By Anadolu Agency Ukraine’s president urged the European Union on Thursday to speed up shipments of air defense systems, noting that nearly a third of the country’s power stations have been destroyed in Russian attacks. In a video address to an EU leaders meeting in Brussels, Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed the latest developments regarding Russia’s war

Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss addresses the media in Downing Street in London, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Truss says she resigns as leader of UK Conservative Party. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) By The Associated Press British Prime Minister Liz Truss quit Thursday after a tumultuous and historically brief term marred by economic policies that roiled financial

Labour leader Keir Starmer/Photographer Stefan Rousseau/Reuters The Independent By Jane Dalton The Labour leader said: “The Conservative Party has shown it no longer has a mandate to govern. “After 12 years of Tory failure, the British people deserve so much better than this revolving door of chaos. “In the last few years, the Tories have

British Prime Minister Liz Truss gives statement outside Number 10 Downing Street, London, Britain October 20, 2022. Photographer Toby Melville By Reuters Liz Truss said on Thursday she was resigning as prime minister, brought down by her economic programme that sent shockwaves through the markets and divided her Conservative Party just six weeks after she

Mana Abdi, 26, a Democratic candidate for state legislature, speaks with a reporter, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Lewiston, Maine. She is running unopposed. Her Republican opponent, who had posted on Facebook that Muslims “should not be allowed to hold public office,” withdrew from the race in August. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) By The Associated

British Prime Minister Liz Truss leaves Number 10 Downing Street for the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain, October 19, 2022. Photographer Toby Melville By Reuters British Prime Minister Liz Truss struggled to retain a grip on power on Thursday, a day after a second top minister quit and rowing and jostling broke out among

By Anadolu Agency The right-wing Heritage Foundation think tank has concluded that the US military is “weak” and may not be able to win a war amid heightened tensions with Russia and China. The foundation’s annual Index of US Military Strength downgraded its assessment of the US military from “marginal,” which it appraised in 2021.

File Photo/Somali Times By East African Business Week Egypt is recruiting thousands of soldiers in Somalia in a project funded by the United Arab Emirates amid an escalating power struggle with Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa. Egyptian and UAE military and intelligence officials have been flocking to Mogadishu over the past weeks with an

A Russian drone is seen during a Russian drone strike, which local authorities consider to be Iranian made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) Shahed-136, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 17, 2022. Photographer Roman Petushkov By Reuters Iran has promised to provide Russia with surface to surface missiles, in addition to more drones,

Ethiopian Airlines is among eight African carriers that have exceeded the number of international routes they operated before Covid-19 outbreak. Photo/AFP By The East African African airlines are still operating below 40 percent of their routine capacity in spite of easier restrictions on movements following the Covid-19 pandemic. The local airlines only served 39.5 percent