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Divers Marine Contracting begins construction after winning $90m contract in April The facility, being built near the regional port of Berbera, is expected to be completed by June. Divers Marine Contracting has started construction of a United Arab Emirates naval base in a semi-autonomous region of northern Somalia. The closely held Sharjah-based engineering group began […]

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi security forces on Wednesday arrested a suicide bomber who tried to blow himself up near a popular market in Mosul. Iraqi troops nab a suicide bomber “The suicide bomber is affiliated with the Islamic State militant group,” a security source told Baghdad News, adding that he was taken to a police station […]

Flights were cancelled and several traffic accidents reported on Wednesday as snow and strong winds moved in across the country. Several flights were delayed or cancelled both at Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport and Gothenburg’s Landvetter Airport as a result of the wind and snow on Wednesday. File photo of Landvetter Airport. Photo: Thomas Johansson/TT “Disruptions in […]

In this March 14, 2017, file photo, a U.S. Navy C-2 Greyhound approaches the deck of the USS Carl Vinson during the annual joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States, east of the Korean Peninsula. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) TOKYO — Eight people were rescued and three remained missing after a U.S. Navy plane crashed […]

People at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul watch a TV screen showing U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday Washington (AP) — The Trump administration imposed new sanctions Tuesday on a slew of North Korean shipping firms and Chinese trading companies in its latest push to isolate the rogue nation over its nuclear weapons development and […]

The Counter-Terrorism unit of the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) has started confronting the alleged terrorists, fortified in the residential building on St. Gabriel Salos street, Isani District, Tbilisi. The SSS unit made the decision to use force on the suspects after they failed to reach any agreement with the alleged terrorists. The Special Forces […]

The UN court in The Hague convicted former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic of the genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica and crimes against humanity, and sentenced him to life   Ratko Mladic during wartime. Photo: Anadolu. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia found former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic guilty on […]

Harare – Zimbabwe’s state-run broadcaster says incoming leader Emmerson Mnangagwa will arrive today and be sworn in on Friday. Emmerson Mnangagwa. (File: AFP) The report posted online says it has it “on good authority” that Mnangagwa will arrive at 18:00 today at a military air base in the capital, Harare. Mnangagwa has been out of sight since […]

Hundreds of truckers blocked France’s borders with Italy and Belgium on Tuesday, angry at EU rule changes that they say fail to protect them from low-cost eastern European competition. AFP Drivers began blocking the Frejus tunnel in Modane, eastern France, before dawn, at one point leaving more than 200 heavy goods trucks waiting to cross into Italy. […]

Robert Mugabe has resigned as president of Zimbabwe with immediate effect after 37 years in power, the speaker of the country’s parliament has said. The announcement came during a parliamentary hearing to impeach him, following a military takeover last week. A letter submitted to parliament by the 93-year-old said his decision to resign was voluntary […]