2 million people in…
Turkey, Russia determined to strengthen economic collaboration
AA Photo President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan paid an official visit to Russia on Friday, and with Russian President Vladimir Putin held a two-and-a-half-hour meeting in which economic issues, energy and…