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Saudi prince seeks to dodge blame for Khashoggi killing: U.N. expert

Photo/Reuters Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is trying to repair damage to his image done by Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by insisting “layers and layers” of hierarchy separated him from the Saudi agents who killed the journalist, the U.N. investigator told Reuters. Mohammad bin Salman told CBS program “60 Minutes” that as de facto Saudi leader he

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After embrace of war criminals, time to cut off Somalia

By Michael Rubin The annual U.N. General Assembly is an orgy of symbolism. Who meets whom on the sidelines? Who tried but failed to secure a meeting with the U.S. president? Who walks out of whose speech? Whom do security officers intercept when they try to exceed the permissions of their visa? But there’s a

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Somalia still gives President Kenyatta headache as it did to his father

Somalia seems to be President Uhuru Kenyatta’s current headache. And it is not an easy task handling a troublesome neighbour, as Uhuru’s father found out before him. Uhuru might need the wisdom of his father and tough under-the-table diplomatic dealings to handle the current border issue. His father’s foreign policy was shaped by the fear

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Top Iran general says destroying Israel ‘achievable goal’

AFP/File / ATTA KENARE Major General Hossein Salami heads Iran’s Revolutionary Guards The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Monday that destroying arch-rival Israel has become an “achievable goal” thanks to his country’s technological advances. “This sinister regime must be wiped off the map and this is no longer… a dream (but) it is an

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Saudi state media say king’s bodyguard shot in ‘dispute’

Photo (AP) A prominent bodyguard to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman was shot and killed in what authorities described as a personal dispute, state TV reported Sunday, offering few details on an incident that shocked the kingdom. Tributes poured in across social media for Maj. Gen. Abdulaziz al-Fagham, with many including images of the bodyguard at

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Police looking for Somali national over terror suspicion

Police are looking for Abdiwaahid Khalif Abdi. Police are looking for a Somali national who flew to the country on September 24 after he had been released from a Mogadishu jail in unclear circumstances. Mr. Abdiwaahid Khalif Abdi alias Ise Tarabuun was in 2017 arrested over terror claims in Mogadishu. He was then reported to

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Pakistan PM warns of ‘bloodbath’ in Kashmir; India PM silent

In this combination photo, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan address the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Insisting he wasn’t making a threat, Pakistan’s leader denounced his Indian counterpart on Friday and warned that any war between the nuclear

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At UN, Somalia’s President spotlights country’s progress, but cautions eradicating terrorism ‘will not be easy’

UN Photo/Laura Jarriel Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly’s General Debate. (26 September 2019) Somalia’s progress towards reconstruction was moving ahead, but Mr. Mohamad said “one cannot remain deaf and blind” pockets of global discontent and the effects of poverty,

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Somali President Farmajo maintains ICJ will hear maritime case Somalia, Kenya

Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Farmaajo has said he and President Uhuru Kenyatta have agreed to let the ICJ resolve the maritime dispute. Farmajo made the announcement on Thursday, when giving his speech at the UN General Assembly in New York. “We agreed the matter will be resolved by the International Court of Justice. Somalia

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President Uhuru Kenyatta maintains Kenya’s desire to negotiate oil fields with Somalia

Photo/Somali Times President Uhuru Kenyatta has maintained that Somalia should allow negotiations over the disputed oil field in the Indian Ocean. While making the appeal when he addressed the General Debate of the 74th United Nations General Assembly in New York, Uhuru said Kenya remains committed to its pursuit of peace and stability in the

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