President-elect Joe Biden campaigns in Atlanta, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, for Senate candidates Raphael Warnock, right, and Jon Ossoff, left. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ATLANTA (AP) — Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the Senate majority within the party’s reach.

Basic commando training given to 150 military personnel of Somali Armed Forces since Dec. 21, says Turkish Defense Ministry Some 150 Somali army soldiers are receiving special commando training in Turkey under a military cooperation pact between the two countries, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. The training of the Somali Armed Forces

Kuwait’s Emir called his Qatari counterpart Tamim al-Thani (L) as well as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) on Monday (AFP/File photos) Kuwait’s foreign minister announces preliminary agreement in major step towards resolving Gulf crisis Saudi Arabia has agreed to lift its land and air blockade on Qatar in a major step towards ending

Photo: Credit Associated Press Iraqi security authorities arrested a man and his wife as they tried to sell their five-year-old son in the Karrada district in the capital, Baghdad, the Ministry of the Interior said. “The Iraqi intelligence service had received information concerning a human trafficking operation which involves the sale of a child by

US acting defense secretary says he ordered USS Nimitz to halt its routine redeployment The US has ordered the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz to remain in the Middle East, citing Iranian threats against US officials, in a move to reverse its decision last week. In a statement on Sunday night, Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller

Suicide terror attack killed 5 people, including 2 Turkish nationals, in village of Lafole near capital Mogadishu Turkish families in the northern province of Corum are mourning for their loved ones who lost their lives in Saturday’s deadly terror attack in Somalia. The suicide attack killed five people, including two Turkish nationals Selami Aydogdu and

The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble, recently visited the US military base in Balidogle, Lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia. Roble, accompanied by government ministers and military officials, is monitoring the operations of Danab and US forces based there. During his stay in the camp, the prime minister will

FILE – This Nov. 4, 2020, file satellite photo by Maxar Technologies shows Iran’s Fordo nuclear site. Iran has told international nuclear inspectors it plans to enrich uranium up to 20% at its underground Fordo nuclear facility, a technical step away from weapons-grade levels, as it increases pressure on the West over its tattered atomic

French news outlet denounces France’s diplomacy in region, calling it ‘diplomacy based on security and economic concerns’ Amid the visit of French prime minister and armed forces minister to French soldiers in Chad, the country’s policy in the West African region received strong criticism in an analysis published in a French online news outlet. The

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed responds to questions from members of parliament at the prime minister’s office in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. The fugitive leader of Ethiopia’s defiant Tigray region on Monday called on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to withdraw troops from the region as he asserted that fighting continues