Companies with ties to the NRA are coming under pressure to cut ties as consumers urge a boycott in the wake of the high school shooting in Parkland, Florida last week. So far more than half a dozen have already cut ties, with businesses ranging from car rental and banks to cybersecurity severing links to…
The US has announced a new range of shipping sanctions targeting North Korea’s shipping practices, seeking to prevent North Korea from being able to fund its weapons program. These are the latest in a series of sanctions aiming to isolate North Korea, and aim to target those who seek to circumvent existing sanctions. “As part…
Two suicide car bombings have killed 18 and lefts dozens more injured in an attack on the Somali capital of Mogadishu. One explosion went off near the presidential palace, with the other going off near the national intelligence agency. In the resulting firefight that broke out security forces managed to shoot dead five assailants. “So…
The US announced on Friday its plans to move the its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, as part of US recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital. US President Donald Trump’s decision last December to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has caused tension with Washington’s Arab allies as well as the European…