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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...

By HELENE COOPERAPRIL 23, 2017 CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti — Commercial ships must once again shore up their defenses against forced boardings at sea, United States Defense Department officials said on Sunday, warning that Somali pirates are returning to waters off East Africa after five years...

Efforts to avert a disaster caused by drought are at risk from renewed offensive A new US-backed military offensive against Islamist militants in Somalia could undermine the massive international effort to help millions of people threatened by the worst drought there in more than 40...

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...

by:Rory Mulholland, paris 23 APRIL 2017 • 12:54PM Polls have opened in the first round of France’s mostunpredictable and high-stakes presidential election in decades,with far-Right leader Marine Le Pen and the maverick centrist Emmanuel Macron leading the field. A Le Pen victory could...

By Saskya Vandoorne and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Updated 1053 GMT (1853 HKT) April 23, 2017 Paris (CNN)French citizens are voting for their next President on Sunday following a volatile campaign period that was overshadowed by a terror attack on police in Paris last week. With 11 names...

The United States could strike a free-trade agreement with the European Union after President Donald Trump warmed to a deal with the bloc, the Times reported on Saturday, quoting sources from both sides of the discussion. Post-Brexit Britain would be pushed behind Europe in the...

Having largely remained silent since Donald Trump succeeded him as US president in January, Barack Obama will make his first public appearance on Monday in his adopted hometown of Chicago. The former president will participate in a discussion with students from Chicago schools on community...

Somalia, a country hit by severe levels of drought, is facing huge risks of famine, an international aid group warns. Save the Children said Thursday that life-threatening child malnutrition levels were alarming in Somalia, adding that the situation was “very critical” in two of six...

South Korea has participated in a multilateral naval exercise involving US, Japanese and British forces to crack down on Somali pirates around the Gulf of Aden, the military here said Friday. South Korea sent the 4,400-ton destroyer Choe Yeong to the Thursday drills, which also...