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HMS Albion is affectionately known as the Royal Navy’s Swiss Army knife – and for good reason. Find out more about her history, role and crew here.

British High Commissioner to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas Sarah Dickson (right) pays a courtesy call on Minister of State for the Ministry of Disaster Preparedness, Management and Reconstruction Pakesia Parker-Edgecombe on Thursday, May 13, 2021. (BIS PHOTO/KRISTAAN INGRAHAM) NASSAU, BAHAMAS — British High Commissioner to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas Sarah Dickson paid a courtesy call on Minister of State for the Ministry of Disaster Preparedness, Management and Reconstruction Pa...

This situation was evident when this writer tried to gather information about Bangladeshis living in Brazil. Photo: Collected Bangladeshis started arriving in Brazil in the 1980s. But the numbers started increasing much later, according to expatriation organisers.  Around 20,000 Bangladeshis used to live in Brazil, once. The majority of them migrated to the US in phases over a long period. Around 5,000-6,000 Bangladeshis were in Brazil before Covid-19 hit the country. When the pandemic was ta...

Asif Haroon Raja The foundations of Pakistan-US relations were laid in 1954 when Pakistan in search of security against hegemonic India and Afghanistan claiming territories of Pakistan across the Durand Line opted to join SEATO and CENTO which were created by the US to contain the communist expansionism in South Asia and the Middle East. Although the western security pacts enabled Pakistan to boost its economic and military strength, the pacts proved worthless in the 1965 and 1971 wars with Ind...

May 11, 2021 Minister of National Defence and Border Security Meets with Guatemala’s Defence Attaché Guatemalan Military official were in Belize on Tuesday to meet with their Belizean counterparts.  Guatemala’s Defence, Military, Naval and Air Attaché Brigadier General Rember Yonivan Menendez Gasparico held meetings with Belize’s Ministry of National Defence and Border Security officials at the Curl Thompson Building in Belmopan.  According to a statement from the Ministry of...

Views: Visits 11 Both nations move to deepen defence cooperation Nigeria has been advised to tackle its security challenges internally, as they were ‘mere family affairs.’ The Ambassador of South Korea to Nigeria, Kim Young-Chae, who gave the advice in Abuja, held that the insecurity facing the most populous nation was akin to a family disagreement that does not require the intervention of the international community, but regional cooperation. His words: “Security is a very...

Nigeria has been advised to tackle its security challenges internally, as they were ‘mere family affairs.’ x The Ambassador of South Korea to Nigeria, Kim Young-Chae, who gave the advice in Abuja, held that the insecurity facing the most populous nation was akin to a family disagreement that does not require the intervention of the international community, but regional cooperation. His words: “Security is a very sensitive issue. I know everyone is con...

Nigeria has been advised to tackle its security challenges internally, as they were ‘mere family affairs.’ The Ambassador of South Korea to Nigeria, Kim Young-Chae, who gave the advice in Abuja, held that the insecurity facing the most populous nation was akin to a family disagreement that does not require the intervention of the international community, but regional cooperation. His words: “Security is a very sensitive issue. I know everyone is concerned about the insecurity in Nigeria b...

Nigeria has been advised to tackle its security challenges internally, as they were ‘mere family affairs.’ The Ambassador of South Korea to Nigeria, Kim Young-Chae, who gave the advice in Abuja, held that the insecurity facing the most populous nation was akin to a family disagreement that does not require the intervention of the international community, but regional cooperation. His words: “Security is a very sensitive issue. I know everyone is concerned about the insecurity in Nigeria b...

Daily Monitor Wednesday May 05 2021 Chief of Defence Forces Gen David Muhoozi fist-bumps Brig Francis Kashaka (right) after he and 39 others were pipped at the Ministry of Defence headquarters in Mbuya, Kampala, yesterday. The Uganda People’s Defence Forces last week promoted 1,433 officers. PHOTO / ABUBAKER LUBOWA Summary Advertisement The UPDF yesterday decorated 40 senior officers as brigadiers and major generals following their promotion last week alongside 1,393 others. The pipping cerem...