May 19, 2019   Arab pro-democracy activist Iyad el-Baghdadi attends press conference in Oslo, Monday, May 13, 2019. An Arab activist living in Norway said Monday he’s been given protection by two different Norwegian entities after the CIA informed officials of an unspecified threat against him, which he said is likely linked to his research on Saudi Arabia. Iyad ...

  May 19, 2019   Addis Ababa (ENA) – The Rwandan embassy in Addis Ababa in collaboration with Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has organized a “Walk to Remember” on Sunday to commemorate the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis. The walk held under the theme ‘Remember-Unite-Renew,’ on the route from the National Stadium to Meskel Square-United Nations Economic Commission for ...

  May 19, 2019   Nimca Kalif Ahmed   By Peter Michael   Nimca Kalif Ahmed, 17, has been reported missing from her home in Limassol, police said on Saturday about the Somali teen, last seen on May 17. Police were alerted about her disappearance at approximately 6pm on Thursday. She is described as approximately 1.65m tall, of average weight, ...

  May 19, 2019   Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media as he arrives at the Horizon Church in Sutherland, Sydney, on Sunday. | AAP / VIA REUTERS   By REUTERS, AP   CANBERRA – Australia’s conservative government celebrated on Sunday its surprise election victory that defied years of unfavorable opinion polls, with U.S. and Israeli leaders ...

  May 19, 2019   Ambassador Francisco Madeira, the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, meets with Ibrahim Aden Ali, the Governor of Lower Shabelle region of Somalia, accompanied by his team and other senior officials from AMISOM during a meeting at the AMISOM Mission Headquarters in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 18 May 2019. ...

  May 19, 2019   The Trump administration recently sent an aircraft carrier and other military resources to the Arabian Gulf region House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had been asking the administration for a briefing for all lawmakers on the situation in Iran CIA Director John Brennan participates in the Senate Intelligence Committee’s hearing on worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in ...

  May 19, 2019   USS Abraham Lincoln. (Reuters)   By Egypt Today   CAIRO – A request from Washington to deploy military forces in the waters of the Arabian Gulf was approved by a number of GCC nations, including Saudi Arabia, according to a report by Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper. According to sources, the main objective of the move is ...

  DW | Published: May 18, 2019   Austrian Chancellor Kurz has requested new elections after a corruption scandal brought down his vice chancellor. Footage showed the far-right deputy allegedly offering contracts to a supposed Russian investor. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced on Saturday that the country would have fresh elections in the wake of a major scandal involving now ...

  May 18, 2019   FILE – In this Thursday, April 4, 2019 file photo, Arnold Schwarzenegger, a cast member in the upcoming film “Terminator: Dark Fate,” discusses the film during the Paramount Pictures presentation at CinemaCon 2019, the official convention. CHRIS PIZZELLO – ASSOCIATED PRESS   By Associated Press   JOHANNESBURG — Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was assaulted during a ...

  May 18, 2019   Representatives from the United Nations, African Union and European powers “called for an immediate resumption of talks,” said the US assistant secretary of state for Africa The generals have allowed protesters to hold onto their sit-in outside Khartoum’s army headquarters Sudanese protesters chant slogans and wave placards during a demonstration in Khartoum on May 14, ...