MI5 Director General Ken McCallum is photographed in London Thomson Reuters By Reuters Iran’s intelligence services have made at least 10 attempts to kidnap or even kill British nationals or individuals based in the United Kingdom regarded by Tehran as a threat, the head of Britain’s domestic spy agency said on Wednesday. Ken McCallum, Director

By The Associated Press An oil tanker associated with an Israeli billionaire has been struck by a bomb-carrying drone off the coast of Oman amid heightened tensions with Iran, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The attack on the Liberian-flagged oil tanker Pacific Zircon happened Tuesday night off the coast of Oman, one Mideast-based

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attends a working session on food and energy security during the G20 Summit on November 15, 2022 in Nusa Dua, Indonesia. The new British Prime Minister aims to articulate his foreign policy vision here while grappling with economic instability at home. Photographer Leon Neal By Reuters Surging household energy bills

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken: Credit to Photo/Associated Press US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on Rwanda “to take steps to facilitate de-escalation” in eastern DRC where Congolese forces are engaged in a battle with M23 rebels that are allegedly being supported by Rwanda, according to The East African newspaper reported. On

Kenyan and French businesspeople during a gala organised by the Kenya France Business Club in Paris in September 2021 By Business Daily Africa Trade between Kenya and France has gradually been growing over the years with Nairobi exporting Sh11 billion ($90.9 million) in goods last year, according to United Nations Comtrade database on international trade.

Sailors from guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) inventory a large quantity of urea fertiliser and ammonium perchlorate discovered on a fishing vessel intercepted by U.S. naval forces while transiting international waters in the Gulf of Oman in Arabian Sea, in this photo taken on November 9, 2022 and made provided by U.S. Navy

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) meets with United States President Joe Biden (L) as part of the G20 leaders’ Summit in Nusa Dua, on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. Photographer Emin Sansar By Anadolu Agency Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Joe Biden on Tuesday met in Indonesia to discuss

Photographer Somali Times/Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh By Amnesty International Six months after President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud took office, his government has yet to make good on its promises to guarantee justice and security for the people of Somalia. Amnesty International is today presenting the Somali government with a 10-point plan, outlining the steps it

An anti-Brexit demonstrator stands outside the venue of the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, Britain Photographer Toby Melville/Reuters PA Media By David Hughes Brexit has “permanently damaged” the UK economy, former Bank of England policymaker Michael Saunders warned as London was deposed as Europe’s biggest stock market. The French stock market now has a combined

Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates, and Yousef Al Otaiba, the UAE’s ambassador to the United States, speak with President Biden during a video call between Abu Dhabi and Washington on Nov. 2. (The Uae Presidential Court/Handout Handout/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) The Washington Post By John Hudson U.S. intelligence officials have compiled a