Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the opening session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 4, 2022. Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo By Reuters Chinese President Xi Jinping told his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden on Friday that the Taiwan issue needs to be handled

Photo/Somali Times The Chinese government has donated military vehicles and military equipment to the Somali government, in a renewed push to boost the country’s war against terrorism. A shipment of military vehicles including Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) donated by the world’s second-largest power to the Somali National Army arrived in Mogadishu Friday. According to Anadolu

By Anadolu Agency Aircraft taking part in NATO military exercise when reported missing, says Norwegian state broadcaster A US military aircraft with four people onboard crashed late Friday in northern Norway, according to state media. The aircraft was taking part in a NATO military exercise, Cold Response 2022, when it was reported missing, said Norwegian

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad meets Prime Minister and Vice-President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 18, 2022. Picture taken March 18, 2022. WAM/Handout via Reuters By Reuters Syrian President Bashar al-Assad traveled to the United Arab Emirates on Friday, his first

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is favored to win the upcoming elections is due to the overwhelming support of millions of Somalis abroad and at home, including ethnic Somalis living under the neighboring States of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Djibouti. This support isn’t based on tribal affiliation or fear but of the President

By Anadolu Agency Ukraine said Friday that the Russian army has recruited nearly a thousand mercenaries from Syria. “The Russian occupiers, which have suffered huge losses during the war, have already recruited mercenaries from the troops under the command of (Syria’s) Bashar al-Assad regime and (Lebanese group) Hezbollah’s so-called army,” the General Staff of the

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak attends a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London, Britain March 3, 2021. Tolga Akmen/Pool via Reuters By Reuters British finance minister Rishi Sunak must decide next week whether to spend billions of pounds more to ease the growing cost-of-living squeeze for households and businesses

File- President Joe Biden meets virtually with Chinese President Xi Jinping from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, on Nov. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) By The Associated Press President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping are set to speak on Friday as the White House warns Beijing that providing military

European Central Bank (ECB) president Christine Lagarde ( Dursun Aydemir – Anadolu Agency ) By Anadolu Agency Europe faces higher inflation and slower economic growth amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, the European Central Bank (ECB) president said on Thursday. “We are aware of the underlying risks caused by the war and the uncertainty it is

File- A Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone is displayed during a rehearsal of a military parade dedicated to Independence Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 20, 2021. The drones, which carry lightweight, laser-guided bombs, have carried out unexpectedly successful attacks in the early stages of Ukraine’s conflict with Russia. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File) By The Associated Press