China views the ties with France as something very important, and that has not changed at all over time, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday when meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Nice, one of the largest cities in France. China has regarded France as its diplomatic priority, President Xi said, also vowing

Photo Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cut short a visit to the United States on Monday and the military said it dispatched reinforcements to the Gaza border after a rocket attack near Tel Aviv wounded seven people. Netanyahu threatened a forceful response to the long-range strike amid accusations from opponents in a closely contested

On Jan. 15, 2019, al-Shabaab gunmen flooded into Nairobi’s DusitD2 hotel complex and opened fire, killing 21 people including an American citizen. Investigations uncovered a pattern familiar in Kenya: The militants were linked to the Dadaab refugee camp, a sprawling complex sheltering over 400,000 Somali refugees, long antagonized by the Kenyan government and subject to

Syria’s membership in the Arab League is not on the agenda of this month’s annual Arab summit, the pan-Arab body confirmed on Sunday. Arab leaders are scheduled to meet in Tunisia on March 31 for their annual summit. “Syria’s return to the Arab League has not officially been discussed during the league’s meetings,” Mahmoud Afifi,

Gregory Dow and his wife Mary Rose. Mr Dow served time for sex-related crimes in the US before travelling to Kenya where he started a children’s home in Bomet County. The Federal Bureau of Investigations has launched a probe into reports that an American couple running a charity in Kenya abused children. The investigations are

Photo Reuters Turkey will not go back on the purchase of S-400 missile systems from Russia no matter what the United States says, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. He made the comment in an interview with broadcaster TGRT Haber. The United States could soon freeze preparations for delivering F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, officials

China and Italy signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on Saturday. This makes Italy the first G7 nation to officially join the BRI. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte exchanged views on bilateral relations and international and regional issues

The Saudi-led military coalition mounted raids on sites of the Iranian-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, Saudi news agency SPA said on Saturday. Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki said the raids targeted two caves used by Houthi forces to store drones, SPA reported. Earlier, Al-Arabiya TV reported raids on Houthi camps in Sanaa, including

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The new site for the Miami Open suddenly is missing a lot of star power. Serena Williams withdrew Saturday, blaming a previously undisclosed left knee injury. Less than two hours later, top-ranked Naomi Osaka lost in the third round to tour veteran Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Turkish coast guard rescued 55 irregular migrants from a sinking rubber boat in the Aegean Sea off the country’s southwestern coast on Saturday. According to a statement by the Coastal Guard Command, the boat, carrying 52 Syrians, two Palestinians and a Saudi national, suffered engine failure before the rescue team reached them. The migrants sailed