Britain’s Karim Khan elected International Criminal Court prosecutor

By Reuters,

Parties to the International Criminal Court on Friday elected Britain’s Karim Khan as the new prosecutor for a nine-year term starting on June 16. ...

Fatou Bensouda , Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab , International Criminal Court. , Karim Khan

Biden sworn in as U.S. president, takes helm of deeply divided nation

By Reuters,

Joe Biden arrived at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday morning for his presidential inauguration, ready to take over a country battered by the coronavirus...

Trump ends tumultuous term under cloud, faces uncertain future

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump leaves the presidency on Wednesday under a dark cloud of his own making, ending his single four-year term stained by two impeac...

biden trump

U.S. military pulls last troops out of Somalia

By VOA,

The United States military has completed withdrawing troops from Somalia, according to the U.S. Africa Command. Also Read: US President Donald Trum...

Africom , Al Shabaab , somalia

President Trump impeached again in historic House vote

By CNN,

The House voted Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time in a swift and bipartisan condemnation of the President's role inciting ...

Biden , Trump

15,000 troops set for Biden inauguration as U.S. braces for extremist violence

By CNN,

The National Guard has plans to have up to 15,000 National Guard troops to meet current and future requests for the inauguration, Gen. Daniel Hokanson...

Biden , Trump

FBI warns ‘armed protests’ being planned at all 50 state capitols and in Washington DC

By CNN,

The FBI has received information indicating "armed protests" are being planned at all 50 state capitols and the US Capitol in Washington, DC in the da...

Donald Trump threatens 30-day reign of destruction on the way out of office

By CNN,

Joe Biden will be president in 30 days. Until then, the question is how much damage can be done by a vengeful, delusional soon-to-be ex-President swil...

Donald Trump , Joe Biden

Massive ‘sea base’ ship joins effort to withdraw U.S. troops from Somalia

By Reuters,

The U.S. continues to remove troops from Somalia following President Donald Trump’s directive earlier this month. Also Read: US President Donald ...

shabaab , somalia

U.S. charges Kenyan man with researching 9/11-style airplane hijacking

By Reuters,

U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday they had charged a Kenyan man with terrorism-related offences including conspiring for a 9/11-style airplane hijack...

9/11 attacks , Cholo Abdi Abdullah , Dusit

Uhuru holds talks with United States Africa Command head Gen. Stephen Townsend

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday held talks with the Commander of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) Gen. Stephen Townsend at State House, ...

Africom , Gen. Stephen Townsend , President Uhuru Kenyatta , somalia

U.S. decision to withdraw troops dismays some Somalis

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump’s decision to pull U.S. troops out of Somalia in the waning days of his presidency triggered dismay on Saturday from some Som...

President Donald Trump , President-elect Joe Biden , somalia , U.S. troops

US President Donald Trump orders all 700 American troops out of Somalia

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump has ordered nearly all American troops to withdraw from Somalia, U.S. officials said on Friday, part of a global pullback by th...

AL QAEDA , American troops , Joe Biden , President Donald Trump , President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed

Biden plans move into White House as Trump clings to hope

By Reuters,

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will further lay the groundwork for his new administration on Wednesday as President Donald Trump pursues a flurry of l...

Donald Trump , Joe Biden

Trump administration removes senior defense officials and installs loyalists, triggering alarm at Pentagon

By CNN,

The Trump administration has carried out sweeping changes atop the Defense Department's civilian leadership structure, removing several of its most se...

Donald Trump , Joe Biden , Pentagon

Russia offered Taliban fighters cash rewards to kill US, UK troops in Afghanistan

By CNN,

Russian intelligence officers for the military intelligence GRU recently offered money to Taliban militants in Afghanistan as rewards if they killed U...

John Ratcliffe , President Donald Trump , Taliban Militants , US intelligence , White House

Civil unrest rages in Minneapolis over racially charged killing of George Floyd by police

By Reuters,

Peaceful rallies gave way to a third night of arson, looting and vandalism in Minneapolis on Thursday as protesters vented their rage over the death o...

George Floyd , Governor Tim Walz , Minneapolis , National Guard

Why oil prices are crashing and what it means

By CNN,

Oil prices have suffered their biggest fall since the day in 1991 when American forces launched air strikes on Iraqi troops following their invasion o...

coronavirus , oil prices

US kills terror leader behind Kenya attack

By Tonny Ndungu,

A US airstrike in Somalia killed an al-Shabaab leader who had a role in "planning and directing terrorist operations," including a January attack on M...

US pledges Ksh.200B for coronavirus vaccine

By Reuters,

The United States has pledged Ksh.200B to fight coronavirus with more than Ksh.100B going toward developing a vaccine, with other funds earmarked for ...

coronavirus , coronavirus vaccine