Asia

By Awad Mustafa Two overseas Arab military garrisons are being established to secure a hold over one of the world’s most crucial chokepoints, right across the waters from Arabia. The military expansion is a clear reflection of a need felt across the Gulf Arab capitals to...

Saudi Arabia announced on Monday the establishment of a regional council of eight Arab and African countries bordering the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Saudi King Salman received the foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Eritrea, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, and Djibouti in Riyadh and...

Horndiplomat-Earlier today (09 August 2018), the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir arrived in Addis Ababa for an official visit. Upon arrival at the Bole International Airport, the Foreign Minister was warmly welcomed by Foreign Minister Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu. During...

The Somaliand's Minister of Foreign Affairs , Dr. Sa’ad Ali Shire, formally signed with his UAE counterparts an agreement detailing the terms and process shaping up two development programs included in the deal reached with the Emirates to provide that country with a military base...

2021 TaiwanICDF (International Cooperation and Development Fund) Scholarship Preface: To encourage outstanding international students to undertake degree studies  (Undergraduate, Master or PhD. Programs) in Taiwan, TaiwanICDF offers the International Higher Education Scholarship Program. Application period: January 1 to 15 March 2021 Scholarship Benefits: Scholarship recipients will be given a monthly allowance of NT$12,000 (US$420) for the...

By: Brookings Institution The Red Sea has fast become an arena of new geopolitical intrigue, as engagement between Gulf and African states challenges old assumptions and erases boundaries. Expanding economic and strategic interests are driving unprecedented activity on both shores, while great powers pay increasing...

Paul Pogba has been spotted making the pilgrimage to Mecca during Ramadan Manchester United star is embarking on holy month as part of his Muslim beliefs Pogba travelled to Saudi Arabia to pay thanks after first season at United 24-year-old is a practising Muslim...

By AFP - Agence France Presse Somaliland has agreed "(in) principle" to take in refugees from Afghanistan, a foreign ministry official said Friday, as tens of thousands of people desperately flee the war-torn nation following a Taliban takeover earlier this month. The militants have repeatedly promised...

The Peninsula-The Qatar Development Fund (QFD) has pledged to support the Somali economy through a package of $200m worth of projects in the fields of infrastructure, education, economic empowerment, By signing a partnership agreement with the Somali Government aimed at strengthening its efforts in...

Air Arabia, Tuesday, joined Ethiopian Airlines and FlyDubai in maiden flight to Hargeisa’s Egal International Airport of the Republic of Somaliland.The airliner made a touchdown at Somaliland’s capital city at sundown to a rapturous welcome from the country’s top political, traditional and business leaders. His...