Photo Reuters Chinese authorities have formally arrested on state secrets charges two Canadians detained last year, the government said on Thursday, in what is likely to further increase tension between Ottawa and Beijing. Businessman Michael Spavor, who worked with North Korea, and former diplomat Michael Kovrig were picked up separately in December, shortly after Canada

By JOSEPH CURTIS FOR MAIL ONLINETwo British teachers are being held in a prison in Oman accused of stealing dogs Jennifer Green, 33, and female friend claim they were rescuing abused animals Her brother Mike, 35, said court has added ‘trumped up’ alcohol charges Pair worked as English language teachers for the British Council in

Cuban doctors Herera Correa (left) and Landy Rodriguez Suspected Al Shabaab militants who abducted two Cuban doctors in Mandera are now demanding Ksh.150 million in ransom.The ransom demand was communicated through community elders who went to a remote place between the towns of Buale and El-Ade in Jubaland region of Somalia, where general practitioner Herera

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said in a regular press conference on Wednesday that the escalation of China-U.S. economic and trade frictions is not in the interests of any party and will drag down the world economy. Geng stressed that the trade dispute was provoked by the United States. It’s the U.S. that first

Photo / CNN footage of Yusuf Abdi Ali — accused of burning civilians alive in the 1980s civil war — driving his Uber. CNN An alleged Somali war criminal has been working as a driver for Uber and Lyft in the US. Yusuf Abdi Ali has been accused of atrocities committed when he was a

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, before boarding Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to travel to Louisiana. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) International worries that the Trump administration is sliding toward war with

Photo Reuters Iran will defeat the American and Israeli alliance, Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami said on Wednesday, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). “We will defeat the American-Zionist front,” he said. “Iran has the highest level of defense-military preparedness to confront any type of threat and excessive demands,” he added. The United

Stockholm, Somali Times The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr. Ahmed Isse Awad, participated in the sixth annual Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development, which was launched yesterday in Stockholm, Sweden in the presence of a large number of policy makers, researchers and high-level practitioners. The Forum, which is held annually by the

This new pronouncement by the Swaziland King is a return to the dark ages. Are women still sex objects and should marriage be the symbol for social acceptance? King Mswati III of eSwatini has without mincing words stated that men will be required to marry at least two or more wives or be jailed if

A technical staff is seen at the Port of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, May 13, 2019. REUTERS/Satish Kumar Saudi Arabia said armed drones struck two of its oil pumping stations on Tuesday, two days after the sabotage of oil tankers near the United Arab Emirates, and the U.S. military said it was braced for “possibly