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1He touched her thigh and harassed her with his elbow. An accountant has claimed to prosecutors that she had been sexually harassed repeatedly by her direct supervisor and had been trying to ignore him until he sent her porn photos and clips on WhastApp, a court was told on Monday. The 22-year-old Filipina accountant told […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Turkey will continue to take an active role in the global fight against terror and has killed over 3,000 Daesh terrorists in its operations conducted in northern Syria. Speaking at International Peace Institute conference in the Bahraini capital Manama, Erdoğan said that Turkey will continue to welcome civilians fleeing […]

February 10, 2017 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia Thursday convoyed a congratulatory message to the newly elected president of Somalia and vowed to extend support to the new administration in the east African nation. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed ‘Farmajo’ was elected a President of the Federal Republic of Somalia in the election held on Tuesday in Mogadishu. […]

Abdullahi Mohammed “Formaajo”, a dual citizen of Somalia and the USA was elected president of Somalia on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 in the third round. For roughly a year between 2010-2011, Formaajo had served as prime minister of Somalia. Together with Hassan Sheikh Hassan, the outgoing president, they are credited for bringing Somalia this far […]

Defence Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide and NIS Lieutenant General Morten Haga Lunde at the agency’s threat assessment release on Monday. Photo: Vidar Ruud/NTB Scanpix In its 2017 threat assessment released on Monday, the Norwegian Intelligence Service (Etterretningstjenesten – NIS) warned that Russia will continue to carry out extensive intelligence activities on Norwegian targets. “The threats […]

The Security Council votes unanimously to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) through 15 December 2017. UN Photo/Manuel Elias 1 1February 2017 – The Security Council has strongly condemned continued fighting across South Sudan, particularly incidents in the country’s Equatoria and Upper Nile regions, and called on all parties […]

President Donald Trump needs to build bridges in the Arab world. Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg News  As American president Donald Trump and Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei trade barbs, a nervous Arab world is caught in the middle. Last week, Iran’s supreme leader made headlines thanking Mr Trump for “revealing the true face of America”. While […]

Policemen walk past their cars standing on the grounds of the Bilal mosque in the Griesheim district of Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on February 1, 2017. (AFP Photo) The German government says 91 mosques were attacked in the country in 2016. The interior ministry said in a report late Friday that most attacks — […]

Turkish police arrested two suspected Daesh terrorists from Denmark and Sweden, who were planning to go to Europe to carry out attacks, reports said on Saturday. According to reports, teams from Adana Police carried out counter-terror operations and detained Abdullah El Halabi who is a Danish-Lebanese national, and Tefik Saleh, who is a Swedish-Iraqi national. […]

10 February 2017 – Welcoming political and security progress in Somalia since 2012, including the recently concluded elections in the country, the United Nations Security Council today highlighted the need to “maintain the momentum” towards democratic governance in the African nation. In a Presidential Statement adopted today, the 15-member Council also hailed the increased representation […]