The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative awarded the fifth annual Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity to Fartuun Adan and Ilwad Elman, the mother and daughter team who lead the Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre in Somalia. As Aurora Prize Laureates, they will receive a US $1,000,000 award and a unique opportunity to continue the cycle of

US President Donald Trump and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, emir of Qatar, talk before a dinner at the Treasury Department in Washington on 8 July 2019 (AFP/File photo) By Julian Pecquet US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo opened the US-Qatar Strategic Dialogue on Monday by declaring it was “past time” for the Arab Gulf

French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he delivers a speech to French tech startups at the closing ceremony of the National Council of French Tech Capitals and Communities (CNCC), at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Sept. 14, 2020. (AP Photo) French experts have criticized President Emanuel Macron for stoking tensions between Turkey and Greece in

President Donald Trump, center, with from left, Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump, and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, during the Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) WASHINGTON

Elphicke had been handed back the whip while facing a criminal investigation in order to back former PM Theresa May in a confidence vote (PA) By Tristan Kirk Disgraced ex-MP Charlie Elphicke was labelled a “sexual predator” as he was jailed for two years for sexual assaults on two young women. The former government whip,

President Donald Trump threatened late Monday to deliver a devastating response to any attack by Iran against the US. “Any attack by Iran, in any form, against the United States will be met with an attack on Iran that will be 1,000 times greater in magnitude!” Trump said on Twitter. He said Tehran may be

Turkey has not stepped back from its Eastern Mediterranean mission and its seismic exploration vessel Oruç Reis is anchored off the coast of Antalya for routine maintenance, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Monday. Speaking during a live broadcast on NTV, Çavuşoğlu said the Yavuz and Barbaros drillships will continue to carry out their works in

Photo: Credit Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Yoshihide Suga, a long-time ally of outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, won a ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership election on Monday, paving the way for him to become prime minister in a parliamentary vote this week. Suga, 71, who served in the powerful post of chief cabinet

In this Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping is displayed on a screen as Type 99A2 Chinese battle tanks take part in a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan’s surrender during World War II held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing. Seventy-five years after Japan’s surrender in World War

Ilhan Omar condemned the US Immigration and Customs due to the possibility of deportation to immigrants illegally in the US back to Somalia. Democrat lawmakers have blamed fears of coronavirus. “Immigration is set to deport dozens of individuals from my district of Somalia, threatening the spread of COVID,” Minnesota Democrats wrote on Twitter. She said