Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad (L) and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran on 25 February 2019 [Yousef Alhelou/Twitter] Iran has spent between $20-$30 billion in its Syria campaign in order to keep President Bashar Al-Assad in power, an Iranian lawmaker has revealed, insisting that Syria will one day have to repay its debts

Photo: Credit (AP) Former Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has voiced the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to delay the maritime case between Somalia and Kenya. The court announced yesterday that the case has been adjourned until March 2021. Hassan, who held a press conference in Mogadishu, has opposed this, and that

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands next to his wife Sara as he waves to supporters following the announcement of exit polls in Israel’s election at his Likud party headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A week after being sworn into office for a fifth term, Israeli

Libya’s Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha on Wednesday blamed the current crisis in his country on the interference of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the Libyan affairs and its support to putschist forces.”The crisis in Libya would not have happened had you stopped your malicious interference in our internal affairs, your support to putschists, dispatch

The two main candidates in the poll are the ruling CNDD-FDD party’s Evariste Ndayishimiye, right, and Agathon Rwasa of the National Liberation Forces (FNL) party [Reuters/AP] A crucial election has begun in the East African nation of Burundi, where President Pierre Nkurunziza is stepping aside after a divisive 15-year rule but will remain “paramount leader”

A letter sent by the court to both parties and seen by BBC states that that the hearing scheduled for early June is now is delayed to 15 March 2021 due to the exceptional circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic. Somalia’s Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Mohammed Gulaid told the BBC last week that his country objected

Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Cengiz urged UK gov’t to stop crown prince “raise himself above law of the land” Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has urged the British government to block a planned Saudi Arabia-funded takeover of Premier League team Newcastle United. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Cengiz urged the UK

A cyclist rides his bike along Waterloo Bridge, in London, Monday, May 18, 2020. Large areas of London are to be closed to cars and vans to allow people to walk and cycle safely as the coronavirus lockdown is eased, including Waterloo Bridge and London Bridge. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) LONDON (AP) — Unemployment claims in

Tensions escalate in North Africa, with Egypt seeking the intervention of UNSC against Ethiopia on river water sharing issue Tensions have escalated in the Eastern Nile region, with Egypt taking a complaint to the UN Security Council (UNSC) against Ethiopia’s plan to fill a $5billion hydro dam. The move has riled a cross-section of people

This undated photo provided by the FBI shows Mohammed Alshamrani. The Saudi student opened fire inside a classroom at Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday before one of the deputies killed him. The FBI has found a link between the gunman in a deadly attack at a military base last December and an al-Qaida operative.