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The 38th escort fleet of Chinese Navy departs to carry escort missions in Gulf of Aden

Chinese Navy Yangzhou 578 Type 054A frigate is one of the ships of the 38th escort fleet. (Picture source People Daily China) By Navy Recognition According to information released by the Chinese Ministry of Defense on May 15, 2021, the 38th escort fleet of the Chinese Navy on Saturday, May 15, 2021, left a military

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The Somali Prime Minister attended Djibouti for inauguration of long-term-serving dictator Ismail Guelleh

Photo/Somali Times Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh has been inaugurated as the country’s new president. The inauguration ceremony will be attended by various delegates, including Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, Ethiopian and Rwandan Prime Ministers Abiy Ahmed and Edouard Ngirente. Guinean president Alpha Conde, South Sudan’s vice president and senior members from Uganda, Kenya,

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On Eid, Xinjiang imams defend China against US criticism

Abdureqip Tomurniyaz, who heads the association and the school for Islamic studies in Xinjiang, speaks during a government reception held for the Eid al-Fitr festival in Beijing on Thursday, May 13, 2021. Muslim leaders from the Xinjiang region rejected Western allegations that China is suppressing religious freedom, speaking at a reception Thursday for foreign diplomats

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Iran’s former hardline president Ahmadinejad to run again

Iran’s then President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad smiles as he meets with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations in New York September 24, 2007. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/File Photo By Parisa Hafezi Iran’s hardline former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday registered to run again in an election in June which is being seen as a test

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Turkey says dialogue on disputes with Saudi Arabia to continue

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud speaks during a news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 22, 2021. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri Turkey and Saudi Arabia will maintain dialogue to address their disagreements, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday, after discussing bilateral ties and Israeli actions in Jerusalem and Gaza with

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President Farmajo receives warm welcome in Uganda

Photo/Somali Times The Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and a delegation led by him have recently arrived in Kampala, Uganda. The President’s delegation was warmly welcomed at Kampala International Airport and was among the dignitaries invited to the inauguration of dictator Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni. While in Kampala, Uganda, Farmajo will hold prayer meetings with

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President Farmajo travel to attend inauguration of Uganda dictator Yoweri Museveni

Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and a delegation led by him left for Kampala, the capital of Uganda. The President will attend the inauguration of Ugandan dictator President Yoweri Museveni at the invitation of a number of world leaders. While there, he will hold meetings with the

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China demographic crisis looms as population growth slips to lowest ever

Woman ride bikes on a street, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Shanghai, China May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song By Ryan WooKevin Yao China’s population grew at its slowest since the 1950s as births declined, sowing doubt over Beijing’s ability to power its economy as it succumbs to the same ageing trends

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Johnson calls for UK talks after Scottish Nationalists win

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to the media after Conservative Party candidate Jill Mortimer won the Hartlepool by-election, at Hartlepool Marina, in Hartlepool, north east England, Friday, May 7, 2021. Britain’s governing Conservative Party made further inroads in the north of England on Friday, winning a by-election in the post-industrial town of Hartlepool for

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Top U.S. fuel pipeline operator pushes to recover from cyberattack

Holding tanks are seen at Colonial Pipeline’s Charlotte Tank Farm in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. an undated photograph. Colonial Pipeline/Handout via REUTERS By Reuters Colonial Pipeline, top U.S. fuel pipeline operator, continued work on Sunday to recover from a ransomware cyberattack that forced it to shut down on Friday and sparked worries of a spike

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