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UK to unveil new law to stop Channel migrants on Tuesday – paper

Rescue workers stand on board an RNLI lifeboat, amid a rescue operation of a missing migrant boat, at the Port of Dover in Dover, Britain December. Photographer Peter Nicholls By Reuters A new law to crack down on migrants arriving in Britain in small boats from Europe across the English Channel will be unveiled on

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Museveni, Ramaphosa root for pan-African solutions to ‘local’ issues

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (right) welcomes Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni in Pretoria/AFP By The East African Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni last week visited South Africa on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s invitation, ostensibly to build “strong political and economic relations”. The two heads of state held discussions encompassing political, economic, regional, continental and international issues. But it

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Macron’s visit to Africa a way to strengthen diplomatic relationship or to defend economic interests?

By Anadolu Agency For his first stop in a four-day African tour, French President Emmanuel Macron arrived this Wednesday in Libreville, Gabon. This visit at this time is considered far from being as flashy as those of his predecessors, as Macron is going with the idea of restoring the image of France on the continent.

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EU approves $116m to boost security in Somalia

File Photo Somali Times/Somalia, EU Flag By New Vision The European Union has approved 110 million euros (about 116.6 million U.S. dollars) for stabilization efforts in Somalia battling al-Shabab terrorists across the country. The EU said it will add 90 million dollars to the resources already mobilized for African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS)

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Lavrov says Ukraine’s president made peace talks with Russia ‘criminal offense’

By Anadolu Agency Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made negotiations with Moscow a “criminal offense,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday. Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue conference in New Delhi, Lavrov said everybody is asking when is Russia ready to negotiate to end the war that began in February 2022, but nobody prompts

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What’s the interest of countries discussing Somalia support in Doha?

File Photo Somali Times/Somalia flag In a statement published on the website of the government of Qatar, it said that it will hold a meeting of the United States, Britain, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Somalia, which will discuss how to support Somalia. In this preliminary meeting that took place in Washington DC, the

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China leads US in global competition for key emerging technology, study says

By Reuters China has a “stunning lead” in 37 out of 44 critical and emerging technologies as Western democracies lose a global competition for research output, a security think tank said on Thursday after tracking defence, space, energy and biotechnology. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) said its study showed that, in some fields, all

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British navy seizes Iran missiles, parts likely Yemen bound

In this photo from the U.S. Army, anti-tank missiles and medium-range ballistic missile components seized by the United Kingdom Royal Navy sit pier side at an undisclosed location in the Middle East on Feb. 26, 2023. The British navy seized anti-tank missiles and fins for ballistic missile assemblies during a raid on a small boat

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US increases military support for Somalia against Al-Shabab

File Photo Somali Times/Somalia flag By The Associated Press The United States is increasing its military assistance to Somalia as the country sees success in battling what the U.S. calls “the largest and most deadly al-Qaida network in the world.” Sixty-one tons of weapons and ammunition arrived Tuesday in Mogadishu, the U.S. said in a

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Death toll of train collision in northern Greece climbs to 36

By Anadolu Agency The death toll from a collision between a passenger train and a cargo train in northern Greece has climbed to 36, with the search for survivors continuing, local media reported on Wednesday. According to Vassilis Vathrakogiannis, a fire department spokesman, rescue teams are looking for people trapped in the wreckage at the

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