Unused Katyusha rockets found by the Iraqi Army are seen f Umm al-Izam, in this picture provided by Iraqi Media Security Cell, March 14, 2020. Iraqi Media Security Cell/Handout via REUTERS Several Iraqi air defense servicemen were critically wounded on Saturday as multiple rockets hit a military base which houses U.S.-led coalition troops, in the

Photograph: JIM URQUHART WHO chief says Europe has more coronavirus cases reported every day than were reported at height of its epidemic in China Europe has become the “new epicenter” of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief said Friday. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addressed journalists from the WHO headquarters in a virtual press

Firefighters disinfect a street against the new coronavirus, in western Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 13, 2020. The new coronavirus outbreak has reached Iran’s top officials, with its senior vice president, Cabinet ministers, members of parliament, Revolutionary Guard members and Health Ministry officials among those infected. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus.

Humans have always been obsessed by tampering with their looks to improve and enhance their beauty among which is skin lighting. It is a phenomenon that has existed in the world for centuries. But in Africa, skin lightening comes with connotations of European standards of beauty, colorism, racist undertones, and low self-esteem. With skin-lightening comes

Photo/Somali Times The opening of the newly built Barawe Airport has been greeted with sharp criticism as Somalis online question the quality of the work, noting the $5 million project did not match the output. According to the Corrupt,Villa Somalia government the construction of the airport cost $ 5 million, but pictures showing a dusty

UK lawyers believe the fate of UAE princesses has remarkable parallels to slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi UK lawyers believe the fate of UAE princesses has remarkable parallels to slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi On the night of March 4-5, 2018, a U.S.-flagged luxury yacht was intercepted by gunboats in international waters, 50 nautical miles (92 kilometers)

Destroyed buildings are seen at an airport complex under construction in Karbala, Iraq, Friday, March 13, 2020. Iraq’s military said five security force members and a civilian were killed early Friday in a barrage of U.S. airstrikes, which were launched hours after a rocket attack killed and wounded American and British servicemen at a base

Six suspected Al Shabaab militants have been killed in Jirole, Garissa County early on Friday. Confirming the incident, North-Eastern Regional Commissioner Nicholas Ndalana said the special forces managed to kill six militants and capture one alive. “The special forces managed to capture one, who is injured. But he is undergoing treatment and he will help

Planes of Emirates Airline seen at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 23 September 2007 [Imre Solt / Wikipedia] Emirates, one of the world’s biggest international airlines, expects to cancel more flights and has frozen recruitment as it faces what could be its biggest challenge in many years, the coronavirus outbreak, Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the U.S response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic during an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 11, 2020. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stopped