Maj. Gen. Kenneth P. Ekman, Deputy Commander of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, shakes hand with Brigadier General Salah Abdullah during a handover ceremony of Taji military base from US-led coalition troops to Iraqi security forces, in the base north of Baghdad, Iraq August 23, 2020. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani United States-led international coalition troops withdrew

Delegation from Economic Community of West African States meet with ousted leader, opposition in Mali Leaders from West African states have paid a visit to Mali following a military coup in the country. A delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), headed by Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, former president of Nigeria, was received

Photo: Credit Pixabay These are the 10 African countries with the fastest broadband speeds in 2020. The emergence of the internet has brought substantial economic advantages across the globe. It has allowed people to improve the quality of their lives and opened access to previously inaccessible things. According to a 2020 report, there are 525

Lack of discernment and imagination among Taiwan political leaders could again pave the way for ‘grand prophetic vision’ to eventually become delusion Taiwan opened with great fanfare a representative office in the breakaway state of Somaliland on Aug. 17, highlighting the alleged shared beliefs existing between two de facto sovereign territories that are denied widespread

Photo: Credit UN The UN head in Somalia James Swan has expressed and called the leaders of Puntland and Jubaland leaders to attend the ongoing electoral talks in Dhusamareb noting the meeting was he underlined that the type of elections to be held in the country should be inclusive and independent, James Swan also told

US President Donald Trump, King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (L) pose for a group photo during the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh on 21 May 2017 (AFP) By Madawi al-Rasheed The Saudi ruler prefers to keep relations with Israel under the table. But he

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani gives a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) Iran unveiled a surface-to-surface ballistic missile that Defence Minister Amir Hatami said had a range of 1,400 kilometres and a new cruise missile on Thursday, ignoring U.S. demands that Tehran halt its missile programme. The surface-to-surface missile,

FILE – In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny takes part in a march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, Russia. Navalny has been poisoned and hospitalized on Thursday morning, Aug. 20, 2020 his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said on Twitter, Navalny felt unwell on a flight back

BY PAUL D WILLIAMS The United States has effectively been at war with the Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin (known as al-Shabaab) for well over a decade, but the costs and risks are rising and there is no end in sight. My research suggests the United States should stop framing its strategic goal as victory over al-Shabaab

Malian troops and citizens gather outside the private residence of Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in Bamako, Mali Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Mutinous soldiers surrounded the private residence of Keita on Tuesday, firing shots into the air and a West African regional official confirmed that the president and prime minister had been detained, following several