Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prays near the coffins of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran January 6, 2020. Official Khamenei website/Handout via REUTERS Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said

In this image from video, presiding officer Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts swears in members of the Senate for the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (Senate Television via AP) The U.S. Senate opened the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump with quiet ceremony

The scale of the problem is unknown as visit visas do not appear in Indian or UAE migration or employment records [File: Rabih Moghrabi/AFP] An increasing number of migrant workers hired on tourist visa face labour abuse, police and activists said. Exploitative employers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are increasingly using tourist visas to

Al Shabaab militants during training at an unidentified location in Somalia Failures in intelligence processing, corruption at the border and youth vulnerable to radicalisation have helped a terror group losing ground in Somalia to keep lashing out in Kenya • While Kenya has routed militants in Somalia, they remain a threat on home soil •

In this image from video, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks as the House of Representatives debates the impeachment managers resolution at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (House Television via AP) The U.S. House voted Wednesday to send two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate and approve

President Vladimir Putin Russian president delivers annual address to country’s Federal Assembly The regional conflicts in the Middle East can transform into a global war, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. Addressing Russia’s Federal Assembly in Moscow, Putin said there is a need for “a serious talk” about international security and stability, and particularly

Photo Credit /AFP / Ted ALJIBE /Agoncillo town in the Philippines’ Batangas province has been blanketed with ash from the Taal volcano Philippine authorities were struggling Wednesday to keep thousands of evacuees from returning to homes in areas threatened by a feared massive eruption of Taal volcano. Some 40,000 people have taken refuge in shelters

Photo Credit Reuters Ethiopia’s electoral board said on Wednesday it expects to hold national elections on Aug. 16, 2020, the first vote under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who took office in 2018 and has directed political and economic reforms. Birtukan Mideksa, the head of the electoral board, told Reuters that the date was tentative. Abiy

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses lawmakers from his ruling AK Party during a meeting at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, January 14, 2020. Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS Turkey will not refrain from “teaching a lesson” to Khalifa Haftar if his eastern Libyan forces continue attacks against the internationally recognized government in Tripoli, President Tayyip

President Uhuru Kenyatta President Uhuru Kenyatta has confirmed Ukur Yatani as the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury even as he pledged to focus on the economy this year. In a televised address in Mombasa on Tuesday, the President announced a raft of changes targeting the agricultural sector and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in a