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President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia. (EPA)
Somali president warns Israel-linked Somaliland moves threaten sovereignty
MOGADISHU — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud warned that recent moves involving Somaliland, which he accused Israel of backing for strategic purposes, pose an existential threat to Somalia’s sovereignty and national security. In an interview with Al Arabiya English on Saturday, Mohamud said Somaliland remains an integral part of Somalia and has no legal standing as a separate state. He described actions by Somaliland’s leadership as violations of international law that have undermined efforts to preserve national unity through peaceful means. “So-called Somaliland is another region of Somalia,” he said, arguing that the secessionist project has proven “non-viable” and that its leaders are acting out of desperation in seeking international recognition. Mohamud alleged...
January 07, 2026

Somali president warns Israel-linked Somaliland moves threaten sovereignty

Captain Ibrahim Traore
Burkina Faso foils coup plot to overthrow President Traore
ISTANBUL — Burkina Faso’s government said late Tuesday that it thwarted a coup attempt against President Capt. Ibrahim Traore, accusing former transitional president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba of orchestrating the plot.Security Minister Mahamadou Sana told national television RTB that the plot, which had been planned for late Saturday, was foiled “thanks to the professionalism of the intelligence services.”"Our intelligence services intercepted this operation in the final hours. They had planned to assassinate the head of state and then strike other key institutions, including civilian personalities," said Sana, further alleging that the plot had been funded from neighboring Ivory Coast.He said the plan involved a series of targeted assassinations of military and civilian...
January 07, 2026

Burkina Faso foils coup plot to overthrow President Traore

Aldrich Ames
Notorious CIA double agent Aldrich Ames dies in prison
WASHINGTON — Aldrich Ames, a former CIA case officer arrested by the FBI and sentenced to life in prison for espionage, died in custody at the age of 84, according to a spokesperson for the US Bureau of Prisons. The former counterintelligence officer, who was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole, died on Monday at the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland.The official said a Maryland medical examiner will determine his cause of death.Ames, one of the most notorious spies in US history, was responsible for the arrest and eventual execution of numerous Soviet and Russian officials secretly working on behalf of the US intelligence community.Ames was jailed on 28 April 1994 after he admitted to selling secret information to the Soviet Union and later...
January 07, 2026

Notorious CIA double agent Aldrich Ames dies in prison

Donald Trump
US adds 25 more countries to costly visa bond policy
WASHINGTON — The United States has put 25 more countries on a list of nations whose citizens could be required to post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply for entry into the country, the State Department website said on Tuesday.The list mostly included countries from Africa, Latin America and South Asia. It had a total of 38 countries as of Tuesday. The policy for the newly added nations will go into effect on January 21, the State Department website showed.Venezuela, whose toppled leader Nicolas Maduro was seized by US forces over the weekend and brought to New York, is also on the list."Any citizen or national traveling on a passport issued by one of these countries, who is found otherwise eligible for a B1/B2 visa, must post a bond for $5,000, $10,000, or $15,000," the State Department...
January 07, 2026

US adds 25 more countries to costly visa bond policy

The Bella 1, which changed its name to the Marinera recently
Russia sends navy ships to escort oil tanker being chased by US military
WASHINGTON — Russia has dispatched at least one naval vessel to escort an oil tanker being chased by the US forces, according to news reports. .The development deepens the confrontation between the two countries over the tanker, known until recently as the Bella 1 and now called the Marinera.The tanker is sailing northeast in the Atlantic Ocean between Iceland and Britain with its location transponder active, according to ship-tracking data from MarineTraffic. From there, it could head to the Baltic Sea or around Scandinavia to Murmansk, Russia’s ice-free Arctic port.The dispatching of the Russian naval vessel was reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal.President Donald Trump said last month that he was ordering a "blockade" of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela,...
January 07, 2026

