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Go back home, Tana River Governor Godhana tells Somali refugees

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Go back home, Tana River Governor Godhana tells Somali refugees

 Tana River Governor Dhadho Godhana has asked all Somali refugees in Kenya to return home. Godhana said Somali is now peaceful and refugees should go and build their country. Speaking on Friday in Hola during the handing over of cheques for students’ bursaries, the governor said the continuous stay of refugees in the country was […]

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Lebanon summit reveals Arab divisions over Syria, Iran Several heads of state have pulled out of an Arab economic summit in Beirut this weekend.

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Lebanon summit reveals Arab divisions over Syria, Iran Several heads of state have pulled out of an Arab economic summit in Beirut this weekend.

The summit this weekend is overshadowed by competing visions for Syria’s future and Iranian influence in the region [Hussein Malla/AP] Beirut, Lebanon – As Lebanon prepares to host a regional economic summit this weekend, the meeting has been overshadowed by divisions over Syria’s future and efforts to contain Iran. Having previously confirmed their attendance at the Arab Economic and Social Development summit […]

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At least 21 dead in car bomb attack on Bogota police academy

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At least 21 dead in car bomb attack on Bogota police academy

Juan Barreto, AFP | Security forces at the site of an apparent car bomb attack on a police cadet training school in Bogota on January 17. Colombia’s government declared three days of mourning Thursday after at least 21 people died in a car bomb at a Bogota police cadet training academy, and 68 were wounded—the […]

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Dusit attacker Gichunge was a KDF son, wife a jihadist

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Dusit attacker Gichunge was a KDF son, wife a jihadist

Ms Violet Kemunto. She is reported to be the wife of Ali Gichunge, one of the suspects behind the DusitD2 complex attack in Nairobi on January 15, 2019. PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP One of the terrorists in the attack on a Nairobi business complex was a son of a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier. […]

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Top N. Korean official lands in Washington to discuss 2nd Trump-Kim summit with Pompeo – report

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Top N. Korean official lands in Washington to discuss 2nd Trump-Kim summit with Pompeo – report

FILE PHOTO ©  Reuters / Jonathan Ernst ‘ A senior North Korean official, Kim Yong-chol, touched down in Washington DC where he was welcomed by a US envoy, Yonhap reported. He is reportedly in the US to thrash out the details of a new bilateral summit. Kim Yong-chol, vice chairman of the North Korean Workers’ Party Central […]

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Daily Sabah > World > Europe Sweden’s 4-month political deadlock ends as parliament approves Lofven’s minority government

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Daily Sabah > World > Europe Sweden’s 4-month political deadlock ends as parliament approves Lofven’s minority government

Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven (front R) sits next to Green Party co-leader Isabella Lovin after being voted back as prime minister, in Stockholm, Sweden January 18, 2019. (TT News Agency/Jessica Gow/via Reuters) A center-left minority government led by the current caretaker prime minister, Stefan Lofven, was approved Friday by Swedish lawmakers, ending a four-month […]

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House rebukes Trump for easing Russia sanctions

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House rebukes Trump for easing Russia sanctions

Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to block the Trump administration from lifting sanctions on a Russian oligarch with deep ties to Vladimir Putin. The effort, a joint resolution of disapproval, would overturn the Treasury Department’s December decision to ease sanctions on companies tied to Oleg Deripaska, who was sanctioned […]

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Ethiopia says launches offensive against Oromo rebels

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Ethiopia says launches offensive against Oromo rebels

Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed. ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian troops have launched operations against members of a rebel group that signed an agreement to end hostilities with the government last year, an official said on Wednesday. Since the 1970s, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has fought an insurgency for self-determination for ethnic Oromos, the Horn of Africa country’s […]

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Dubai helping London with its drone crisis Emirate leader in drone regulation after experiencing airport closure in 2015

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Dubai helping London with its drone crisis Emirate leader in drone regulation after experiencing airport closure in 2015

London’s Heathrow Airport briefly halted flights on January 8 after a reported drone sighting just three weeks after drone sightings caused chaos at Gatwick Airport.Image Credit: AP Dubai: UK airports have asked Dubai for help in tackling its drone problem after runways at London’s Gatwick and Heathrow were both closed in recent weeks due to […]

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French govt activates plan to prepare for no-deal Brexit

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French govt activates plan to prepare for no-deal Brexit

Jacques Demarthon, AFP | France’s Prime Minister Édouard Philippe (C) and cabinet ministers attend a meeting on the preparation of France for Brexit, Paris, January 17, 2019. France has put in motion a contingency plan to deal with a possible “hard Brexit”, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe said on Thursday. This includes €50 million of investments […]

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