Photo/ Reuters The United Arab Emirates finances the military leader trying to topple a United Nations-recognised government in Libya. It helps lead a coalition of nations imposing an economic blockade of Qatar, despite U.S. calls to resolve the dispute. It hired former staffers of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) as elite hackers to spy

By Michael Rubin The United States need not leave Djibouti, but it is time to consider a Plan B for otherwise a single whisper from Beijing to Djibouti’s president could cripple America’s ability to defend itself and its allies. BERBERA, SOMALILAND—Djibouti’s role in U.S. national security has for decades been inversely proportional to its size.

Photo/ Atlanta Black Star University of Glasgow has decided to come clean about its role during the slave trade. Slavery and slave trade remain some of the biggest atrocities ever committed on black people by the Europeans and Americans. Black slave trade raised enormous profits for the slave owners and this was the money they

Sudan’s new Prime Minister in the transitional government Abdalla Hamdok, speaks during a Reuters interview in Khartoum, Sudan August 24, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah Sudan needs $8 billion in foreign aid over the next two years to cover its import bill and help rebuild its ravaged economy after months of political turmoil, its new prime

This comes as the US on Tuesday backed Kenya’s push to have the matter solved through political negotiations rather than through the court The ICJ said the first round of hearings will take place on September 9, when Somalia will make its submissions, while Kenya will respond on September 11. Somalia will go first in

FILE – In this Monday, Aug. 12, 2019 file photo, plumes of smoke rise after an explosion at a military base southwest of Baghdad, Iraq. A fact-finding committee appointed by the Iraqi government to investigate a massive munitions depot explosion near the capital Baghdad has concluded that the blast was the result of a drone

While Qatar declared it would build a new seaport in Somalia, Saudi Arabia has recognized the autonomous Somaliland’s passport, a move that may deepen instability in the country Saudi Arabia and Qatar engaged in a diplomatic war last year when the former imposed an embargo on the latter, attempting to cut its ties with the

Overlapping claims in the South China Sea. Image: SCMP Graphics Philippine president, just ahead of his fifth trip to China, says he will discuss 2016 tribunal victory ‘whether you like it or not’ Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte hinted on Wednesday that he would rather cancel next week’s talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping if he

President Donald Trump pauses while speaking during a meeting with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Showing a fresh willingness to play politics along religious lines, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that American Jewish people who vote for Democrats show

Simon Cheng, a staff member of Britain’s consulate in Hong Kong, who was reported missing by local media after visiting the neighbouring mainland city of Shenzhen, is seen in an unknown location in this undated photo obtained from the Facebook page “Free Simon Cheng”. “FACEBOOK / FREE SIMON CHENG” /via REUTERS A worker at Britain’s