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UK counterterror officers lead probe in lawmaker’s slaying

An image of murdered British Conservative lawmaker David Amess is displayed near the altar in St Peters Catholic Church before a vigil in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. Amess died after being stabbed earlier Friday during a meeting with constituents at another nearby church in eastern England. Police gave no immediate details on

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British lawmaker murdered in knife attack at meeting in church

Police are seen at the scene where MP David Amess was stabbed during constituency surgery, in Leigh-on-Sea, Britain October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge By Reuters A British lawmaker was stabbed to death on Friday in a church by a man who lunged at him at a meeting with voters from his electoral district, knifing him

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President Biden, please do not waste your breath. Uhuru has proven time and again to Kenyans that he not willing to tackle corruption

President Joe Biden, right, listens as Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, left, speaks during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) A US senator is calling on President Joe Biden to prioritise the fight against corruption, political violence and rising debt ahead of his

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Qatar emir appoints two women to advisory council after men sweep polls

Qatar’s ruler, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, gives a speech to the Shura Council in Doha, Qatar, November 3, 2020. Qatar News Agency/Handout via REUTERS By Reuters Qatar’s emir named two women among his new appointments to the Gulf state’s advisory Shura Council on Thursday, after partial elections held for the first time earlier

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Somali government defending sea border against Kenya

Somalia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Bilal Mohamed Osman. Somalia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Bilal Mohamed Osman has said that the Kenyan government has no interest in the deteriorating relations with Somalia. The state minister said the Somali government is working to improve relations between the two countries. But, he made it

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Turkish intelligence busts Iranian espionage network in eastern Turkey

By Anadolu Agency Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) and police busted an Iranian espionage network in eastern Turkey, security sources said on Wednesday, The eight-member network that included two Iranian agents were caught in a joint operation conducted by MIT and police on Sept. 24. The Iranian intelligence officers were found to be trying to

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Welcome to Britain, the bank scam capital of the world

A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel Reuters By Lawrence White and Iain Withers It was an email offering a discount on an electric toothbrush that began the sequence of events that ruined Anna’s life, Within minutes of

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Kenyan American Professor Makau Mutua says Kenyatta to respect ICJ ruling

A Kenyan-American professor Law Makau Mutua. A Kenyan-American professor at the SUNY Buffalo School of Law was its dean from 2008-2014. He teaches international human rights, international business transactions and international law. He is vice president of the American Society of International Law and a member of the Council on Foreign Relation. Prof Makau Mutua

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Somalia asks Kenya ‘to respect international rule of law’ on border row

Photo/Somali Times/Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo. By AFP Somalia’s president urged Kenya to “respect the international rule of law” after the UN’s top court handed Mogadishu control of most of a potentially oil- and gas-rich chunk of the Indian Ocean on Tuesday following a bitter row with Nairobi. Kenya got only a small slice

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Corrupt Uhuru Kenyatta rejects the ICJ ruling in the maritime case

Corrupt Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has rejected a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a maritime dispute between Somalia and Kenya. The court ruled that the demarcation line between the two countries should be as straightforward as requested by Somalia, rather than the demarcated line as requested by Kenya’s fraudulent claim. Commenting

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