The Most Powerful Arab Ruler Isn’t M.B.S. It’s M.B.Z.

President Trump welcoming Prince Mohammed at the White House in 2017.CreditAl Drago/The New York Times
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, the 29-year-old commander of the almost negligible air force of the United Arab Emirates,...

US charges Julian Assange with 17 counts under Espionage Act

(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 1, 2019 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures from the window of a prison van as he is driven into Southwark Crown Court in London, before being sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for breaching his bail conditions in 2012. - US authorities announced 17 new charges against Assange on May 23, 2019. (Photo by Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)
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New York, May 23, 2019--The Trump administration today disclosed 17 new criminal charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under the Espionage Act for unlawfully obtaining and...

South Africa’s poll is more about battles in the ANC than between political parties

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South Africans are about to vote in the most competitive election they’ve had since democracy began in 1994. But, despite this, the poll will have far...

Shutting down social media does not reduce violence, but rather fuels it

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In the wake of a series of coordinated attacks that claimed more than 250 lives on April 21, the government of Sri Lanka shut off its...

Jews’ Historic Presence in Somaliland

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antisemitism in next door Somalia, out of Arabia peninsula, of vilification by Islamists, and its sympathizers, some Somaliland youth deny Jewish historic presence in...

Sri Lanka Easter bombings: Mass casualties in churches and hotels

St. Anthony's Shrine in Kochchikade, Colombo, was one of the churches that was struck [Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP]
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Two new blasts hit capital Colombo, hours after near-simultaneous explosions kill 156 people and wound over 400. Sri Lanka's capital Colombo has been hit by...

COMESA Court of Justice capture leaves one with more questions than answers

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JOHANNESBURG,South Africa, Monday April15th, 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Appellate Division of the COMESA Court of Justice has allededly rigged judgement in favour of the...

Somaliland:President Muse meets with Ambassador Donald Y. Yamamoto

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By Goth Mohamed Goth H.E President Muse Bihi Abdi today in his office received the United States of America envoy to Somalia, Ambassador Donald Yamamoto...

How Sudan’s protesters upped the ante, and forced al-Bashir from power

Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir has resigned after three decades in power. AHMED YOSRI/EPA
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Following months of protests, and a prolonged sit-in outside the military headquarters in Khartoum, Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir was placed under house arrest on...

CPJ troubled by prosecution of Julian Assange

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New York, April 11, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists today said it was deeply concerned by the U.S. prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange....