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Iran-UAE dispute over Persian Gulf islands lingers amid regional diplomacy drive

By Anadolu Agency Despite the wave of diplomacy sweeping the region with the rapprochement between Iran and some of its neighboring countries, the dark clouds of a long-running territorial dispute between Tehran and Abu Dhabi over three Persian Gulf islands continue to hover overhead. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani in a strongly-worded statement Saturday,

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Saudi embrace of Assad sends strong signal to US

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shakes hands with Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad ahead of the Arab League Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via Reuters By Reuters Once labelled a pariah, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman took centre stage as master of ceremonies last

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British Journalist Bushaaro Ali Mohamed detained in Hargeisa

Credit Photo to Facebook Journalist Bushaaro Ali Mohamed and stop detaining members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. On the evening of May 15, Hargeisa adminstrtion arrested Bushaaro shortly after she entered the border town of Wajale from Ethiopia, according to media reports, multiple statements by rights groups, and Mubarik Mohamoud

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Turkish president calls on US to find ‘terrorist’ who attacked Turkish House in New York

By Anadolu Agency Turkey’s president on Monday called on the US to find the “terrorist” who attacked the Turkish House in New York and “do what is necessary.” “In Europe, the (terrorist group) PKK has seen that things are getting worse, (and) they have started to attack the voters. They probably say that these voters

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UK PM Sunak speaks to ethics adviser over minister’s speeding offence

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Suella Braverman meet with the local community and police leaders in Rochdale, Britain April 3, 2023. Photographer Phil Nobel By Reuters British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke to his ethics adviser regarding the handling of a speeding offence by his interior minister, his spokesperson said on Monday,

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Suella Braverman should quit if she broke ministerial code over speeding incident, says Starmer

British Home Secretary Suella Braverman: Credit Photo Twitter Evening Standard By Nicholas Cecil Suella Braverman should quit if she is found to have broken the ministerial code over a speeding incident, Sir Keir Starmer said on Monday. The Labour leader said the Home Secretary’s actions appear to have been “inappropriate” after she allegedly asked civil

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Somalia’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia has resigned due to misconduct with the President’s delegation

File Photo/Somali Times The Ambassador of Somalia to Saudi Arabia, Ambassador Salim Macow Haji, has resigned due to bad behavior with the president’s delegation who attended the university conference in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017 Ambassador Salim Macow, who issued a letter of resignation, stated several points, among

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Russia says supplying F-16 jets to Ukraine would carry ‘colossal’ risks for West, TASS reports

F-16 aircrafts fly during a NATO media event at an airbase in Malbork, Poland, March 21, 2023. Reuters/Lukasz Glowala/File Photo By Reuters Western countries will run “colossal risks” if they supply Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, TASS news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko as saying on Saturday. Grushko was responding to a

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13-year-old becomes youngest African American to graduate college with degree in computer science and cybersecurity: family

Elijah Muhammad. Photo: ABC/KOCO By Face2face Africa Elijah Muhammad has become the youngest African American to graduate college with a degree in computer science and cybersecurity, his family has said. Muhammad made history by crossing the stage as a college graduate at the age of 13, WLOX News reported. The history-maker also has 10 IBM

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy appears to confirm loss of Bakhmut

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden (not pictured), during the G7 Summit at the Grand Prince Hotel in Hiroshima, Japan, May 21, 2023. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst By Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appeared to confirm the loss of the city of Bakhmut to Russia on Sunday, when asked if

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