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Here Comes Saudi Arabia’s African Offensive

By Ilan Berman, Jacob McCarty Africa represents a comparative bright spot—one that holds out the promise of greater security and prosperity for the kingdom as it seeks to adapt to changing global conditions. It is for that reason, more than any other, that Saudi Arabia’s interest in Africa, and its presence there, is sure to

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Iran’s Minister of Defence: ‘We will work to increase the destructive capacity of missile warheads’

Iranian Defence Minister Amir Khatami [Wikipedia] The minister of defence and support of the Iranian Armed Forces, Brigadier Amir Hatami, announced in a statement that major defence gear will be unveiled this year, noting that the Iranian naval force will receive a DANA destroyer and a minesweeper ship, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency

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Civil rights leader, MLK aide Joseph Lowery dies at 98

In this Aug. 12, 2009, file photo, President Barack Obama presents a 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom to the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery n the East Room of the the White House in Washington. Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader who helped the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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U.S. increases support for Taiwan, China threatens to strike back

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the coronavirus task force daily briefing as Vice President Mike Pence stands by at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law an act that requires increased U.S. support for Taiwan internationally, prompting a denunciation by China, which said

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Al-Shabaab leaders split over funds control

Infighting among the top leadership of Somali-based militia Al-Shabaab over finances is threatening to split the group, an intelligence report seen by the Nation shows. Late last month, the group’s leader Ahmed Diriye, aka Abu Ubeyda, attempted to expel head of finance and intelligence operations Mahad Karate and head of external operations Bashir Qorgab as

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Jobless after virus lockdown, India’s poor struggle to eat

Homeless and impoverished Indians eat a meal distributed by the Delhi government in New Delhi, India, Thursday, March 26, 2020. Some of India’s legions of poor and people suddenly thrown out of work by a nationwide stay-at-home order began receiving aid distribution Thursday, as both the public and private sector work to blunt the impact

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Gunmen in Afghanistan kill 25 in raid on Sikh complex

Afghan security forces inspect near the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan March 25, 2020.REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail Unidentified gunmen and suicide bombers raided a Sikh religious complex in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday, killing 25 people before security forces killed all of the attackers, the government said. Sikhs have been the target of

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Philippines and India refuse to receive deportees from Kuwait

Kuwait security sources revealed that the Ministry of the Interior stopped completing the procedures for deporting 340 Filipino and Indian nationals caught for violations from the deportation centre after the two countries refused to receive the deportees and insisted on a health certificate for each person proving that they were free of the new Coronavirus.

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Somali government apologizes to Ethiopian for supporting Egypt-Nile tensions

Photo/Somali Times The Ethiopian government has been deeply saddened by the recent Arab League summit on Egypt’s Nile tensions between Egypt and Somalia. The resolution has been criticized by Ethiopia, which has prompted the Ethiopian government to intensify its opposition to Djibouti and Somalia, which has a close friendship with Abiy Ahmed.

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Rouhani: U.S. should lift sanctions if it wants to help Iran amid coronavirus

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a meeting of the Iranian government task force on the coronavirus, in Tehran, Iran March 21, 2020. Official Presidential website/Handout via REUTERS The United States should lift sanctions if Washington wants to help Iran to contain the coronavirus outbreak, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday, adding that Iran

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