Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at a news conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri Ethiopia’s prime minister arrived in Khartoum on Friday to meet the chief of Sudan’s ruling military council in a bid to mediate in the political crisis that has followed the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir in

FILE – In this April 14, 2018, file photo, then-Marine Lt. Gen. Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie speaks during a media availability at the Pentagon in Washington. McKenzie, the top commander of U.S. forces in the Mideast says Iran appears to have decided to “step back and recalculate” in response to a U.S. military buildup in the

By Michael Hernandez Advances came with assistance from China, but intelligence was hidden from key lawmakers U.S. intelligence indicates that Saudi Arabia has significantly improved its ballistic missile program with assistance from China, according to a report released Wednesday. The development is at odds with decades of U.S. policy geared toward reigning in missile development

A man walks next to containers in a logistics center near Tianjin Port, in northern China, May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to hit China with tariffs on “at least” another $300 billion worth of Chinese goods but said he thought both China and Mexico wanted to make deals in their

President Yoweri Museveni will Thursday give a State of Nation Address at Kampala Serena Hotel where he is expected to spell out economic progress (achievements) in the financial year 2018/19 and government plans for the 2019/20 fiscal year. The State of the Nation address will be followed by the reading of the National Budget for

U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman are seen during the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci Republican and Democratic U.S. senators said on Wednesday they would introduce legislation to block President Donald Trump’s plan for $8 billion in military sales to Saudi Arabia and

UN staff rental houses in Nairobi. United Nations employees in Nairobi are seeking diplomatic intervention to have their house rent deposits refunded whenever they vacate their houses, accusing Kenyan landlords of extorting them. In a letter addressed to Ambassador Rose Makena Muchiri, the Permanent Representative to the Kenya Mission for United Nations Office in Nairobi

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif Sharing some messages on his social media page on Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif hit out at Saudi-led coalition, which has continued to operate against the Houthis in tandem with Yemen’s Aden-based government. In his comments, Zarif also asked the western powers to put an end to arms sales

Former nurse Niels Hoegel, accused of multiple murder and attempted murder of patients, attends a session of the district court in Oldenburg, Germany, Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (Mohssen Assanimoghaddam/dpa via AP, Pool) Defense closing arguments are getting underway in the case of a former nurse accused of killing 100 patients at two hospitals in northern

Despite Qatari attendance at recent high-profile Saudi summit, there is little sign the Gulf crisis is nearing an end. Two years after four Arab countries blockaded Qatar, there remains little sign the political crisis – the worst in the Gulf region for years – is edging any closer towards a resolution. Saudi Arabia, the United