Shipping organisations have agreed to reduce the boundaries of the piracy High Risk Area (HRA) in the Indian Ocean, as incidents in the region, particularly in Somalia, continue to decrease. By ICC Commercial Crime Services The changes will come into effect from 1st September. They were approved by the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO),

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a press conference after the Cabinet meeting at Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on August 19, 2021. ( Emin Sansar – Anadolu Agency ) Turkey is ready to hold talks with the Taliban if necessary, the country’s president said on Friday. According to Anadolu Agency reported “If there

In this photo provided to The Associated Press, Mohammad Khalid Wardak is seen in Afghanistan on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, after the U.S. military and its allies rescued him and his family. Wardak, a high-profile Afghan national police officer, was being hunted by the Taliban because of his years working with the American military. (AP

By Anadolu Agency First group of evacuated Afghan EU employees arrived in Spain early this morning Recent developments in Afghanistan have done grave damage to Western credibility, said the EU foreign policy chief on Thursday. This is a catastrophe for the average people, for the Western values and credibility, and for the development of international

File Photo/Somali Times The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has extended an official invitation to the National Consultative Assembly, in particular the Prime Minister of Somalia and heads of state, according to credible sources. In the coming days, Roble and the five regional leaders will travel to Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,

Kenya’s military officers in Somalia on February 11, 2017, who were fighting the Al-Shabab under Amisom. By The East African Reimbursements to Kenya for troops fighting Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia for the last financial year surpassed the target after the European Union (EU) and its partners wired nearly Ksh5.6 billion ($51 million) between April and

Assistant U.S. Attorney Maria Cruz Melendez points at R. Kelly at Brooklyn’s Federal District Court in during the start of his trial in New York, U.S., August 18, 2021 in a courtroom sketch. By Reuters Brendan Pierson and Karen Freifeld NEW YORK, Aug 18 (Reuters) – R. Kelly is a “predator” who demanded absolute fealty

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a news conference regarding COVID-19 pandemic in the country on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021 in Jerusalem. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP) By The Associated Press, Laurie Kellman TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — President Joe Biden has invited Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to Washington next week to discuss Iran

By Anadolu Agency The European Union has to engage in talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Tuesday. We have to get in touch with authorities in Kabul whomever they are. The Taliban won the war, we have to talk to them,” Borrell noted following the extraordinary videoconference

British Army General Sir Nick Carter arrives for a meeting to address the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, at Downing Street in London, Britain March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls By Reuters The world should give the Taliban the space to form a new government in Afghanistan and may discover that the insurgents cast as