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AA Photo U.S. President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser John Bolton’s remarks regarding the PKK’s Syrian offshoot People’s Protection Units (YPG) are unacceptable, and Turkey cannot accept the U.S.’ condition of protecting YPG terrorists, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Tuesday. Speaking at the Justice and Development (AK Party) Party’s parliamentary group meeting, Erdoğan reiterated Turkey’s […]

A Somali underworld figure and cigarette supplier has been gunned down outside an Epping wholesaler and robbed of R500 000 in cash. Picture: Daily Voice Cape Town – A Somali underworld figure and cigarette supplier has been gunned down outside an Epping wholesaler and robbed of R500 000 in cash. The 36-year-old businessman from Bellville […]

A train believed to be carrying Kim arrives at Beijing Railway Station [Jason Lee/Reuters] North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in China for a four-day visit at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, as preparations increase for a second summit with US President Donald Trump. The Korean Central News Agency said on Tuesday that Kim departed on […]

An Iraqi solider waves the “V” victory sign following a great triumph over the Islamic State group Mosul (IraqiNews.com) – Iraqi security forces killed on Sunday a senior Islamic State leader and arrested 17 others during a security campaign in Nineveh province. “Troops of the Nineveh Operations Command launched a wide-scale security campaign in Badush […]

Al-Shabaab continues to be “the biggest source of insecurity in Somalia” and transformation have progressed along a “positive trajectory” but everyone involved in the process needs to “pull in the same direction”, the UN Special Representative in the country told the Security Council on Thursday. Nicholas Haysom commended the Office of the Prime Minister “for […]

A security guard outside the courtroom in Stockholm. Photo: Nils Petter Nilsson/TT The trial of six Uzbek and Kyrgyz nationals accused of financing terrorism got under way in Stockholm on Monday, with three of them also charged with planning a terror attack. “If the terrorist crime had been carried out, it could have seriously hurt […]

Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun © rahaf84427714 / Twitter A young Saudi woman has barricaded herself into a hotel in Thailand, saying that she has fled from abusive relatives and will be killed if sent back home. Her claims have caught the attention of human rights campaigners. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, a Saudi national, says she intended […]

Security forces run from the site of a suicide attack after the second bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 30, 2018 (AP File Photo) At least 27 Afghans, including civilians and security forces, have been killed in two provinces, officials said on Monday. Six civilians were killed and six others injured after a bomb they […]

In this video grab, Gabon soldiers call on the people to ‘rise up’ against President Ali Bongo [YouTube via AFP] Soldiers in Gabon have attempted a coup, announcing the establishment of a “restoration council” after taking over the national radio station. But the communications minister later on Monday announced most of the renegade military officers had been arrested […]

Concerns have been raised that a swift withdrawal of the roughly 2,000 troops could enable Iran to expand its influence [Zoe Garbarino/AP] President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said on Sunday the US military withdrawal from northeastern Syria is conditioned on finishing off the armed group ISIL and on Turkey assuring the safety of Kurdish […]