By PATRICK GATHARA Oct. 14, 2016 (The Star) This Sunday marks the fifth anniversary of the start of Operation Linda Nchi, Kenya’s surprise invasion of Somalia. By the government’s own admission, the October 2011 deployment of the Kenya Defence Forces …

By Andrew Torchia and Thomas Wilson | DUBAI/TOKYO (Reuters) Saudi Arabia and Japan’s SoftBank Group (9984.T) said they will create a technology investment fund that could grow as large as $100 billion, aiming to create one of the …

Escalation between Ankara and Baghdad as Erdogan slams Abadi JEDDAH: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi’s criticism of the presence of Turkish troops in Iraq ahead of a planned operation to retake Mosul from …

(BBC) Russia has said it will support a proposal by Opec to freeze oil production in order to reverse the slump in global prices. The move lifted the price of oil, with Brent crude hitting a 52-week high. “Russia is …