Chinese navy special force attend an anti-piracy drill on the deck of DDG-171 Haikou destroyer in Sanya, Hainan province December 25, 2008 in this photo released by China’s official Xinhua News Agency. The fleet — two destroyers and a supply ship — would have about 800 crew, including 70 special operations troops and will join

By Anadolu Agency Turkey’s parliament on Thursday approved Finland’s bid to join NATO. The Nordic country got Ankara’s official blessing for its request to join the military alliance, with 276 votes in favor. Thursday’s vote means that all 30 current member states of NATO have now ratified Finland’s accession, a requirement for it to join

Reporter for U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich appears in an undated handout image taken in an unknown location. The Wall Street Journal/Handout via Reuters By Reuters Russia on Thursday charged an American correspondent for the Wall Street Journal with spying, in a case certain to worsen Moscow’s diplomatic feud with Washington over

U.S. soldiers at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, August 2021. U.S. Marine Corps / Sgt. Isaiah Campbell / Reuters Foreign Affairs By Jennifer Kavanagh and Bryan Frederick American soldiers have been deployed abroad almost continuously since the end of World War II. The best-known foreign interventions—in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq—were large, long, and costly. But

In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a Philippine Coast Guard ship trains its hose as it tries to extinguish fire on the MV Lady Mary Joy at Basilan, southern Philippines early Thursday March 30, 2023. Multiple people died and others were missing after an inter-island cargo and passenger ferry with more than

By Anadolu Agency The global arsenal of nuclear weapons available “for use” by the armed forces of the nuclear-armed states increased in 2022 as the fear of a nuclear war also surged, the latest Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor report showed Wednesday. The “fear of nuclear war surged to the highest levels since the Cold War

Somali residents have accused Tower Hamlets Council of racial discrimination and “social cleansing” through the housing waiting list | openDemocracy openDemocracy By Anita Mureithi Dozens of Somali families have accused their east London council of trying to force them out of the community by overlooking their urgent needs for social housing. The residents have accused

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit -Sergei Bobylev/Spuntik/Kremlin Pool/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock The Telegraph By Campbell MacDiarmid Saudi Arabia is joining an anti-Western influence bloc formed by Russia and China, in a sign of Riyadh’s deepening ties with Beijing as the US pivots away from the Middle East. The kingdom’s cabinet approved a plan to join the Shanghai Cooperation

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks after touring the Cape Coast slave castle during her week-long trip to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia, in Cape Coast, Ghana March 28, 2023. Photographer Francis Kokoroko By Reuters U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a speech to thousands of young Ghanaians on Tuesday in Accra on women’s empowerment,

Photo credit: Cebile Ntuli/ City Press By Face2Face Africa Women in Africa are oftentimes wrongly perceived to be incapable of attaining the level of success and achievements of men in different aspects of life. In the political and government cycle, the likes of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – former Liberian President, and Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-iweala –