A woman rides a bicycle past at an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, in Tokyo, marking the start of this year’s trading. Shares are skidding in Asia, with Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index down 2 percent on concern over escalating tensions in the

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo (left) and his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta during a press conference in Nairobi on November 14, 2019. Somalia’s diplomatic relations with Kenya will in 2020 be tested depending on the outcome of the maritime boundary case which is due to be determined in June. As Mogadishu and Nairobi appeared to

An image distributed by al Shabaab after the attack on a military base in Kenya shows a Somalia’s al Shabaab militant holding the group’s flag next to a burning aircraft, said to be at the Manda Bay Airfield in Manda, Lamu, Kenya January 5, 2020. Al-Shabaab/Handout via REUTERS The US has confirmed that one service

Members of the Iraqi parliament are seen at the parliament in Baghdad, Iraq January 5, 2020. Iraqi parliament media office/Handout via REUTERS Iraq’s parliament called on Sunday for U.S. and other foreign military forces to leave amid a growing backlash against the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander that has heightened fears of

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks following the U.S. Military airstrike against Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, Iraq, in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 3, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites “very hard” if Iran attacks Americans or U.S. assets after a drone strike

Photo/Somali Times Galmudug President Ahmed Duale Guelleh Haf has accused the central government of failing to establish the administration, and has lost confidence in the Ministry of Interior. He said the Prime Minister Khaire grating on Galmudug’s problem and ordered Khaire to leave Dhusamareb. He also accused Khaire of violating the law, as he seized

Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamist group on Sunday attacked a base in Kenya’s Lamu county used by both U.S. and Kenyan forces and it published pictures of masked militants standing next to aircraft in flames, though the images could not be immediately verified. The attack began before dawn and was still under way four hours later,

Iraqi counter-terrorism forces stand guard in front of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 2, 2020. (AFP Photo) Two loud explosions Saturday rocked Baghdad’s Green Zone, which houses government offices and foreign embassies. According to unconfirmed reports, a missile landed in the vicinity of the U.S. Embassy in the Iraqi capital. A Katyusha rocket

Britain’s Defence Minister Ben Wallace leaves the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, October 28, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay Britain’s navy will accompany UK-flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz to provide protection after the United States killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in an air strike, inflaming tensions in the region. Britain was forced to

This undated photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, shows Maj. Gen. Esmail Ghaani. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei later on Friday appointed Qassem Soleimani’s deputy, Maj. Gen. Esmail Ghaani as the new commander of the Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force. Soleimani was killed in the U.S. airstrike in