The death toll from twin car bombings in the Somali capital Mogadishu, claimed by Al-Shabaab Islamists, has risen to 100, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Sunday, drawing condemnation from the country’s international allies. “So far, the number of people who died has reached 100 and 300 are wounded, and the number for both the […]
Norway, a NATO member that shares a border with Russia in the Arctic, will raise its military readiness, its prime minister said on Monday, stressing however that no direct threat had been detected. “The military will as of tomorrow raise its preparedness in Norway,” Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store told reporters. “We currently have no […]
STOCKHOLM — Investigations into September’s attacks on Russia’s Nord Stream gas pipelines are testing levels of trust among nearby EU states as they weigh whether to share intelligence in efforts to establish the culprit. Most observers believe Russia blew up the pipelines — which were built to transport gas from Russia to Germany — in an effort to […]
Israeli army spokeswoman: ‘An assailant accelerated his vehicle toward IDF (Israeli army) soldiers who were at a bus station adjacent to the Nabi Musa Junction’
SEOUL: The United States and South Korea began one of their largest combined military air drills on Monday, with hundreds of warplanes from both sides staging mock attacks 24 hours a day for the better part of a week. The operation, called Vigilant Storm, will run until Friday, and will feature about 240 warplanes conducting […]
RIYADH: The first batch of a new oil derivatives grant from Saudi Arabia to Yemen arrived in Aden, state media reported on Wednesday. The Saudi grant aims to supply oil derivatives such as diesel and Mazut at a value of $200 million. It will be used to operate more than 70 power stations across Yemen. […]
The arrest comes a day after six Palestinians were killed in Nablus
France has condemned their arrest and demanded the pair’s immediate release
Prince Faisal said terrorism posed a threat to international maritime trade and the global economy
Nine people were killed and 47 wounded Sunday in an attack on a hotel in Kismayo, southern Somalia, claimed by the Al-Shabaab Islamist group, the region’s security minister said. The port city is the latest to be hit following a recent resurgence of attacks by the Al-Qaeda-linked group, which has mainly targeted the capital Mogadishu […]
