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Türkiye is at a critical juncture, with a great deal of speculation surrounding the future of its economy following the presidential runoff this Sunday. People walk in front of an election campaign poster of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in Istanbul, Türkiye, May 22, 2023. (EPA Photo) The overarching question on everyone’s minds looms large: Will […]

A senior Ugandan military commander is among the dead from coordinated explosions at Friday dawn at Buulo Mareer, a base in Lower Shabelle, Somalia, which left Uganda’s army top brass in horror. Soldiers of the Uganda People’s Defence Force. PHOTO | GAEL GRILHOT | AFP Al Shabaab, the militant group that has long been mocked […]

The United States continues to support Somalia and our other East African partners in their efforts to disrupt al-Shabaab’s operations. Countering one of al-Qa’ida’s most dangerous affiliates, which has killed thousands of people, including Americans, in Somalia and across East Africa remains a shared priority with the Somali government. Today, the Department of State is […]

Turkish missile producer Roketsan Tuesday successfully tested the short-range ballistic missile Tayfun (Typhoon) in the country’s Black Sea province of Rize. The test-firing of the short-range Tayfun ballistic missile system, Rize, Türkiye, May 23, 2023. (DHA Photo) Ismail Demir, the head of the Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB), congratulated the team involved in the project. […]

Three Ukrainian uncrewed speedboats carried out an unsuccessful attack against the Russian warship Ivan Hurs in the Black Sea near the Bosporus, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday Commercial vessels, including vessels that are part of the Black Sea grain deal wait to passthe Bosporus off the shores of Yenikapı during a misty morning in […]

  May 22, 2023 (KHARTOUM) – The seven-day truce that took effect on Monday in Sudan has seen a shaky start following air strikes and continued clashes in different parts of Khartoum on Monday. Sudanese army chopper attacks RSF positions in Khartoum on April 22, 2023 The Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) […]

The position in relation Ukraine’s requests for F16 fighter jets from its allies has changed quickly in the last two weeks, not least at the G7 Summit in Japan. Here’s where we are. An armed US-made F16 fighter jet takes off from a motorway in Pingtung, southern Taiwan, during the annual Han Kuang drill on […]

The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to a seven-day short-term ceasefire and humanitarian arrangements that go into effect on Monday evening, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan speaks after warring Sudanese sides sign a seven-day short-term ceasefire and humanitarian arrangements. (Twitter) The agreement, which […]

Western analysts have said Russia’s claims – if true – are ‘purely symbolic’ and there are still major obstacles facing the Kremlin’s forces in the city. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a bilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden during the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Hiroshima on May 21, 2023. Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP President […]

India will do “whatever we can” to resolve the Ukraine crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged Saturday as he met President Volodymyr Zelensky for the first time since Russia’s invasion. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) shaking hands with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) in Hiroshima, on the second day of the G7 Summit Leaders’ […]