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Somali government minister Ali Omar says the UAE improperly used Somali airspace to smuggle a Yemeni separatist leader
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing’s commitment to North Korea and its leader Kim Jong-un was “unwavering” on Monday. The trip is Xi’s first foreign visit of the year, and during his talks with Kim in the afternoon, Xi expressed strong support for the North Korean leader. “No matter how the international situation changes, the firm stance of the Chinese [Communist] Party and government in highly valuing the traditional friendship between China and the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of
The Malian army said Saturday that several northern towns, including Gao and Sévaré, were targeted by rebels. The statement came as a rebel group announced a new offensive to capture a town in the country's north. Andrew Lebovich, a research fellow at Clingendael's Conflict Research Unit, said some of the targets were intended more as "diversions" than as primary objectives, unlike strategically important towns such as Anefis
Khaled al-Halabi denied involvement, but the court deemed him responsible for abuse of detainees in Raqqa
LONDON, July 7 (Reuters) - Former NATO chief and co-author of Britain's defence plan, George Robertson, criticised the government on Tuesday for not plotting a route to spending 3.5% on core defence and predicted a "frosty" response from NATO allies at a summit this week. Robertson, a Labour grandee who helped draft Britain's Strategic Defence Review last year, stepped up his criticism of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's defence spending plans, which included an extra £15 billion ($20 billion) to modernise the depleted armed forces and prepare for the wars of the future
States argue the rules will make it too hard for people to get the Medicaid coverage they're entitled too
Yang Youlin, an ex-official in the eastern city Nanjing, accepted bribes in exchange for business favours, court says
Russia’s nearly unimpeded strikes are the consequence of a global dearth of interceptors for the U.S.-made Patriot antimissile system
Brent crude rises more than 7 percent as Washington and Tehran offer conflicting accounts on ceasefire negotiations