Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, front, steers his car followed by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen , during the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix at the Interlagos race track in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) By Associated Press Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton ended “the hardest weekend I’ve had” with a stunning victory at

Agnes Wanjiru’s sister holds photographs of Agnes in Nanyuki, Kenya, 4 November 2021. Photograph: Brian Inganga/AP The Guardian By Jamie Grierson Gen Sir Nick Carter says alleged murder of Agnes Wanjiru by British soldier was ‘truly shocking’ The head of the British armed forces has said the military will be working with Kenyan authorities to

Major General Dr Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi, UAE’s then General Inspector of the Ministry of Interior, seen in 2018 [IPixelPro / Wikipedia] By Middle East Monitor A number of German MPs have rejected the UAE’s candidate to head international police body INTERPOL, Arabi21 reported on Friday. The London-based news website disclosed that the German MPs signed

After the announcement of the sale, Omar reintroduced legislation to exercise more control from the House over proposed arms sales (AFP) By Middle East Eye US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar introduced a joint resolution on Friday aimed at blocking a $650m weapons sale to Saudi Arabia, the first major arms sale to the kingdom during President

Demonstrators march in Khartoum, Sudan November 13, 2021, in this screen grab obtained from a video. RASD SUDAN NETWORK via REUTERS By Reuters Five protesters were killed on Saturday as huge crowds defied gunfire and tear gas in Sudan’s capital Khartoum and other cities to demonstrate against a military takeover, witnesses and medics said. The

File – Doctor Petruta Filip, right, and a colleague place an oxygen mask on a man in the COVID-19 section at the University Emergency Hospital in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. In much of Eastern Europe, coronavirus deaths are high and vaccination rates are low, but politicians have hesitated to impose the measures curb

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte arrives with daughter Sara Duterte-Carpio to attend the enthronement ceremony of Japan’s Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo, Japan October 22, 2019. Carl Court/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo By Reuters The daughter of Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte filed her candidacy for the vice presidency, her spokesperson said on Saturday, ending months of speculation about

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia has revised its electoral calendar, again, but vowed to implement the new timetable that now effectively means the polls will run beyond Christmas Day, more than a year after the initial programme was released, According to Daily Nation reported. After chairing a National Consultative Forum (NCF) meeting, Somalia’s Prime Minister on

Ambulances outside the Royal London Hospital, in London, Tuesday Dec. 29, 2020. England Health Service figures show hospitals now have more Covid-19 patients than during April’s first-wave peak, with fears of increased figures because of a Christmas social spread. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP) The British government has stopped the recruitment of jobless nurses from Kenya

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba hold a news conference following the U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Dialogue talks at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. (Leah Millis/Pool via AP) By Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that the Gulf nation of Qatar has