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

Photo/Reuters Anwar Gargash says UAE and rest of Saudi-led coalition will maintain military presence in Yemen. The United Arab Emirates (UAE), part of a Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen, is not leaving the war-torn country despite an ongoing drawdown and redeployment of Emirati forces, a senior official said. “Just to be clear, the UAE and

Treasury PS Kamau Thugge and CS Henry Rotich at a Milimani law court on Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Image: ENOS TECHE Henry Rotich and Kamau Thugge accused of inflating loan for construction of two dams by Sh17 billion. DPP also ordered the arrest of 26 high-ranking ministry officers, several officials of Kerio Valley Development Authority.

A Russian A-50 military aircraft flies near the disputed islands called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, 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

Two years after Qatar was accused of sponsoring terrorism abroad – and isolated by many Gulf states and their African counterparts – comes the news that Qatar may well be coordinating attacks in Somalia. The New York Times reported Monday that it has possession of an audio recording made by “a foreign intelligence agency opposed

Photo (AP) Iranian official says 17 were recruited by the CIA to spy on Iran’s nuclear and military sites, a claim the US denies. Iran captured 17 spies working for the US intelligence agency, the CIA, and some have been sentenced to death, an Iranian official said on Monday, a claim Washington denied. Security agencies

DPP ordered the arrest of Rotich and Thugge over the alleged Kimwarer and Arror dam scandals. President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to announce an acting Treasury Cabinet Secretary later today.The President is also expected to name an acting Treasury PS in line with his declaration during the State of the Nation address in April. Addressing

Photo/Reuters Kenya’s finance minister will be arrested and charged over corruption related to the construction of two dams, the chief prosecutor said on Monday, an unprecedented event for a sitting minister in a country notorious for graft. The charges against Henry Rotich stem from a police investigation into the misuse of funds in a dam

In this grab taken from video on Saturday, July 20, 2019 provided by TVI, members of the emergency services try to extinguish wildfires, in Vila de Rei, Portugal. Portuguese authorities say 1,000 firefighters are working to contain wildfires that have injured eight firefighters and one civilian. Portugal’s Civil Protection Agency says Sunday that firefighters are