Fire officials say efforts underway to extinguish wildfires The southern regions of Italy, especially on the island of Sicily, were struggling with fires in forests and rural areas on Saturday. Fire officials said on Twitter that 250 operations were conducted in Sicily in the past 24 hours, 130 in Puglia and Calabria, 90 in Lazio

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli watch from his plane the wildfires in Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey, Saturday, July 31, 2021. The death toll from wildfires raging in Turkey’s Mediterranean towns rose to six Saturday after two forest workers were killed, the country’s health minister said. Fires across Turkey since Wednesday

A drone is pictured during a large-scale drone combat exercise of Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in Semnan, Iran January 4, 2021. Picture taken January 4, 2021 (photo credit: IRANIAN ARMY/WANA/REUTERS) By SETH J. FRANTZMAN If Iran has reached a new level of precision drone strikes and is using them against shipping in

This Jan. 2, 2016 photo shows the Liberian-flagged oil tanker Mercer Street off Cape Town, South Africa. The oil tanker linked to an Israeli billionaire reportedly came under attack off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea, authorities said Friday, July 30, 2021, as details about the incident remained few. (Johan Victor via AP)

A forest fire burns near the town of Manavgat, east of the resort city of Antalya, Turkey, July 29, 2021. REUTERS/Kaan Soyturk By Mert Ozkan The death toll from wildfires on Turkey’s southern coast has risen to four and firefighters were battling blazes for a third day on Friday after the evacuation of dozens of

United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, and Philippines Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana shake hands after a bilateral meeting at Camp Aguinaldo military camp in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines Friday, July 30, 2021. Austin is visiting Manila to hold talks with Philippine officials to boost defense ties and possibly discuss the The Visiting Forces

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni arrives at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London, Britain January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo/File Photo By Elias Biryabarema A move by Uganda’s government to install digital tracking devices on vehicles to help fight rampant crime has been denounced by rights advocates and the opposition who say it will be used

Kenyan Chief of Defence Forces General Robert Kibochi. According to The Star, Kenya reported colonization of Somalia. ”Troops will not leave Somalia any time soon,” Chief of Defence Forces General Robert Kibochi has said. In an interview with KBC, Kibochi said Somalia is unstable and their security forces still need support from the African Mission

Cotu Secretary General Francis Atwoli addresses journalists at his Tom Mboya Labour College office in Kisumu on February 6, 2021. File Photo Tonny Omondi. By Steve Otieno Employment agencies taking Kenyans to work in the Middle East have been put on notice for facilitating what Central Organisation of Trade Union (Cotu) on Wednesday termed as

Roman Dobrokhotov, chief editor of The Insider walks surrounded police officers and journalists, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Police in Russia raided the home of the chief editor of an investigative media outlet that was recently designated as a “foreign agent,” the latest step by authorities to raise pressure on independent media ahead