Taiwanese domestically built Indigenous Defense Fighters (IDF) take part in the live-fire, anti-landing Han Kuang military exercise, which simulates an enemy invasion, in Taichung, Taiwan July 16, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Taiwan scrambled fighter jets on Friday as 18 Chinese aircraft buzzed the island, including crossing the sensitive mid-line of the Taiwan Strait,

EU lawmakers push for ending arms export to Saudi Arabia over killing of journalist Khashoggi, Yemen war The European Parliament on Thursday urged the EU member states to impose arms embargo on Saudi Arabia over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and Yemen war. In the EU arms export report adopted on Thursday, EU lawmakers

Photo: Credit Pinterest Somali money transfer companies moved more than $3.7 million (£2.8 million) in cash between suspected weapons traffickers in recent years, including to a Yemeni under U.S. sanctions for alleged militant links, according to a report seen by Reuters. The findings by a Geneva-based research group, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime,

The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative awarded the fifth annual Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity to Fartuun Adan and Ilwad Elman, the mother and daughter team who lead the Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre in Somalia. As Aurora Prize Laureates, they will receive a US $1,000,000 award and a unique opportunity to continue the cycle of

US President Donald Trump and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, emir of Qatar, talk before a dinner at the Treasury Department in Washington on 8 July 2019 (AFP/File photo) By Julian Pecquet US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo opened the US-Qatar Strategic Dialogue on Monday by declaring it was “past time” for the Arab Gulf

French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he delivers a speech to French tech startups at the closing ceremony of the National Council of French Tech Capitals and Communities (CNCC), at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Sept. 14, 2020. (AP Photo) French experts have criticized President Emanuel Macron for stoking tensions between Turkey and Greece in

President Donald Trump, center, with from left, Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump, and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, during the Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) WASHINGTON

Elphicke had been handed back the whip while facing a criminal investigation in order to back former PM Theresa May in a confidence vote (PA) By Tristan Kirk Disgraced ex-MP Charlie Elphicke was labelled a “sexual predator” as he was jailed for two years for sexual assaults on two young women. The former government whip,

President Donald Trump threatened late Monday to deliver a devastating response to any attack by Iran against the US. “Any attack by Iran, in any form, against the United States will be met with an attack on Iran that will be 1,000 times greater in magnitude!” Trump said on Twitter. He said Tehran may be

Turkey has not stepped back from its Eastern Mediterranean mission and its seismic exploration vessel Oruç Reis is anchored off the coast of Antalya for routine maintenance, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Monday. Speaking during a live broadcast on NTV, Çavuşoğlu said the Yavuz and Barbaros drillships will continue to carry out their works in