By The Associated Press Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei acknowledged Saturday that Iran took two Greek oil tankers last month in helicopter-launched raids in the Persian Gulf. The confiscations were retaliation for Greece’s role in the U.S. seizure of crude oil from an Iranian-flagged tanker the same week in the Mediterranean Sea over violating

USS KEARSAGE aircraft carrier is seen moored in Fortojning pa strommen in Stockholm, Sweden on June 03, 2022. More than forty warships belonging to NATO countries arrived in Stockholm in the frame of Baltic Operations “Baltops 22” where sixteen nations participate with over forty-five maritime units, more than seventy-five aircraft and approximately seven thousand personnel.

A police vehicle removes a car following a security incident near Trafalgar Square, as Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations continue, in London, Britain, June 4, 2022. Reuters/Phil Noble By Reuters British police on Saturday briefly evacuated London’s Trafalgar Square, close to where celebrations are to be held later to mark Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, after

By Reuters Senegal’s President Macky Sall said Russia’s Vladimir Putin had told him on Friday he was ready to enable the export of Ukrainian grain to ease a global food crisis that is hitting Africa especially hard. “President #Putin has expressed to us his willingness to facilitate the export of Ukrainian cereals,” Sall wrote on

Mining By The African Exponent For many years, mining companies operating in Africa have continued to exploit the continent. Their crimes go unpunished due to the activities of corrupt local officials who mortgage their future and those of unborn generations for bribes and contracts. However, it appears that the law has begun to catch up

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett delivers a speech during the annual Yom Hazikaron Remembrance Day ceremony for fallen Israeli soldiers, in the Yad LaBanim Memorial in Jerusalem May 3, 2022. Menahem KAHANA /Pool via Reuters By Reuters Israel told the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Friday it would prefer a diplomatic resolution to the standoff over

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia corrupt president Haasan Sheikh Mohamoud first $20 million to steal instead giving to the drought emergency according to Somali officials told Somali Times. The new allocation will focus on underserved, hard-to-reach areas and complements the $14 million Rapid Response grant from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund. The Deputy Special Representative

By Anadolu Agency Germany’s parliament is set to approve a €100 billion ($107.5 billion) special fund Friday for the modernization of the country’s armed forces amid criticism from anti-war groups and peace activists. According to the government’s plan, the lion’s share of the fund will go to the Air Force and will be used for

A container ship passes in front of Tiran on 12 July 2018, a strategically located island in the Red Sea at the entrance to a passage that leads to the Israeli port of Eilat (Reuters) By Middle East Eye Israel will agree to new security arrangements that will allow Egypt to transfer control of two

President Uhuru Kenyatta By Business Daily Africa President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday during Madaraka Day celebrations defended his government’s borrowing which is projected to hit at least Sh6.7 trillion by the time he leaves office, saying it was necessary to fund infrastructure and accelerate economic growth. President Kenyatta who is set to leave the office