By Anadolu Agency Facing charges of racism, the EU foreign policy chief on Monday passed up the chance to make amends, instead brushing off the controversy as something normal. Asked how he is holding up after controversial remarks calling Europe a “garden” and the rest of the world a “jungle,” Borrell told reporters that he

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, speaks with U.S. Secretary for Defense Lloyd J. Austin III during a group photo of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. NATO Defense Ministers are convening in Brussels for the second day of talks to assess the situation in Ukraine, as the alliance

Credit: Reuters Photographer Louiza Vradi/Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman By Middle East Eye Saud al-Shaalan, tribal leader and grandson of King Abdulaziz, issues warning as tensions spike with US over Opec+ oil production cut A cousin of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has issued a violent threat against the West amid souring relations

The secretary-general of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) was released on bail Sunday after being arrested six days earlier on security-related charges, according to Anadolu Agency reported. Abdalle Ahmed Mumin appeared before a court in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday after the country’s attorney general’s office charged him with disobeying the law and “orders of

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz leaves the King Faisal Hospital and Research Centre in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia May 15, 2022. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court By Reuters Saudi King Salman said on Sunday the kingdom was working hard to support stability and balance in oil markets, including by establishing and maintaining the agreement of

By Daily Nation President William Ruto Sunday accused his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta of presiding over an economic and security mess, which he said he needed time to fix, as he rolled out plans to finish dams and other projects whose construction he said were stopped due to political reasons. For the second day running —

Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss attends a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London, Friday Oct. 14, 2022. Truss has only been in office for six weeks. But already her libertarian economic policies have triggered a financial crisis, emergency central bank intervention, multiple U-turns and the firing of her Treasury chief.

File Photo – China’s President Xi Jinping By Anadolu Agency China’s President Xi Jinping on Sunday opened the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) in Beijing by pledging to take control of Taiwan and advocating the “one country, two systems” policy, according to the state-run media. In a speech to nearly 2,300

Al-Shabab is a jihadi insurgent group active in Somalia and in recent years, increasingly in East African countries. The group developed in the early 2000s with the Union of Islamic Courts in the capital, Mogadishu, and installed themselves as Al-Shabab terrorist group in Mogadishu and much of Somalia in 2006. Al-Shabab comprised the young, radical

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari By Reuters Pakistan’s foreign minister said on Saturday he had summoned the U.S. ambassador after President Joe Biden questioned the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear programme. In a speech on Thursday, Biden said Pakistan is “maybe one of the most dangerous nations in the world” as it has “nuclear weapons without