Photo: Credit Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Yoshihide Suga, a long-time ally of outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, won a ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership election on Monday, paving the way for him to become prime minister in a parliamentary vote this week. Suga, 71, who served in the powerful post of chief cabinet

In this Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping is displayed on a screen as Type 99A2 Chinese battle tanks take part in a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan’s surrender during World War II held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing. Seventy-five years after Japan’s surrender in World War

Ilhan Omar condemned the US Immigration and Customs due to the possibility of deportation to immigrants illegally in the US back to Somalia. Democrat lawmakers have blamed fears of coronavirus. “Immigration is set to deport dozens of individuals from my district of Somalia, threatening the spread of COVID,” Minnesota Democrats wrote on Twitter. She said

Turkish president recalls France’s massacres in Algeria, Rwanda, says Macron doesn’t have knowledge of history. Recalling France’s massacres in Algeria and Rwanda, the Turkish president said the French president “cannot lecture us on humanity.” Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks came at a symposium held on Democracy and Freedom Island against coup. In a direct reference to

Africa’s Economy Under Recolonization By Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza. When Amilcar Cabral delivered his speech at the Tricontinental Conference in Havana, Cuba in 1966, he warned that the attainment of independence was not the end of imperialism. The Conference was a gathering of the people from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The purpose of the gathering

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Washington. Bahrain has become the latest Arab nation to agree to normalize ties with Israel as part of a broader diplomatic push by Trump and his administration to fully integrate the Jewish state into the Middle East.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud (L) meets US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, US on 14 March 2017 [Saudi Kingdom Council/Anadolu Agency] US President Donald Trump has reportedly boasted of saving the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from being held accountable for the murder of exiled Saudi journalist

UAE Navy ship [file photo] A European Union naval vessel on Thursday stopped a ship that was carrying jet fuel from the United Arab Emirates to Libya on suspicion it was violating a United Nations arms embargo, EU officials said, Reuters reports. The EU military mission, named Irini, is operating in the Mediterranean to stop

Turkey’s ruling party spokesman accuses French leader of continuing colonial approach after remarks on Turkish president Turkey’s ruling party on Thursday accused French President Emmanuel Macron of extending his country’s long history of colonialism. “Macron continues colonialism, while our President [Recep Tayyip Erdogan] continues to defend the interests of the oppressed peoples, protect the peace,

Democratic U.S. presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to the media at the end of his visit, before leaving for Delaware, at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Detroit, Michigan, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) recently alerted one of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s main election