The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz transits Strait of Hormuz on 18 September (AFP photo/US Navy) By Middle East Eye Patriot anti-missile batteries, an aircraft carrier and surveillance systems are being diverted from the Middle East, US officials say. The US has begun to reconfigure its military capabilities in the Gulf and removed at least three

U.S. Capitol Police officers stand near a car that crashed into a barrier on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 2, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) By MICHAEL BALSAMO, NOMAAN MERCHANT and COLLEEN LONG WASHINGTON (AP) — A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a

Police officers gather near a car that crashed into a barrier on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 2, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) By MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG WASHINGTON (AP) — A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S.

Photo/Somali Times After recent efforts by representatives of the international community in Somalia, a preliminary meeting will be held tomorrow to discuss the issues surrounding the election of the leaders of the Federal Government of Somalia, regional governments and the Benadir region. Meanwhile, in a statement said from the Somali presidency last night that President

In this image made from a video released by hsnews.com.tw, passengers are helped to climb out of a derailed train in Hualien County in eastern Taiwan Friday, April 2, 2021. The train partially derailed along Taiwan’s east coast Friday, injuring an unknown number of passengers and causing potential fatalities. (hsnews.com.tw via AP) By RALPH JENNINGS

Photo/Somali Times By Peter Kirechu Somalia’s federal government careened into deeper political crisis after its mandate expired on Feb. 8 without an agreement to hold long-delayed presidential and parliamentary elections. Days before his term expired, incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, commonly known as Farmajo, launched a failing effort to dislodge a months-long stand-off with federal

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin listen as President Joe Biden speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 1, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s first Cabinet meeting looked

Police outside New Scotland Yard in London at the beginning of March as people gathered to protest over women’s safety in the capital CREDIT: Yui Mok/PA By Gareth Davies, The male officer was not charged or suspended, but is to face a misconduct hearing, more than three years after the claims were made The Metropolitan

Police attended the protest on Wednesday / PA By Tom Ambrose The school’s principal Daniel Smith also told parents the school would stop flying the Union flag, subject to a review The headteacher at the centre of a row over his school’s “discriminatory” uniform policies has backed down following chaotic student protests. Daniel Smith, the

China Sea. The Philippine government expressed concern after spotting more than 200 Chinese fishing vessels it believed were crewed by militias at a reef claimed by both countries in the South China Sea, but it did not immediately lodge a protest. (Philippine Coast Guard/National Task Force-West Philippine Sea via AP) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The national