Indonesian police have apologised and pledged disciplinary action after officers draped a live snake around the neck of a suspect to persuade him to confess during an interrogation session in the easternmost area of Papua. A video circulated online shows a man being questioned about stolen mobile phones seated with his hands tethered behind his

A Thai court ordered the release of a refugee soccer player on Monday after prosecutors said they were no longer seeking his extradition to Bahrain in a case that had drawn worldwide attention. Court spokesman Suriyan Hongvilai said that Hakeem al-Araibi, who lives and plays professional soccer in Australia, was being processed for release. Prosecutors

Photo Reuters Saudi Arabia had “absolutely nothing to do” with the National Enquirer’s reporting on an extramarital relationship involving Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, the kingdom’s minister of state for foreign affairs said. Bezos on Thursday accused American Media Inc (AMI), the Enquirer’s owner, of trying to blackmail him with the threat of publishing

Photo (AP) South Korea and the United States struck a new deal Sunday that increases Seoul’s contribution for the cost of the American military presence on its soil, overcoming previous failed negotiations that caused worries about their decades-long alliance. South Korea last year provided about $830 million, covering roughly 40 percent of the cost of

The Secretary-General met today with President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of the Federal Republic of Somalia, on the margins of the African Union Summit.The Secretary-General commended the Federal Government of Somalia’s reform agenda and underscored the importance of implementing the roadmaps on Inclusive Politics, Security and Justice, Economic Recovery, and Social Development, in close cooperation with

Adis Ababa ,The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and the today attended a ceremony marking the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of the African Union Mission in Somalia.African Union Summit, which opens tomorrow in the catalysing presented as a lasting solution to the problem of refugees and international and

Mogadishu, Somalia’s Joint Police Program (JPP) received a funding boost of 8 million Euros yesterday, under a partnership between Germany and the United Nations in Somalia. Implemented by the Federal Government of Somalia in close cooperation with the Federal Member States, the UN and other international partners, the JPP is currently underway in the Federal

Kampala, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, President Yoweri Museveni’s son, has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General, the second highest army rank in Uganda. Lt-Gen Kainerugaba is among more than 2,000 military officers who were promoted, according to the list released by the UPDF on Friday. The 44-year-old First Son moved up to the rank of

Photo Reuters The United States is holding direct communications with members of Venezuela’s military urging them to abandon President Nicolas Maduro and is also preparing new sanctions aimed at increasing pressure on him, a senior White House official said. The Trump administration expects further military defections from Maduro’s side, the official told Reuters in an

A Kenyan court has freed a New Zealander held in police custody for several days on suspicion of links with extremism. Sulub Warfaa, 36, spoke to journalists outside the court in Garissa, in northwestern Kenya.”Just because I was born in Mogadishu does not mean that I am a terrorist,” he said. “I did not get