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The UK officially opened a training facility in Somalia on Saturday for the Somali National Army (SNA), as the Horn of African country readies to take up security responsibilities. The British Embassy in Somalia announced that “the new centre will help develop Somali led security forces & promote long term stability and security in the […]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s upcoming visit to Tehran with the aim of calming tensions between Iran and the US is far beyond just a political stride for Tokyo as the East Asian economic power has a lot at stake in the Persian Gulf region, a senior Iranian analyst says. Reza Nasri told IRNA that […]

All six lanes of Hennessy Road and Lockhart Road are now open to protesters, according to police. Police had reserved three westward bound lanes for the protest against fugitive law amendment. But at around 4pm, protesters rushed out to eastward bound Hennessy Road under Canal Road Flyover. Red warning flags were raised twice, and a […]

The full Moon rises in the sky to the right of the Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket on July 2014, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. | Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via Getty Images “For all of the money we are spending, NASA should NOT be talking about going to the Moon — We did that […]

Get short URL S-400 missile air defence systems in central Moscow, Russia April 29, 2019. © REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva S-400 anti-air missile systems will begin to arrive in Turkey in two months, says the head of Russian state defense corporation Rostec, despite Washington warning Ankara that the deal could threaten their partnership. “We will begin delivery […]

Sudan’s pro-democracy leaders have vowed to continue civil disobedience [Reuters] Main alliance of opposition groups and protesters says it is open to Abiy Ahmed as mediator under certain conditions. Sudan‘s main alliance of opposition groups and protesters says it accepts Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as a mediator in their political deadlock with the Transitional […]

World leaders gathered for an event to commemorate 75 years since the Normandy landings in Portsmouth on Wednesday. Photo: AFP World leaders including President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron will attend ceremonies Thursday on the beaches of Normandy, where 75 years ago Allied troops landed to push Nazi forces out of France. […]

Getty Images Social media was boiling on Monday over one question: Did President Donald Trump fistbump Queen Elizabeth II when they shook hands at Buckingham Palace? News photographs made it look as if he did, prompting some to claim on Twitter that the president was not showing the proper respect for Britain’s monarch, but really […]

At least 13 people have been killed after security forces stormed a protest camp in the Sudanese capital  Khartoum and fired live ammunition to break up weeks-long sit-in. The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors, a medical group linked to protesters, said at least 13 people were killed and several wounded in the Monday morning raid, which was still in progress. […]

Donald and Melania Trump arrive at Stansted Airport ahead of a three-day visit. Credit: PA US President Donald Trump has arrived on Air Force One in the UK for a three-day state visit, before an overnight stay in Ireland. After arriving at Stansted Airport, Mr Trump and wife Melania were met by Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt […]