Africom chief to congress: We share ‘core values’ with coup leaders who’ve ousted elected governments
Flintlock attendees have conducted at least five coups in the last eight years. Since 2008, in fact, US-trained officers have attempted at least nine coups (and succeeded in at least eight) across five West African countries, including Burkina Faso (three times), Guinea, Mali (three times), Mauritania and the Gambia.
How departed British fashion harbinger Mary Quant created a brand that rules the world
They soon met Archie McNair, a lawyer who had become a portrait photographer and who ran a coffee bar under his studio in Chelsea. The three decided to open a business together. Each man put up 5,000 pounds, and they bought a building at 138a King’s Road. Ms Quant, who was working for a milliner, quit her job.
‘Mother of the miniskirt’ and queen of Swinging Sixties fashion Mary Quant, 93, breathes her last
A decade later, Mary Quant was a global brand, with licenses all over the world – she was named an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1966 for her contribution to British exports – and sales that would soon reach $20 million.
How some African nations avoided civil war: Sharing of resources, budget between regions did it
To survive this initial vulnerability, a terrorist group needs to be able to mobilise its forces for a more systematic form of warfare. Terrorism doesn’t require mobilisation, but insurgency does. Consequently our research led to four major findings.
Senior disarmament official wants UN Security Council to tighten grip on trade and transfer of weapons
Also crucial are the UN programme of action on small arms and light weapons, the International Tracing Instrument and the protocol against illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, parts, components and ammunition better known as the Firearms Protocol)
Why Arsenal faithful favour former midfield icon Mathieu Flamini to invest $13 billion in Gunners
Wenger was not usually keen to re-sign former players but occasionally made an exception. Flamini credits Wenger as a major influence on his life. “Obviously he is someone who has shaped my way of thinking and my way of being. He was for me a bit of a father figure.”
Mathieu Flamini: Lawyer who patrolled Arsenal midfield, now biochemist planning to buy the Gunners
It all begins in the city of Marseille. Flamini was born and raised there, growing up near the seaside. His father loved the ocean and was a diver. Sometimes he took his son with him deep into the water. What does it feel like down there?
Former Arsenal midfield dynamo Mathieu Flamini is lining up $12.5 billion to buy Gunners
Flamini spent seven years at Arsenal across two different spells with the club. He made 168 Premier League appearances for Arsenal and won three FA Cups.
Calls for assassination of UN head in Sudan by ousted President Bashir backers worries world leaders
The United Nations expressed concern on Tuesday about a request for a fatwa seeking the assassination of its head in Sudan, as loyalists of ousted leader Omar al-Bashir stepped up opposition to a draft deal for a new civilian government. In a video on social media, a man calling himself...
How US is hurtling at breakneck speed out of Forever War era and into age of Eternal War
In Ukraine, as each week passes, the United States only seems to ramp up its commitment to war with Russia, moving the slim line of proxy warfare ever closer to a head-to-head confrontation between the planet’s two great military powers.
