Dominic Raab says legislation is needed to cut UK aid spending

Photo Credit Anadolu Agency British Foreign secretary Dominic Raab. Foreign secretary says it is not known when 0.7% target, set in law, will be restored The foreign secretary has decided legislation is required to cut the aid budget since the current fiscal uncertainty means the government may feel obliged to miss the commitment to spend

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‘Why now?’ Dismay as US considers troop pullout from Somalia

U.S. Army Spc. Kevin Martin, junior sniper, assigned to the 1-186th Infantry Battalion, Task Force Guardian, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, provides security for a 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) C-130J Super Hercules during unloading operations at an unidentified location in Somalia Sunday, June 28, 2020. No country has been involved in

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‘Faint and shaky’ Loujain al-Hathloul transferred to Saudi terrorism court

Undated photograph released on 6 August 2019 on Facebook page of Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul shows her at undisclosed location (AFP) Family warns that women’s rights activist looks visibly weak after more than two years in jail Imprisoned Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has been transferred to a terrorism court for trial, as her

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Global shares mostly rise after Wall Street’s pause

A currency trader talks on the phone near the screens showing the foreign exchange rates at the foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. Asian shares were mixed Thursday, after Wall Street took a pause from the optimism underlined in a record-setting climb earlier in the week. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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Ethiopia to begin ‘final phase’ of offensive in Tigray region, says PM

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during a media conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, October 29, 2018. Michel Euler/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo The Ethiopian military will begin the “final phase” of an offensive in the rebellious northern Tigray region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday, hours after an ultimatum for Tigray

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Azerbaijani army resolved 28-year conflict in 44 days

Field ops accomplished what OSCE Minsk Group could not, as its co-chairs focused on their own national interests in region The Azerbaijani army’s successful operations in the field brought the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict to a close in 44 days, something that the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group was unable to resolve

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Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies at 60

In this March 1987 file photo, Pele, left, and Maradona hold “Sports Oscar” trophies in Milan, Rome. The Argentine soccer great who was among the best players ever and who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title before later struggling with cocaine use and obesity, died from a heart attack on Wednesday, Nov.

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UAE halts new visas to citizens of 13 mostly Muslim states – document

Photo: Credit Reuters Satish Kumar. The United Arab Emirates has stopped issuing new visas to citizens of 13 mostly Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to a document issued by a state-owned business park. A source briefed on the matter told Reuters the visas had temporarily stopped being issued to Afghans, Pakistanis

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After borrowing surge, Sunak to announce more spending

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leaves Downing Street, in London, Britain, November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Rishi Sunak, who has already pledged over 200 billion pounds to fight the COVID-19 crisis, will free up more cash on Wednesday against the backdrop of the heaviest

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Amid racial reckoning, Grammys honor the Black experience

This combination photo shows from left, Mickey Guyton, Beyonce Knowles and H.E.R., whose songs about the Black experience all landed Grammy nominations Tuesday. (AP Photo) NEW YORK (AP) — With police brutality continuing to devastate Black families and the coronavirus ravishing Black America disproportionately, the world was driven to the significance of this year’s Juneteenth

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