The Chinese national flag flies outside the mosque at the Xinjiang International Grand Bazar during a government organised trip in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, January 3, 2019. REUTERS/Ben Blanchard/File Photo Classified Chinese government documents made public by an international group of journalists describe the repressive inner workings of detention camps in Xinjiang, in

In this image provided by Armed Forces of the Philippines, Task Force Sulu, British national Allan Hyrons and his Filipino wife Wilma gesture inside a military camp at Jolo, Sulu province, southern Philippines on Monday Nov. 25, 2019. A Philippine general says troops have rescued the British man and his Filipino wife who were abducted

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and his Prime Minister Hassan Khaire Somalia’s President Mohamed Farmajo and his Prime Minister Hassan Khaire spent most of their adult lives abroad; the former as a diplomat who later attained American citizenship (which he claims to be renouncing) and the latter as a refugee in Norway who became an

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem, November 24, 2019. Sebastian Scheiner/Pool via REUTERS A watchdog group asked Israel’s top court on Sunday to order Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step aside after his indictment on corruption charges, adding to pressure he is facing from

Under construction: Lamu port will have 32 terminals, one of which will be owned by Ethiopia, which has stakes in several other ports in the region, including Doraleh, Ethiopia will own one of the terminal in Kenya’s Lamu port, and the two countries are working to speed up the issue of the title deed. “When

Photo/Somali Times The president of the Jubaland state, Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe, and a delegation led by the president departed the capital, Nairobi. Ahmed Madobe and his delegation were received at the airport by Kenyan officials Cabinet ministers, military officials and other members of  kenyan. Ahmed Madobe will meet Kenyan officials is said to be

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, More reports come from a car bomb near the Zoobe in Mogadishu, which was heard neighborhood in Banadir region. Security forces in Mogadishu Saturday arrested a man identified by members of the public for detonating a car bomb that injured a passerby. According to sources at the scene, the man was spotted

In this Sept. 25, 2019, file photo, Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian participates in a panel discussion on media freedom at United Nations headquarters. A U.S. federal judge on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, awarded Rezaian and his family nearly $180 million in their lawsuit against Iran over his captivity and torture while being held on

From left, Mary Blitzer of the Sierra Club gives a petition of over 23,000 signatures to Amira Adawe of the BeautyWell Project as they deliver it to the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Shakopee on Wednesday. The two nonprofit groups launched a campaign for Amazon and eBay to stop selling toxic skin-lightening creams that contain mercury.

This undated file photo provided by the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office shows Jerry Chun Shing Lee. The former CIA officer who pleaded guilty to an espionage conspiracy with China could be facing more than two decades in prison. Fifty-five-year-old Lee is scheduled for sentencing Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, in federal court in Alexandria, Va. (Alexandria Sheriff’s