Turkey rescued 56 asylum seekers Friday who sought help in the Aegean Sea, according to security sources. The asylum seekers, who were in a rubber boat, were rescued by the Turkish coast guard off Izmir province, said the sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media. The naval

Former U.S. national security advisor John Bolton speaks during a lecture at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, U.S. February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump came under attack from both sides of the American political spectrum on Thursday as liberal Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and former White House aide and

Photo: Credit AFP A UN Security Council meeting. Kenya has won the UN Security Council seat after beating Djibouti in second round of voting Thursday. The contest between Kenya and Djibouti headed to the second round of voting Thursday after the first phase saw Nairobi’s victory insufficient to win the UN seat. With 191 of

Photo/Credit Associated Press Mark Humphrey/Former national security adviser John Bolton By Gino Spocchia US president’s private comments prove more shocking than his public statements against ‘fake news’ Former national security adviser John Bolton has claimed that Donald Trump called journalists “scumbags” who should be “executed”. Those comments, which Mr Bolton alleges were made last summer,

Photo: Credit AFP A UN Security Council meeting. The contest between Kenya and Djibouti will head to the second round of voting Thursday after the first phase saw Nairobi’s victory insufficient to win the UN Security Council seat. In the first round, Nairobi scored 113 votes against Djibouti’s 78. And although Kenya was firmly in

Garrett Rolfe, left, was charged with felony murder, and Devin Brosnan was charged with aggravated assault in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks. By Eric Levenson and Christina Maxouris, CNN The Atlanta Police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks at a Wendy’s parking lot last week was charged with felony murder, and the other

Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi Beijing reportedly calls on New Delhi to investigate into Ladakh military clash which killed 20 Indian troops China on Wednesday called on India to “restrain its military to prevent any provocative” actions in the region. In a phone call with his Indian counterpart, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged India

UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash yesterday called for greater cooperation with Israel despite its ongoing attempts to expand its occupation over the occupied West Bank, news agencies reported. Addressing the annual Global Forum of the American Jewish Committee, Gargash justified his country’s rapprochement with Israel despite its plan to annex large

Photo: Credit AFP Kenya is banking on repeated endorsements by the African Union and Nairobi’s own networks to clinch a seat at the UN Security Council when a vote comes up this evening. The elections for non-permanent seats on the UN’s most powerful organ are usually routine. Today’s will, however, be historic because it will

By Zach Vertin China’s experiment in Djibouti and implications for the United States China’s growing presence in Djibouti has thrust unprecedented attention upon the little-known African port nation and made it a touchstone in the debate over Beijing’s expanding global aims. In 2017, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) opened its first-ever overseas military base there,