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,

Law enforcement officials applaud after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on police reform, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON (AP) — Following weeks of national protests since the death of George Floyd, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on policing

Kevin Maxwell: ‘We know racial discrimination is a real thing in the police’ (Photo supplied) By Richard Assheton British police “deliberately” targeted Black and Asian airport passengers for questioning based on their race and perceived religion using powerful stop-and-search powers, a former counter-terrorism police officer has told Middle East Eye. Kevin Maxwell, a former detective

By Phil Helsel U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar said Monday that her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, had died from complications from the coronavirus illness COVID-19. “No words can describe what he meant to me and all who knew him,” Omar, D-Minn., said in a statement. Omar, who asked for privacy, said her father died Monday. She

Photo: Credit/Associated Press /Ben Margot, File/ Six former eBay Inc. employees have been charged with waging an extensive campaign to terrorize and intimidate the editor and publisher of an online newsletter with threats and disturbing deliveries to their home, including live spiders and cockroaches, federal authorities said Monday. Executives were upset about the newsletter’s coverage,

Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the M&S clothing department and other retail outlets in Westfield Stratford to see the COVID-19 measure taken before reopening tomorrow, in London, Britain June 14, 2020. John Nguyen/Pool via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a cross-government commission would examine racism and the disparities experienced by

A wounded member of a far-right group is escorted by British police officers in riot gear, during scuffles as police tries to contain a protest at Trafalgar Square in central London, Saturday, June 13, 2020. British police have imposed strict restrictions on groups protesting in London Saturday in a bid to avoid violent clashes between