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DJIBOUTI —  U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has visited Djibouti, the tiny east African nation that is home to the United States’ only military base on the continent, in his sweeping tour of the Middle East and Horn of Africa. Mattis called Djibouti, located on the...

Last month, Mo Farah - usually described, since he won gold in the 5000m and 10,000m at both the London and Rio Olympics, as Britain's greatest athlete - ran into Hong Kong for a few days. He'd been invited by Credit Suisse to appear at...

The US president Donald Trump’s anti-globalisation sentiments are just a "phase" and will go away, the chairman of DP World told CNBC on Sunday. "What Donald Trump wants is fair trade, fair trade versus free trade now," Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem said at the World...

By Pat Pheifer Star Tribune Mohamed Iye wore a brilliant smile Sunday afternoon at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. In minutes, he would greet his wife and two young daughters. He had not seen them in more than two years. Iye, 66, a Somali-born U.S. citizen who...

Horndiplomat-Sanctions Committee Chair Briefs Security Council on Somalia, Eritrea Developments as Delegates Air Views concerning Peace in Horn of Africa. Asmara’s Representative Calls for Lifting of Embargo without Preconditions On the heels of the landmark rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea, which ended two decades of hostility, the...

Decision denounced by Russia comes as air strikes continue in Aleppo with another deadly attack on its largest hospital. The M10 hospital has repeatedly been hit by air strikes over the past week The United States has suspended talks with Russia on trying to end...

Facebook has announced that it now has two billion monthly users. The company reached the milestone today, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealing the news in a post on his Facebook page. "As of this morning, the Facebook community is now officially 2 billion people!" he wrote. "We're...

Donald Trump’s executive order to halt travel from seven Muslim-majority countries – Iraq, Syria, Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia – has provoked a wave of concern and condemnation from international leaders and politicians. A spokesman for Angela Merkel said the German chancellor regretted Trump’s...

The United Nations has more than 100,000 peacekeepers, serving in sixteen missions on four continents. Their goal is to protect civilians, maintain peace and security. But their operations have caused controversy, including allegations of sexual abuse. Demand for peacekeepers in conflict zones continues to rise and the...

The United States welcomes H.E. Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre’s announcement of the Council of Ministers and applauds the Prime Minister for his effort to create the government promptly to hasten the new administration’s ability to address the critical security and humanitarian challenges facing...