Russia sends navy ships to escort oil tanker being chased by US military

Yemen dismisses transport and planning ministers, refers them for investigation
Saudi Gazette report ADEN — Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council has dismissed Transport Minister Abdulsalam Humaid and Planning and International Cooperation Minister Waed Badheeb and referred them for investigation, as part of a series of emergency measures taken amid escalating security tensions in the country’s southern governorates. The decision was taken during an emergency meeting of the council on Wednesday, chaired by President Rashad Al-Alimi and attended by council members Sultan Al-Arada, Tareq Saleh, Abdulrahman Al-Mahrami, Abdullah Al-Alimi and Othman Mujalli, according to Yemen’s state news agency SABA. The council reviewed a comprehensive briefing on the repercussions of one member’s failure to respond to an invitation from Saudi Arabia, alongside unilateral...
January 07, 2026

Yemen dismisses transport and planning ministers, refers them for investigation

Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council meeting on Wednesday.
Yemen strips STC chief of presidential council membership, orders prosecution on treason charges
Saudi Gazette report ADEN — Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council chairman Rashad Al-Alimi has issued a republican decree removing Aidarus bin Qassem Al-Zoubaidi from the council and referring him to the public prosecutor on charges classified as “high treason” and actions harming state security and unity. The decision, issued Wednesday, was based on constitutional and legal references including Yemen’s constitution, the Gulf Initiative and its implementation mechanism, the 2022 decision transferring power and forming the Presidential Leadership Council, as well as laws governing crimes, penalties and the trial of senior state officials. The decree said the move was taken “in the interest of safeguarding the security of all citizens and affirming commitment to the sovereignty...
January 07, 2026

Yemen strips STC chief of presidential council membership, orders prosecution on treason charges

Oil derricks are seen in Cabimas, Venezuela, 18 December 2025. — EPA
Venezuela will turn over oil worth up to $2.8bn to US, says Trump
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Venezuela will turn over as much as 50 million barrels of oil to the US, worth roughly $2.8 billion at the current market price, to be sold in the open market with proceeds benefiting both countries.The announcement late on Tuesday, which came with few details, marked a significant step up for the US government as it seeks to extend its economic influence in Venezuela and beyond after the capture of leader Nicolas Maduro over the weekend. It’s also a blow to China, previously the top buyer of the country’s oil and a close partner, Bloomberg reported.Interim authorities in Venezuela will turn over “sanctioned oil,” Trump said on Truth Social.“This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President...
January 07, 2026

Venezuela will turn over oil worth up to $2.8bn to US, says Trump

Volodymyr Zelensky, Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer shake hands during the signing of the declaration on deploying post-ceasefire force in Ukraine during a summit in Paris on Tuesday. — EPA
UK and France agree to deploy troops to Ukraine after ceasefire 
PARIS — France and the United Kingdom have confirmed their intention to deploy their soldiers on Ukrainian soil in the event of a peace deal as part of a broader package of security guarantees for Kyiv to avoid a repeat of Russia's full-scale invasion in the future.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a declaration of intent alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and French President Emmanuel Macron at the end of a meeting of the "Coalition of the Willing" in Paris on Tuesday evening.Speaking after talks with Kyiv's allies from more than 30 nations, Starmer told a news conference: "Following a ceasefire, the UK and France will establish military hubs across Ukraine and build protected facilities for weapons of military equipment to support Ukraine's...
January 07, 2026

UK and France agree to deploy troops to Ukraine after ceasefire 

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen holds a press conference in Nuuk. — EPA
US discussing ‘options’ to acquire Greenland, doesn't rule out military use
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump is “discussing a range of options” to acquire Greenland, making clear that using the US military is not off the table.“President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, and it’s vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday.“The President and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the US Military is always an option at the Commander in Chief’s disposal,” Leavitt said statement to CNN.The statement comes as Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers this week that the Trump administration is considering buying Greenland as...
January 07, 2026

US discussing ‘options’ to acquire Greenland, doesn't rule out military use

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