Tag: US
More huge drug busts in the Gulf of Oman
United States and Royal Navy vessels have seized two large drug shipments in the Gulf of Oman as part of Combined Task Force (CTF)...
UN chief names US diplomat to run Libya mediation
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday appointed US diplomat Stephanie Williams to lead mediation efforts in Libya after his special envoy quit just weeks...
Ethiopia asks US to stop spreading false information on war
Ethiopia's government has asked the United States to stop spreading falsehoods against the country, the state minister of communication said on Thursday, after the...
Military moves in Ethiopia risk undermining progress toward peace talks -US...
The US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa said on Tuesday that "nascent progress" toward getting all parties to Ethiopia's conflict into negotiations...
US tells Sudan that deal to reinstate Prime Minister Hamdok is...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday told Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and military leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan that an agreement...
Four Burundians to be US sanction-free
The US will lift restrictions on four Burundians it sanctioned in 2015 over violence in the country, the White House said.
In 2015, the US...
US Ethiopia in ceasefire talks
A US special envoy met Ethiopia's deputy prime minister in a bid to revive ceasefire talks, as government gave permission for 369 aid trucks...
Democracy, security on US/Nigeria talks agenda
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss domestic and regional security and West Africa's democratic backsliding, including Abuja's...
US blacklists Eritrea military, warns of more action on Ethiopia
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the Eritrean military and other Eritrea-based individuals and entities, as Washington warned it was prepared to...
US confronts Russia as UN renews Central Africa peacekeepers
Russia and China abstained in a UN Security Council vote on Friday to extend a UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR)...
Taliban hold military parade with US-made weapons in Kabul in show...
Taliban forces held a military parade in Kabul on Sunday using captured American-made armoured vehicles and Russian helicopters in a display that showed their...
US to partner with Israel to combat ransomware attacks
The US Treasury Department said on Sunday it will partner with Israel to combat ransomware, with the two countries launching a joint task force...
ISS: Rule of law prevails on Chang extradition – but at...
The decision that Mozambique’s former finance minister be extradited to the US will test Pretoria’s relations with Maputo.
Johannesburg’s High Court kept Pretoria legal, but...
US concerned about Egyptian human rights
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken said Egypt has more work to do on human rights amid calls for Washington to take a tougher stance...
Window of opportunity in Ethiopia
The African Union and the United States see a small window of opportunity to end fighting in Ethiopia as the United Nations warns the...
Sudanese general ignored US warning as army rolled out coup plan
Hours before Sudan’s army seized power and dissolved its government, a senior U.S. envoy warned the country’s top general not to take any steps...
Top US general confirms ‘very concerning’ Chinese hypersonic weapons test
The top US military officer, General Mark Milley, has provided the first official US confirmation of a Chinese hypersonic weapons test that military experts...
China surprises US with hypersonic missile test, FT reports
China tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August, showing a capability that caught US intelligence by surprise, the Financial Times reported, citing five unnamed...
US elected back to UN Human Rights Council that Trump quit
The UN General Assembly on Thursday elected the United States to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, more than three years after the Trump administration...
US authorities disclose ransomware attacks against water facilities
US authorities said on Thursday that four ransomware attacks had penetrated water and wastewater facilities in the past year, and they warned similar plants...