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Formed in 1994, the 45 Emirati women squad are well-trained in shooting, martial arts and combat techniques Growing up, Shama Abdullah Rashid Al Ali, always dreamed of working with Dubai Police. “As a child, I used to watch movies where policemen and women would protect people from villains and they were hailed as heroes. I […]

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta attends the country’s Mashujaa Day (Heroes’ Day) celebrations at the Uhuru park in Nairobi, Kenya, October 20, 2017. /REUTERS. Any person threatening to disrupt the presidential repeat polls next week will be dealt with according to the law, President Uhuru has warned. The President said enough police officers have been deployed […]

President Donald Trump has often pointed to attacks in Europe, a relatively easier destination for terror groups centered in the Middle East, as proof that his national security policies. | Alex Wong/Getty Image President Donald Trump declared Friday morning that “we must keep America safe,” pointing to a study released Friday in Great Britain showing […]

Iraqi forces have seized control of a town in the Kurdish oil-rich province of Kirkuk, capping a dramatic week of maneuvers that saw the Kurds handover territory across the north and east of the country. A tank belonging to Iraqi army is seen in Dibis area on the outskirts of Kirkuk [Alaa al-Marjani/Reuters] The federal […]

European Council president Donald Tusk says there is no space for the EU to intervene in the fallout between Spain and Catalonia. European Council president Donald Tusk. Photo: Aurore Belot/AFP Speaking at a summit in Brussels where Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy is in attendance, Tusk said the bloc would not mediate in a crisis which […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin © Grigoriy Sisoev / Sputnik Vladimir Putin has criticized the US for failing to keep their end of the bargain in a host of international disarmament agreements. He says Moscow will not exit any existing treaties, but promised an “instant, symmetrical response” if Washington decides to quit first. ‘US decided to […]

Neither Barack Obama nor George W Bush mentioned President Donald Trump by name Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush have voiced concern about the current political climate in the US, in comments seen as a veiled rebuke of Donald Trump’s leadership. Mr Obama urged Americans to reject the politics of “division” and “fear”, […]

Israeli tanks train at the Golan Heights area, on the Israeli-Syrian border (EPA Photo) Israeli tanks reportedly hit a target in Syria Friday, in retaliation to a rocket strike from the Syrian side. In a statement made by the Israeli army, a rocket fired from Syria hit the Golan Heights under Israeli occupation. “In response, […]

A tank of Iraqi army is seen to continue to advance in military vehicles in Kirkuk, Iraq, on October 16, 2017. (Reuters) The United Nations expressed concern on Thursday at reports by Kurdish officials that civilians, mainly Kurds, were being forcibly displaced in northern Iraq and their houses and businesses looted and destroyed. “The United […]

‘Bigotry seems emboldened. Our politics seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication,’ Bush declared. Former U.S. President George W. Bush speaks at a forum sponsored by the George W. Bush Institute in New York on Thursday. | Seth Wenig/AP Former President George W. Bush offered an unmistakable denunciation of Trumpism Thursday without mentioning […]