President Donald Trump holds up a tray of Thanksgiving dinner during a surprise Thanksgiving Day visit to the troops, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019, at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — President Donald Trump paid a surprise Thanksgiving visit to Afghanistan, where he announced the U.S. and Taliban have

AFP / ATTA KENARE/Pro-government supporters held a mass rally earlier this week to condemn days of ‘rioting’ which Iran has blamed on foreign foes Iran has arrested eight people accused of links to the CIA and gathering information to send abroad during deadly street violence that erupted after a fuel price hike triggered demonstrations. A

A protester holds American flags during a demonstration in Central, the financial district of Hong Kong, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. China reacted furiously to President Donald Trump’s signing of two bills on Hong Kong human rights and said the U.S. will bear the unspecified consequences. A foreign ministry statement Thursday repeated heated condemnations of the

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta holds hands with Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto and Opposition leader Raila Odinga during the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), a government report intended to address cyclical election violence in Nairobi, Kenya, November 27, 2019. REUTERS/Monica Mwangi Kenya should create more senior political posts including that of prime minister

Civil servants will be blocked from running private businesses or competing for government tenders if the Building Bridges Initiative report. Civil servants will be blocked from running private businesses or competing for government tenders if the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report, which is set to be made public today, is adopted. The proposal, which was

Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) display gold bars seized from a plane that landed at Khartoum Airport in an investigation into possible smuggling, in Khartoum Sudan May 9, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah Late last year, as President Omar Hassan al-Bashir’s hold on power weakened, one of Sudan’s most feared militia leaders lashed out against the

French soldiers work on a Tiger attack helicopter at a base in Gao, northern Mali, on August 1, 2019. Benoit Tessier, REUTERS Thirteen French soldiers fighting jihadists in Mali were killed in an accident between two helicopters, the French presidency said on Tuesday, the single biggest loss of French troops in combat in the region

Photo, a drug dealer poses with cannabis products as he waits for customers in downtown Lisbon. The European Union agency that monitors drug use says it has detected a trend of escalating violence between gangs operating on the continent. The agency says in its annual report on the drugs market that European consumers increasingly have

Photo/AFP Kenya and Uganda have played roles that contribute to “a dangerous stalemate” in South Sudan, a United Nations panel of experts said on Friday. DIPLOMATIC WILL The panel reported that Uganda deployed troops in Yei River State last month, a move it described as violation of the international arms embargo on South Sudan. Uganda’s

The Chinese national flag flies outside the mosque at the Xinjiang International Grand Bazar during a government organised trip in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, January 3, 2019. REUTERS/Ben Blanchard/File Photo Classified Chinese government documents made public by an international group of journalists describe the repressive inner workings of detention camps in Xinjiang, in