US President Donald Trump, King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (L) pose for a group photo during the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh on 21 May 2017 (AFP) By Madawi al-Rasheed The Saudi ruler prefers to keep relations with Israel under the table. But he

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani gives a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) Iran unveiled a surface-to-surface ballistic missile that Defence Minister Amir Hatami said had a range of 1,400 kilometres and a new cruise missile on Thursday, ignoring U.S. demands that Tehran halt its missile programme. The surface-to-surface missile,

FILE – In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny takes part in a march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, Russia. Navalny has been poisoned and hospitalized on Thursday morning, Aug. 20, 2020 his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said on Twitter, Navalny felt unwell on a flight back

BY PAUL D WILLIAMS The United States has effectively been at war with the Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin (known as al-Shabaab) for well over a decade, but the costs and risks are rising and there is no end in sight. My research suggests the United States should stop framing its strategic goal as victory over al-Shabaab

Malian troops and citizens gather outside the private residence of Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in Bamako, Mali Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Mutinous soldiers surrounded the private residence of Keita on Tuesday, firing shots into the air and a West African regional official confirmed that the president and prime minister had been detained, following several

Photo: Credit Associated Press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference, Jerusalem, Aug. 13, 2020. JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel would oppose any U.S. F-35 warplane sales to the United Arab Emirates despite forging relations with the Gulf power, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, citing a need to maintain Israeli military

Abu Dhabi’s agreement to normalise ties with Israel was a “sovereign decision” and was not “directed at Iran”, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash, stressed yesterday. We say this and repeat it. We do not accept interference in our decisions, just as we reject threats, whether as a

Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma (left). Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma, whose real name is Collins Juma Osemo, has been in detention in Ethiopia for more than 47 days. He is due to appear in court this morning, his fifth appearance since his arrest in the immediate aftermath of the assassination of Oromia musician Hachalu Hundessa. He

US president says world leaders plead with him to speak to Recep Tayyip Erdogan amid heightened tensions US President Donald Trump said Monday world leaders have sought his help with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, because he claimed the Turkish leader will only listen to him. The heads of countries last week they called me

According to Villa Somalia sources told Somali Times that efforts are underway to secure a meeting between the Federal Government and its member states. United Nations envoy to Somalia James Swan and US Ambassador to Somalia Donald Yamamoto have made various contacts with the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia and heads of state,