President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday June 12, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) President Donald Trump on Friday blamed Iran for attacks on oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, but he also held out hope that

Photo/Military Times From fighting extreme insurgency and protecting dictators in power, African armed forces get up to it all. Global Firepower recently released its rankings for the world’s military powers. Of special interest is the Africa region due to its unique challenges in combating extreme terrorism and insurgency. Below are the rankings of Africa’s top

Physical violence is unacceptable among Members of Parliament. • Gedi and the Budget committee did not allocate funds to Wajir East. • Physical violence is unacceptable among Members of Parliament. Yesterday morning, on Budget Day, Wajir East MP Rashid Amin punched Wajir Woman Rep Fatuma Gedi in the Parliament parking lot (see P8). Rashid was

An oil tanker is seen after it was attacked at the Gulf of Oman, June 13, 2019. ISNA/Handout via REUTERS Two oil tankers were attacked on Thursday and left adrift in the Gulf of Oman, driving up oil prices and stoking fears of a new confrontation between Iran and the United States, which blamed Tehran

In this photo released by state-run IRIB News Agency, an oil tanker is on fire in the sea of Oman, Thursday, June 13, 2019. Two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz have been reportedly attacked. The alleged assault on Thursday left one ablaze and adrift as sailors were evacuated from both vessels. The

DCI George Kinoti and DPP Noordin Haji when they met the head of Public Integrity Section at US Department of Justice, Ms. Annalou Tirol. The US has agreed to send to Kenya one of its top prosecutors to support the country in the ongoing war against corruption. This was after the Director of Public Prosecutions

Yemeni Houthi forces launched a missile strike on an airport in southern Saudi Arabia early on Wednesday which wounded 26 people, the Saudi-led military coalition said. The coalition, which has been fighting the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen, said it would make a “firm” response. A coalition statement, carried on Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV, said a

Photo (AP) With Japan’s prime minister on the way to Tehran for a historic visit, a hard-line Iranian paper published a front page image Wednesday of a mushroom cloud from a nuclear blast — a reference to America’s bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II that underscores the challenge ahead

Fighting hatred with hatred The police are doing little to prevent mob attacks The charges sound silly but the consequences are not. One Muslim lady’s crime was to wear a shirt printed with a ship’s helm. Her accusers said it looked like the wheel of dharma, so she must be mocking Buddhism, the religion of

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed reportedly is close with top UAE spy who allegedly ran the businessman Emirati received thousands of dollars a month for intelligence on US policy towards the Middle East, The Intercept says. A businessman from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was paid by his country’s intelligence agency to spy on the US