A paratrooper assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade boards a U.S. Air Force C-17 at Aviano Air Base, Italy, in preparation for movement to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Dec. 14, 2020. JOHN YOUNTZ/U.S. ARMY By NANCY MONTGOMERY VICENZA, Italy — Capt. Joe Behrendt was a week into live-fire exercises with the 173rd Airborne Brigade on a

Credit Associated Press /Photo Reed Saxon/ US Congressman Rohit Khanna, The UAE Ambassador to Washington, Yousef Al-Otaibi, has clashed on social media with US Congressman Ro Khanna over the war on Yemen and the UAE’s direct involvement in escalating divisions in that country. Khanna told The Intercept that the Emirati ambassador had yelled at him

Britain’s Foreign Affairs Secretary Dominic Raab arrives at Downing Street, in London, Britain, November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson By Sarah Young, Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Wednesday it wants to see proof that Sheikha Latifa, one of the ruler of Dubai’s daughters, is still alive after the BBC published a “deeply troubling”

Seeking extradition from UK, government says it will not give 3-time prime minister new passport With the document set to expire at midnight on Tuesday, Pakistan’s government has announced it will not issue a new passport to three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Shaikh Rashid Ahmed, the country’s interior minister, told reporters in the capital

In this Friday, Feb. 12, 2021 photo released by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill boarded a stateless dhow off the coast of Somalia and interdicted an illicit shipment of weapons and weapon components. The U.S. Navy said on Tuesday, Feb. 16, that it seized a large cache of weapons, including

A Holy Quran on display at Istanbul’s Camlica Mosque courtyard in Istanbul, Turkey on 1 June, 2019 [İsa Terli/Anadolu Agency] The authorities in Saudi Arabia have arrested well-known scholar Aisha Al-Muhajiri, reportedly because she has continued to preach and teach the Qur’an at her home in the holy city of Makkah. The 65 year old

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (R) hold a joint press conference following their meeting in Moscow, Russia on February 5, 2021. ( RU Foreign Ministry – Anadolu Agency ) By Elena Teslova Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that the EU

FILE – In this Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, file photo, Paul Rusesabagina, center, whose story inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving people from genocide, appears at the Kicukiro Primary Court in the capital Kigali, Rwanda. As the terrorism trial for Rusesabagina is set to start on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, his family says the

A past UN Security Council meeting in New York. The Treasury has set aside Sh1.2 billion to fund Kenya’s activities on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) where the country is serving the first leg of its two- year term. “This reflects a net increase of Sh1.2 billion. The additional funding is to cater for

Photo: Credit Twitter Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji President Uhuru Kenyatta is among Kenyans who have condoled with the family and the people of Garissa County following the death of their senator, Mohamed Yusuf Haji. The 80- year-old Haji died on Monday morning while receiving treatment at the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi. In his message