President Uhuru Kenyatta is received by his French host Emmanuel Macron at Elysee Palace at the start of his official visit to France on Wednesday evening. By BONFACE OTIENO Kenya failed to ink a financial deal for the construction of a railway line linking Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to Nairobi’s city centre during President Uhuru

File Photo/Somali Times/ Somalia seizes fishing vessel of Qandala coast. BY DAVID KLEIN Once the most pirate-infested region on the planet, the waters off the coast of Somalia are now home to a different maritime crime – illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, according to a new report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized

Soccer Football – Euro 2020 – Fans gather for England v Denmark – Trafalgar Square, London, Britain – July 7, 2021 England’s Harry Kane with teammates celebrate after the match REUTERS/Catherine Ivill By Mitch Phillips England won their first semi-final since the 1966 World Cup when Harry Kane’s extra-time goal, following up after his penalty

Photo/Somali Times The Federal Government of Somalia’s Minister of Planning, Jamal Mohamed Hassan, has called on Puntland’s ”Governor Said Abdullahi Deni to step down in the run-up to the election, saying he is a presidential candidate. In a brief statement on his Twitter account, Minister Jamal said, ”Governor Deni, a presidential candidate, must step aside

File – In this Feb. 7, 2020, file photo, Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise speaks during an interview at his home in Petion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Sources say Moise was assassinated at home, first lady hospitalized amid political instability. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File) By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Haitian President Jovenel Moïse

Photo: Credit Anadolu Agency Italy has loosened restrictions on arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, government sources said on Tuesday, in a move aimed at easing diplomatic tensions with the two Gulf states. Italy halted the sale of thousands of missiles to Saudi Arabia and the UAE in January, citing at

Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman arrives at a meeting at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., August 29, 2019. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan/File Photo Saudi Arabia’s deputy defense minister on Tuesday became the highest-ranking Saudi envoy to visit Washington since Joe Biden became president in January, and held talks with senior officials on

Priti Patel described the bill as ‘the biggest overhaul of the UK’s asylum system in decades’. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA By Jamie Grierson Bill would give home secretary power to take action against citizens of countries deemed not to be cooperating The UK will block visas for visitors from countries the home secretary believes are refusing

Russian An-26 plane with the tail number RA-26085 is seen in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia in this undated handout image released by Russia’s Emergencies Ministry on July 6, 2021. Russia’s Emergencies Ministry/Handout via REUTERS There are no survivors after a plane carrying 28 people crashed in the far east of Russia on Tuesday, Russian news agencies cited

European Commissioner for Inter-institutional Relations and Foresight Maros Sefcovic speaks during a news conference on Brexit at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, June 30, 2021. Francisco Seco/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo By John Chalmers BRUSSELS, July 6 (Reuters) – The European Union urged London on Tuesday to consider a Swiss-style veterinary agreement with Brussels on