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(File photo) Detainees sit on their bunks in a housing unit during a media tour at Northwest ICE Processing Center, one of 31 dedicated ICE facilities that house immigration detainees, in Tacoma, Washington, U.S. December 16, 2019. Lindsey Wasson, Reuters A French citizen and native of Angola has died in the custody of US immigration agents, […]

The scene of Saturday’s deadly car bomb explosion in Mogadishu, which experts say bears all the hallmarks of an al Shabaab attack. Feisal Omar, REUTERS The huge resources deployed to prop up Somalia’s central government are not being used where they are most needed in the fight against al Shabaab, says Horn of Africa expert Matthew […]

© Global Look Press / White House  Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have talked on the phone, with the Russian president thanking his US counterpart for sharing intelligence that allowed terrorist attacks to be prevented in Russia, the Kremlin said. A “range of issues of mutual interest” was discussed during the conversation, which was initiated by Moscow. The Federal […]

Somali security assess the scene of a car bomb explosion at a checkpoint in Mogadishu, Somalia, Dec. 28, 2019. (Reuters Photo) A car bomb exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia’s capital Saturday morning, killing nearly 80 people and injuring dozens of others. Government spokesman Ismail Mukhtar told the Associated Press the death toll […]

AA Photo Turkey unveiled its first domestically designed automobile prototypes on Friday, a sport utility vehicle (SUV) and a sedan. The fully electric SUV is expected to have two engine configurations: 200 horsepower or 400 horsepower, CEO of Turkey’s Automobile Joint Venture Group (TOGG) Gürcan Karakaş announced during a presentation in Kocaeli. The version with […]

Emergency and security personnel are seen at the site of the plane crash near Almaty [Pavel Mikheyev/Reuters] At least 12 people have died after a Bek Air plane with almost 100 people on board crashed near the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan shortly after taking off. The Fokker 100 aircraft, heading for the capital, Nur-Sultan, […]

koreaherald.com/ North Korea has reasons to keep up nuclear talks with the United States, but it may consider their timing based on its assessment of the political fortunes of US President Donald Trump, who faces an impeachment trial, a source said Thursday. Though the Senate trial is expected to result in Trump’s acquittal on charges […]

People pray to mark the 15th anniversary of the deadly tsunami at a cemetery containing mass graves, Ulee Lheue, Banda Aceh, Dec. 26, 2019. (AFP Photo) Communities across Asia commemorated the 230,000 victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Thursday, the 15th anniversary of one of the world’s deadliest disasters. On the morning after Christmas […]

Specialists work onboard the deep sea pipe-laying ship Solitaire for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea on Sept 13. [STINE JACOBSEN/REUTERS] Swift response to measures against firms building Nord BERLIN－Germany and the European Union have criticized White House sanctions against companies involved in building a Russian natural gas pipeline to Germany, accusing […]

Iranian protesters rally amid burning tires during a demonstration, Isfahan, Nov. 16, 2019. (AFP Photo) About 1,500 people were killed in recent anti-government protests in Iran, including 17 teenagers and about 400 women, as well as some members of the security forces and police, according to numbers provided to Reuters by three Iranian interior ministry […]