Photo/Somali Times By Michael Rubin It is time for Foggy Bottom and Congress to wake-up, because poor choices in the U.S. Embassy in Somalia increasingly waste taxpayer funds, endanger regional stability, and ultimately undermine U.S. national security. NAIROBI, KENYA—Al-Shabaab, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization with ties to Al Qaeda, is on the warpath. In November 2019

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Just months after senior U.S. officials delivered substantial military aid to Saudi Arabia to counter threats from Iran, America’s relationship with the kingdom is being tested by a

A Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C patrol plane. | KYODO In an envisioned Middle East mission, the government is considering having a Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol plane mainly cover the Gulf of Aden off Somalia, officials have said. The P-3C patrol plane, which gathers information of sea areas from the air, will operate mainly over the

In this photo released on twitter account of Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif , Zarif, left, shakes hand with Iranian scientist Massoud Soleimani prior to leaving Zurich, Switzerland for Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. Iran and the U.S. conducted a prisoner exchange Saturday that saw a detained Princeton scholar released for an Iranian

• The militants separated the passengers into two groups [locals and non-locals]. • It is at this point that they shot dead the eight nonlocals before ordering the other passengers to get on the bus and proceed with the journey. Eight nonlocals were killed on Friday after suspected al Shabaab militants attacked a bus between

Photo/Reuters While Nairobi governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko was being arrested in Voi and airlifted to the capital city, his lawyers were busy trying to block his arrest and prosecution. His lawyer Cecil Miller sued the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Director of Criminal Investigations, the Attorney General, the Inspector General of Police, the Independent Policing

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko (pictured) has been apprehended in Voi. This came hours after the DPP ordered his arrest. During a press conference in Nairobi this morning, DPP Noordin Haji announced that the governor would be questioned over the loss of Sh357 million of county funds. Haji said his office had enough evidence to charge

People gather at the site where police shot dead four men suspected of raping and killing a 27-year-old veterinarian, in Chatanpally on the outskirts of Shadnagar town, Telangana, India, December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Swarat Ghosh Indian police shot dead four men on Friday who were suspected of raping and killing a 27-year-old veterinarian in the city

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed would have agreed to meet the Norwegian and international press.” (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, file) The director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute has called it “highly problematic” that the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner won’t attend any event next week where he could be asked questions publicly, while the spokesman for

Turkish drilling vessel Yavuz is pictured in the eastern Mediterranean Sea off Cyprus, August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo Cyprus has petitioned the International Court of Justice at The Hague to safeguard its offshore mineral rights, its president said on Thursday, as neighbor Turkey disputes its claims. The two countries are at loggerheads over offshore