North Korea claims successful test of hypersonic missile

This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says a test launch of a hypersonic missile on Jan. 11, 2022 in North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and

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Home Office housing provider to make urgent repairs to asylum seeker flats

Asylum seekers’ accommodation in Uxbridge, west London, in mid-December. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian The Guardian By Diane Taylor Private contractor Clearsprings takes action after the Guardian exposed poor conditions in west London A Home Office accommodation provider is making urgent improvements to flats for asylum seekers in the prime minister’s constituency after the Guardian exposed

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UK PM Johnson under fire over ‘bring your own booze’ lockdown party

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions at the parliament in London, Britain, January 5, 2022. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS Reuters By Alistair Smout and Guy Faulconbridge British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under fire on Tuesday after it emerged his private secretary had invited over 100 people to a

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Kenya renews Lamu oil search amid Somalia row

Mining and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary John Munyes By Business Daily Africa Kenya has stepped up oil and gas exploration activities in the Lamu Basin weeks after rejecting a ruling over a four-decade maritime dispute with Somalia. Petroleum commissioner James Ng’ang’a said that ENI Kenya Business Venture (BV), formerly Agip, started drilling last month at Mlima-1

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Kenya suspends all passenger flights from Dubai

An Emirates Airlines plane By Business Daily Africa Kenya has suspended all inbound and transit passenger flights from the United Arabs Emirates (UAE) to retaliate against a move by Dubai to ban all passenger flights from Kenya over fake Covid tests. Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) Director-General Gilbert Kibe told the Business Daily Tuesday that

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Somalia President Farmajo delivered a surprise speech

Photo Somali Times/ Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo delivered a surprise speech tonight, speaking in the form of a re-election campaign, explaining the process by which his government worked during his tenure. President Farmajo also welcomed the new election agreement reached at the National Consultative Assembly meeting in Mogadishu a day

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‘Noof is alive’: Qatari activist feared dead surfaces on Twitter after months of silence

A still from the video Noof al-Maadeed appeared in on Sunday saying (Twitter) By Middle East Eye Qatari activist Noof al-Maadeed appeared in a series of videos announcing her health and safety on Twitter on Sunday, weeks after she had been rumoured to have been killed in government custody. In the first video she posted,

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Middle East foreign ministers head to China for meetings

File – Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al-Saud makes statements during his visit in Athens, Greece on Jan. 4, 2022. Foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern states are visiting Beijing for meetings with officials from the world’s second largest economy, a leading consumer of oil and source of foreign investment.

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Horn of Africa has become a playground for Gulf rivalries, here’s why India is worried

Credit to Photo Pnterest/The Horn of Africa, is a peninsula in the East African region, By Firstpost The Horn of Africa is the closest landmass of Africa to India and has ancient links which continue till date. New Delhi is keeping a keen eye on the region As 2022 begins, the situation in the Horn

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Britain puts private health firms on high alert as Omicron threatens NHS

A person walks past images of National Health Service (NHS) workers displayed on hoardings outside a temporary field hospital at St George’s Hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, January 8, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls Reuters By Guy Faulconbridge and Alistair Smout Britain on Monday put the biggest private health companies on high

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