FILE – In this Tuesday, April 2, 2109 file photo, House Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Elijah Cummings, D-Md., leads a meeting to call for subpoenas after a career official in the White House security office says dozens of people in President Donald Trump’s administration were granted security clearances despite “disqualifying issues” in their backgrounds,

Bags containing the bodies of migrants who died after their wooden boat capsized off the coast of Komas, are seen in the hangar belonging to an anti-illegal migration department in the town east of the capital Tripoli, Libya July 27, 2019. REUTERS/Ayman al-Sahili Fifty-five bodies have been recovered so far off the Libyan coast, an

A United States court has been told of gun trade link between the Akasha family and Al Shabaab terrorist group. US Attorney Geoffrey Berman submitted in court, details of how the Akashas trafficked weapons with members of the terrorist organisation. This was a confession by the drugs empire point man Vijay Goswami who spilled the

In this photo released by the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. President Hassan Rouhani suggested on Wednesday that Iran might release a U.K.-flagged ship if Britain takes similar steps to release an Iranian oil tanker seized by the British Royal

Rescued migrants sit on a coast some 100 kilometers (60 miles) east of Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, July 25, 2019. The U.N. refugee agency and the International Rescue Committee say up to 150 may have perished at sea off the coast of Libya. The country’s coast guard says the Europe-bound migrants are missing and feared drowned

A view of North Korea’s missile launch on Thursday, in this undated picture released by North Korea’s Central News Agency (KCNA) on July 26, 2019. KCNA/via REUTERS North Korea said on Friday its latest missile launch was a warning to South Korean “warmongers” to stop importing weapons and conducting joint military drills, a message that

FILE PHOTO: A Chinese H-6 bomber flies over East China Sea in this handout picture taken by Japan Air Self-Defence Force and released by the Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan July 23, 2019. Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan/HANDOUT via REUTERS/File Photo The wedge of sea between Japan,

Photo/Reuters China warned on Wednesday that it was ready for war if there was any move toward Taiwan’s independence, accusing the United States of undermining global stability and denouncing its arms sales to the self-ruled island. The Pentagon said this month the U.S. State Department had approved sales of weapons requested by Taiwan, including tanks

Photo/Reuters France, Italy and Denmark gave initial support for a British plan for a European-led naval mission to ensure safe shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, proposed after Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged tanker, three senior EU diplomats said on Tuesday. The cautious backing at a meeting of EU envoys in Brussels contrasts sharply with

Photo/Reuters Alleged foreign-intelligence recording suggested Doha’s ‘interest’ in Somalia attack, but Qatar rejected the accusation. Qatar and Somalia denied a news report that suggested Doha had an “interest” in a bombing in northern Somalia carried out by a local armed group in May. The New York Times reported on Monday it obtained an audio recording