Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, next to Italian Deputy PM Matteo Salvini, addresses the upper house of parliament over the ongoing government crisis, in Rome, Italy August 20, 2019. REUTERS/Yara Nardi Italy’s prime minister announced his resignation on Tuesday as he made a blistering attack on his own interior minister, Matteo Salvini, accusing him of

Photo/Reuters President Rodrigo Duterte warned on Tuesday foreign ships faced “unfriendly” treatment if they ventured into Philippines’ territorial waters without permission, in a swipe at China’s deployment of warships a few miles off the coast. The warning comes as Duterte faces critics at home who accuse him of being passive over Chinese provocations in exchange

Diiriye Ali-Jamac has been jailed for six years for having sex with a 14-year-old girl (Image: Surrey Police) Diiriye Ali-Jamac bought a ticket to Ethiopia the same day he discovered police were looking for him in connection with the incident A 34-year-old man who tried to flee to Ethiopia after having sex with a 14-year-old

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., right, and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., take a quiet moment as they talked about Israel’s refusal to allow them to visit the country during a news conference Monday, Aug. 19, 2019 at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib sharply criticized

Kismayo airport in southern Somalia refused to allow an Ethiopian plane to land on Monday, a witness said, amid heightened tensions between the federal government and the regional leadership ahead of elections on Thursday. Somalia’s central government said on Saturday it would not recognise the result of an upcoming vote to elect a president of

Kismayo, The attempts by the Ethiopian forces which further escalate the political temperatures in Kismayo and brings to the fore the regional fight for Jubaland comes a week after Jubaland President Sheikh Ahmed Islam Madobe turned down a plea for talks by a delegation of senior Ethiopian military and intelligence officials reportedly at the behest

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, The ministers of the ports of Somalia and Qatar, Maryam Aweys Jama, and Jassim Bin Saif Ahmed Al Sulaiti announced today that the construction of Hobyo port in Mudug region will begin. The ceremony, which was held at the Prime Minister’s Office was attended by the Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire, the

In this photo issued by Cabildo de Gran Canaria, flames from a forest fire burn close to houses in El Rincon, Tejeda on the Spanish Gran Canaria island on Sunday Aug. 18, 2019. Authorities on Spain’s Canary Islands say around 5,000 people have been evacuated due to a wildfire that has ravaged more than 1,700

People look towards a fire following a fuel truck collision in Rubirizi, Uganda August 18, 2019 in this still image taken from social media video. Nayebare Ediger via REUTERS At least 10 people were killed when a fuel truck exploded in flames after losing control and ramming into three cars in western Uganda on Sunday,

Photo/Reuters China’s embassy in Ottawa warned Canada on Sunday to stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs a day after the country issued a joint statement with the European Union in defense of the “fundamental right of assembly” for Hong Kong citizens. Hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters rallied peacefully in Hong Kong on Sunday in