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The Nigerian Army says it is not its duty to expose sponsors of the Boko Haram insurgents. At a media briefing on Thursday, John Enenche, coordinator of defence media operations, said although the army is aware that some groups are being sponsored, its duty is to defeat “terrorism and other criminality”. Enenche said it is the responsibility of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Services (DSS) to find out and disclose the identities of those sponsoring the criminal groups. “The kind of weapons these terrorists are using like the gun truck and other sophisticated weapons are expensive and how much are they stealing to procure those arms, that have to say that they are sponsored and heavily funded,” he said. “But like I said, it is not the duty of the military to uncover the sponsors. Our duty is to remain in the frontline and defeat terrorism and other criminality and that is what we are doing. “We have the National Intelligence A

There are no approved vaccines for the virus that causes COVID-19, but 19 candidates are being trailed in humans globally. Thai researchers plan to begin human trials of a potential vaccine for the new  coronavirus  in November and are preparing 10,000 doses, a senior official said on Sunday, aiming for a vaccine that could be ready for use by late next year. Following favorable results in trials on primates, the next step is to manufacture doses for human trials, said Kiat Ruxrungtham, director of the Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University vaccine development program. “At first we were going to send them in June, but it was not easy to plan everything,” Kiat told a news conference. There are no approved vaccines for the virus that causes COVID-19, but 19 candidates are being trailed in humans globally. China is leading the race, with an experimental vaccine by Sinovac Biotech Ltd. Thailand's first facility should complete production in October and send the produc

An Iraqi soldier wears a protective face mask and gloves, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as he stands guard during the hand over of Qayyarah Airfield West from US-led coalition forces to Iraqi Security Forces, in the south of Mosul, Iraq March 26, 2020 (photo credit: THAIER AL-SUDANI/REUTERS) The attack underpins the uncertainty in Iraq and increasing pressure on the US to leave the count On Saturday night, a video of several trucks burning allegedly showed  an attack on a convoy  transporting vehicles for a US base. Announced on social media with ties to pro-Iranian militias, the attack supposedly targeted Americans in Iraq, or at least was meant to. It is part of the wider campaign to try to intimidate and threaten the US to leave Iraq. It is not the first time a convoy was targeted, in February a supply convoy was also attacked. Fars News in Iran reported the attack with photos, saying it happened in Diwaniyah province. A security sour

About 85 percent of the wall falls within the West Bank rather than running along the internationally recognised 1967 boundary, known as the Green Line.  AL JAZEERA Thursday marks the 16th anniversary since the International Court of Justice (ICJ)  deemed Israel's separation wall illegal. In 2002, I srael started constructing the wall, slicing through Palestinian communities, agricultural fields, and farmland at the height of the second Intifada. The wall has been described by Israeli officials as a necessary security precaution against "terrorism". Palestinians, however, have decried it as an Israeli mechanism to annex Palestinian territory as it is built deep within the West Bank and not along the 1967 Green Line, the generally recognised boundary between Israel and the West Bank. While the ICJ's decision is non-binding, it found the wall violates international law and called for its dismant