MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The UK has pledged £5 million ($6.6 million) in aid to the Somali national army through the UN Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) Trust Fund, aimed at bolstering the country’s security forces. UNSOS has said that the aid will provide essential non-lethal support, including food rations and communications eq...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US, UK and Australia have expanded their engagement under the AUKUS pact with at least four other nations with which they share “close bilateral defense partnerships.” AUKUS, a defense pact under which Canberra will get nuclear-powered submarines, is “exploring opportunities to improve interoperability” with Japan in ...
LONDON (AA) – Palestine’s envoy to the UK urged the US and the international community to hold Israel accountable for the killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist. Speaking to the media, Ambassador Husam Zomlot said that Israel has not only killed Palestinians but also citizens from other nations, including the US,...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Since the start of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza on October 7 last year, several countries have suspended or restricted arms exports to it. The UK became the latest to join this group after announcing the suspension of some arms exports on Monday. The international community’s response has varied, with some cou...
LONDON (AA) – The UK government has unveiled a proposal to abolish the remaining hereditary peers’ right to sit and vote in the House of Lords, marking the most significant parliamentary reform in a quarter-century. Announced by ministers on Thursday, the bill seeks to remove the final 92 hereditary peers from the upper chamber, br...
LONDON (AA) – The UK’s decision to halt 30 of its 350 arms export licenses to Israel will not have a “material impact” on Israel’s security, the British defense secretary has said. Speaking to Times Radio, John Healey said the suspension decision “will not have a material impact on Israel’s security.” Healey...
LONDON (AA) — Britain’s maritime agency has reported an incident off the coast of Al Hudaydah in western Yemen. In a statement, the UK Maritime Trade Operations agency said it received a report of an incident 58 nautical miles (about 66.7 miles) southwest of Al Hudaydah. “The Master of a merchant vessel reports that the […]...
LONDON (AA) – The UK has suspended 30 arms export licenses to Israel after a review, Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced on Monday. During a speech in parliament, Lammy said that the decision comes following a review of export licenses for UK arms which found there was a “clear risk” that they would be used […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Unknown assailants killed Abdel-Rahman Milad, also known as “Al-Bidja,” who commanded a coast guard unit in the western town of Zawiya, opening fire on his vehicle in the Janzour suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli. A security source who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the case said that M...
ATHENS (AA) – Some 80 Muslim organizations and community leaders called the UK government to take tangible steps to address rising Islamophobia in the country. In a statement, the organizations and community leaders, organized under the Islamophobia Action Group, drew attention to the normalization of Islamophobia, which recently fueled riots ...
