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Police secure the area at Paris Orly airport on Saturday. Photo: Benjamin Cremel/AFP The father of the French man shot dead at Orly airport in Paris after attacking a soldier said on Sunday his son was “not a terrorist” and that his actions were caused by drink and drugs. “My son was not a terrorist. […]

© AFP | The refugees were hit by light weapons fire in waters off the rebel-held Yemeni port city of Hodeida  MOGADISHU (AFP) – Somalia has called on the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen to investigate an incident in which dozens of Somali refugees were shot dead on board a boat. It was not immediately clear […]

Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen announced aid for Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen spoke in Toronto on Friday at the Keele Street Community Hub. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press) Related Stories 20M people across 4 countries face famine and starvation UN humanitarian chief warns Drought kills 110 in one region of Somalia in […]

Opposition fighters and their families getting in a bus, following their evacuation from the rebel-held Al-Waer neighborhood in the central city of Homs on Saturday, during the first phase of the Russian-supervised deal to complete the evacuation of fighters and civilians. — AFP  HOMS, Syria/BEIRUT — Rebels and their families began leaving their last bastion […]

Condemning deaths on boat off Yemeni port of Hodeidah, NGO official says civilian casualties could have been avoided. The IOM said 80 survivors were taken to hospitals in Hodeidah [STR/AFP] The International Organization for Migration has decried the apparent helicopter attack on a boat off the Yemeni coast that killed dozens of Somali refugees, calling it “unacceptable”. Officials in […]

Less than a day after his first meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Donald Trump took to Twitter, saying Germany must pay the U.S. for providing defence. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel participate in a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House on Friday.  (JABIN BOTSFORD / THE WASHINGTON […]

JEDDAH: A Yemeni rebel missile was intercepted over the Kingdom late Friday, the Saudi-led Arab coalition said, as the death toll from a Houthi attack on a Yemeni army camp rose to 32. The coalition said the missile, directed at Jazan, caused no casualties. The coalition destroyed the missile launch pad. Meanwhile, coalition troops, supporting […]

Paris (CNN)A man who tried to seize a soldier’s gun at Paris Orly Airport was involved in a carjacking and another shooting at a traffic stop, French authorities said Saturday.   Security forces opened fire, killing the man during the morning attack at the airport. The attacker was known to police and intelligence services, and […]

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday that all options even including military choice remain on the table in dealing with North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats, adding that the so-called strategic patience with Pyongyang has ended. / Yonhap U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday that all options even including military choice […]

  Russia will start building multi-purpose nuclear-powered submarines of the fifth generation in 2020. Companies of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) are ready to start the work in 2020, when 885 Yasen project is completed. For the time being, engineers are designing the look of future submarines. The performance of the subs remains a secret. […]