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  Thirty-four Swedish soldiers are heading to east Africa as part of international efforts to prevent attacks from Somali pirates. The soldiers, from Gothenburg, will be stationed off the coast of Somalia as part of Sweden's fifth mission to the region. Two small Swedish combined transport and...

Mo Farah has announced that he wants to be known by a different name as he embarks on his road career. The four-time Olympic gold medallist, who brought the curtain down on his championship track career with a gold and a silver at the World...

Turkey is set to open the largest military camp in Somalia, where locals are battling an Islamist militant group in addition to drought and disease. Somali Defense Minister Abdirashid Abdullahi Mohamed said the camp would open next month, after two years of construction, and would...

EDAM’s latest analysis covers Ankara’s military basing strategy beyond its borders, that currently consists of military bases in Northern Cyprus, Qatar and Somalia, as well as deployments in Iraq and Syria. The report finds that the political-military rationale is different in each case, presenting a...

As MPs debate laws over acid sales following a rise in attacks, Jaf Shah explains the UK's history of such violence. By:Anealla Safdar After a spate of recent acid attacks in the United Kingdom, British politicians are set to debate regulations around selling corrosive substances. Monday evening's...

Ankara declares July 15 a national holiday as President Erdogan leads events marking the defeat of coup plotters. Turkey will hold a series of events on Saturday to celebrate the first anniversary of the defeat of last year's failed coup attempt, as it sacked thousands...

5 June 2017: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 REQUEST REF: 0328-17 Thank you for your email of 3 April 2017 asking for information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. You asked: Does the Government of the United Kingdom recognise the Republic of Somaliland? If not,...

A man has been charged with plotting to assassinate French President Emmanuel Macron on Bastille Day during US President Donald Trump's visit to France, a spokeswoman for the Paris Prosecutor's office said Monday. Spokeswoman Agnès Thibault-Lecuivre told CNN a 23-year-old suspect had been arrested. Investigators said...

The leader of Britain's main opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn has condemned the demand by four Arab states to shut down Al Jazeera. In an exclusive interview, he also said the Saudi-led coalition's war in Yemen amounts to an invasion. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates...

Joint exercises, expected to start after Eid al-Fitr, could eventually draw up to 1,000 Turkish soldiers to Qatar. Qatar's ministry of defence has announced the arrival of a new group of Turkish armed forces to the military base where Turkey began its training mission last...