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Berbera Port: Widening access to Ethiopia’s growing import-export

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Berbera Port: Widening access to Ethiopia’s growing import-export

Ethiopias recent venture to maximize the use of Port of Berbera, Somaliland is part of its endeavor to widen access to its growing import and export items, and will serve alongside other ports, says Ethiopian Maritime Affairs Authority. Following its rapid economic growth and the subsequent increase of import-export items, Port of Djibouti is becoming […]

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Moscow expels 23 UK diplomats & shuts British Council in response to ‘provocative moves’

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Moscow expels 23 UK diplomats & shuts British Council in response to ‘provocative moves’

© Ekaterina Chesnokova / Sputnik The Russian Foreign Ministry said 23 UK diplomats must leave Russia in response to Britain’s “provocative actions and groundless accusations” over ex-double agent Sergei Skripal’s poisoning. The British Council will also be shut. Britain’s ambassador to Russia, Laurie Bristow, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Saturday morning, where he […]

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FBI deputy chief Andrew McCabe fired, says he was being targeted

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FBI deputy chief Andrew McCabe fired, says he was being targeted

McCabe played a crucial role in the FBI’s investigations of Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 US election [Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters] Justice Department says Andrew McCabe had leaked information to reporters and misled investigators about his actions. The deputy director of the FBI was fired on Friday, prompting him to say he is being targeted […]

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Macron, Merkel promise EU reform roadmap by June

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Macron, Merkel promise EU reform roadmap by June

French President Emmanuel Macron greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel upon her arrival at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris on Friday. PHOTO: LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday they would come up with a roadmap for a major shake-up of the European Union by June, […]

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Army General Command: Army retakes 70% of areas controlled by terrorist groups in Eastern Ghouta

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Army General Command: Army retakes 70% of areas controlled by terrorist groups in Eastern Ghouta

Damascus, SANA- The Syrian Arab Army has retaken70% of the areas controlled by terrorist groups in Eastern Ghouta in Damascus Countryside, the General Command of the Army and Armed Forces said. In a statement on Friday, the General Command added that army units, in cooperation with supporting and allied forces, regained control over 70% of […]

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Iraqi teenager found guilty of attempted murder after London train attack

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Iraqi teenager found guilty of attempted murder after London train attack

In this Friday, Sept. 15, 2017 file photo, police forensic officers walk within a cordon near where an incident happened, that police say they are investigating as a terrorist attack, at Parsons Green subway station in London. (AP Photo) An Iraqi teenager, who had come to Britain as an asylum seeker, was found guilty on […]

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‘Islam doesn’t belong to Germany,’ says Interior Minister Horst Seehofe

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‘Islam doesn’t belong to Germany,’ says Interior Minister Horst Seehofe

Germany’s newly inaugurated Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told Bild newspaper on Friday that he doesn’t believe the Islamic faith is part of German culture. “Islam does not belong to Germany. Germany is characterized by Christianity. These aspects include shops being closed on Sundays, church holidays and rituals such as Easter, Pentecost and Christmas,” said the […]

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Thousands flee Eastern Ghouta in largest single-day exodus

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Thousands flee Eastern Ghouta in largest single-day exodus

Government air strikes kill at least 46 people on Friday, as thousands of residents flee besieged area near Damascus. Thousands of civilians have fled the besieged Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta, in what is believed to be the largest exodus in one day in the country’s seven-year war, as deadly air strikes continue. Faced with the […]

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North Korea’s foreign minister visits Sweden amid talks of Kim-Trump summit

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North Korea’s foreign minister visits Sweden amid talks of Kim-Trump summit

North Korean ‎Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho is making a rare and surprise visit to Sweden amid speculation that Stockholm might be the location of the planned summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Sweden is the diplomatic liaison between the U.S. and North Korea. Swedish officials have offered their country […]

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Nobel Peace Prize for this guy?

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Nobel Peace Prize for this guy?

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un / Yonhap If there could be lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula after two summits by the end of May, all three protagonists ― President Moon Jae-in, U.S. President Donald Trump and, yes, North Korea’s young dictator Kim Jong-un ― would deserve a piece of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. […]

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