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Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 06:46
Taiwan's Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that it plans to buy two frigates from the United States, and that it hopes Washington will not be influenced by China's opposition to the sale.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 06:44
The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council, which is concerned about Shiite Iran's regional influence and the rise of Sunni extremist groups, agreed on Tuesday to create a joint naval force based out of Bahrain and announced a police force based out of the United Arab Emirates' capital of Abu Dhabi.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 06:34
Senior Internal Security ministry officials used a secret account at National Bank of Kenya to siphon billions in taxpayers’ money from public coffers in the run-up to last year’s General Election, we can reveal.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 06:33
A well-known Azerbaijani lawyer says he could be disbarred for defending prominent human rights activists and oppositionists.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 06:33
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday that his army is taking the offensive against the Islamic State group but needs more air power and heavy weaponry to prevail.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 06:33
A Kazakh court has rejected a protest by relatives of a murdered opposition leader against the early release of an organizer of the murder.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 06:29
A lawyer for Leyla Yunus says the jailed Azerbaijani human rights activist can barely walk and has trouble breathing. After meeting Yunus at a pretrial detention facility on December 9, lawyer Ramiz Mammadov told RFE/RL that "it took her 30 minutes to walk the 50-meter corridor."
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 06:27
Regional security and domestic politics featured high on the agenda as Russian President Vladimir Putin jetted into Tashkent on December 10 for a meeting with Uzbekistan’s strongman leader, Islam Karimov.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 06:26
Kenyans are slowly realising that endemic fraud – among public officials, the police and politicians – has left them unprotected and alone
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 06:25
President Barack Obama's National Security Council (NSC) has voiced concern over Gambia's moves to block access to top United Nations human rights investigators and enact tough new legislation against homosexuality.