Kenya Court finds Briton guilty of possession of bomb materials

British terror suspect Jermain Grant in court on April 24, 2019. He was found guilty of being in possession of bomb making materials that were to be used in a terror attack in Kenya British terror suspect Jermaine Grant has been convicted of being in possession of bomb making materials that were to be used

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‘Trump administration complicit in Saudi crimes’

Saudi bombing campaign in Yemen would be unsustainable without US support, says Washington Post U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is complicit in the ongoing bombing campaign in Yemen led by Saudi Arabia, The Washington Post said Wednesday.Trump recently vetoed a resolution aiming to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war, claiming it would weaken his

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Heavily pregnant woman left ‘destitute’ wins court battle as she fights against return to war zone

A pregnant asylum seeker has won the first step in her battle to remain in Britain She had been trying to live on £10 a week after the Home Office said it was ‘safe’ for her to return to Somalia, despite her fears it would be a death sentence A heavily pregnant woman who feared

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Muslims flee, Christians grieve in Sri Lankan town torn by violence

Pakistan refugees rest inside a mosque in Negombo, Sri Lanka, April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha As mourners buried the remains of Christian worshippers killed by the Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka, hundreds of Muslim refugees fled Negombo on the country’s west coast where communal tensions have flared in recent days. At least

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China faces debt fears ahead of construction forum

A plane with Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla taxies onto the special plane terminal of the Beijing International airport ahead of the Belt and Road Forum held in Beijing on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool) China’s finance minister tried Thursday to dispel complaints its Belt and Road infrastructure-building initiative leaves developing

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Saudi Arabia: 37 put to death in shocking execution spree

Photo Reuters The execution of 37 people convicted on “terrorism” charges marks an alarming escalation in Saudi Arabia’s use of the death penalty, said Amnesty International today. Among those put to death was a young man who was convicted of a crime that took place while he was under the age of 18. “Today’s mass

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Detention center opened but migrants too frightened to leave as war reaches Tripoli

Migrants are seen at the Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency in Tajora shelter center in Tripoli, Libya April 24,2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah Libyan officials have opened the doors of a detention center for illegal migrants in Tripoli, but frightened Somalis and other sub-Saharan Africans told Reuters they had decided to stay there for fear of getting caught up

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Kenya Involvement Jubbaland elections, Madobe strong but faces double challenges

Who will Kenya back in the elections in the Somali federal state of Jubbaland this August? The Foreign Affairs Ministry says Kenya’s policy remains “to work with Mogadishu and ensure the stability of Somalia”. Foreign Affairs PS Macharia Kamau told the Nation that Kenya worked with Jubbaland President Sheikh Islam Madobe, then as leader of

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Man storms German church yelling ‘Allah Akbar,’ injuring 9 people

The town hall of Munich, Germany.. (photo credit: ALEXANDRA BEIER / REUTERS) By Benjamin Weinthal The attacker has been identified as a 36-year-old Somali Parishioners said a man, who has been identified as a 36-year-old Somali, screamed Arabic phrases, including “Allah Akbar,” as he charged into the St. Paul’s Parish church on Saturday. The man

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British PM approves Huawei role in 5G network: report

AFP/File / JOHN MACDOUGALL Last month, Britain identified “significant technological issues” in Huawei’s engineering processes that pose “new risks” for the nation’s telecommunications British Prime Minister Theresa May has given the go-ahead for China’s Huawei to help build a 5G network, shrugging off security warnings from senior ministers and Washington, the Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday.

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