China’s fleet now larger than US Navy

By CNN,

In 2018, Chinese President Xi Jinping donned military fatigues and boarded a People's Liberation Army Navy destroyer in the South China Sea. Spread...

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Nancy Karigithu reappointed for 2nd term to WMU Board in Sweden

By Citizen Reporter,

Nancy Karigithu has been reappointed for a second term to the World Maritime University (WMU) Board based in Sweden. According to the Maritime and ...

karigithu , Kenya Maritime Authority , World Maritime University

A Russian ship’s cargo of dangerous ammonium nitrate was stranded in Beirut port for years

By CNN,

As Lebanon's investigation into the devastating blast in Beirut continues, officials have pointed to a possible cause: A massive shipment of agricultu...

Beirut blast , Lebanon , russia

China just quietly wrote off a chunk of Cameroon’s debt. Why the secrecy?

By CNN,

When top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi met Cameroon President Paul Biya in the capital Yaounde last month and wrote off a chunk of the African country'...

US defense chief’s resignation stirs doubts in Asia about help resisting China

By VOA,

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis visited Vietnam twice this year and suggested in October stronger relations as China bears down on Vietnamese mari...

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Japan to have first aircraft carriers since World War II

By CNN,

Japan is poised to put its first aircraft carriers to sea since World War II, refitting its Izumo-class warships to carry US-designed F-35B fighter je...

Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga , JAPAN , NATO , US President Donald Trump , World War II

First Somali elected to head the World Court

By VOA,

Judge Abdulqawi Yusuf has become the first Somali to lead the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands. "I am humbled by this...

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Hopes fade as Gulf crisis hits 100-day landmark

By AFP,

As the boycott of Qatar by a Saudi-led bloc of countries approaches its 100th day Wednesday, experts have warned the increasingly bitter dispute could...

Al Jazeera journalists , Egypt , GULF CRISIS , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , UNITED ARABS EMIRATES