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Iran warns that ships violating Hormuz transit rules risk detention, seizure
By Anadolu Agency Iran warned Sunday that vessels failing to comply with its transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz could face fines, detention or seizure during subsequent crossings. The warning
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Featured ArticlesIran warns that ships violating Hormuz transit rules risk detention, seizure
By Anadolu Agency Iran warned Sunday that vessels failing to comply with its transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz could face fines, detention or seizure during subsequent crossings. The warning
Iran warns that ships violating Hormuz transit rules risk detention, seizure
By Anadolu Agency Iran warned Sunday that vessels failing to comply with its transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz could face fines, detention or seizure during subsequent crossings. The warning
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Blog PostsIran warns that ships violating Hormuz transit rules risk detention, seizure
By Anadolu Agency Iran warned Sunday that vessels failing to comply with its transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz could face fines, detention or seizure during subsequent crossings. The warning
Why do Western travel bans keep treating African nations like security threats while our leaders just watch?
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent A federal judge recently vacated a sweeping Trump administration policy that had suspended immigrant visa processing for citizens across 75 countries.
Thousands flee years long drought in Somalia as hunger deepens and aid shrinks
File Photo Somali Times/Former Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh and one of his wives By The Associated Press After nearly two weeks on the road with her five children, Luul Mohamed finally
US says it will impose ‘toughest sanctions in history’ on Iran
A woman walks by a mural depicting Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a street in Tehran, Iran, August 13, 2026. Photographer Majid Asgaripour By Reuters U.S. Treasury
Ukraine’s anticorruption agencies uncover criminal network in presidential office, parliament
By Anadolu Agency Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) said Thursday they uncovered an alleged criminal organization
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Iran says 60-day deadline ‘lost its relevance’ after US ‘violations’ of memorandum
By Anadolu Agency Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said on Monday that the 60-day deadline for talks with the US following the June 17 memorandum of understanding
Moroccan security forces arrest nearly 300 migrants trying to reach Spain’s Ceuta
By The Associated Press Hundreds of migrants trying to reach the Spanish exclave of Ceuta by land and sea were arrested by Moroccan security forces, Moroccan state television reported Sunday, as
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Iran warns that ships violating Hormuz transit rules risk detention, seizure
By Anadolu Agency Iran warned Sunday that vessels failing to comply with its transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz could face fines, detention or seizure during subsequent crossings. The warning
Why do Western travel bans keep treating African nations like security threats while our leaders just watch?
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent A federal judge recently vacated a sweeping Trump administration policy that had suspended immigrant visa processing for citizens across 75 countries.
Thousands flee years long drought in Somalia as hunger deepens and aid shrinks
File Photo Somali Times/Former Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh and one of his wives By The Associated Press After nearly two weeks on the road with her five children, Luul Mohamed finally
US says it will impose ‘toughest sanctions in history’ on Iran
A woman walks by a mural depicting Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a street in Tehran, Iran, August 13, 2026. Photographer Majid Asgaripour By Reuters U.S. Treasury
Ukraine’s anticorruption agencies uncover criminal network in presidential office, parliament
By Anadolu Agency Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) said Thursday they uncovered an alleged criminal organization
Stop Turkey and Hassan sheikh’s second genocide against the Southwest – Baidoa must not become a city of death
File Photo/Somali Times By MP Dr Abdillahi Hashi Abib In 1992, Baidoa became a mass grave.Southwest families starved. Children died in their mothers’ arms. The world called it the “City of
Hichilema wins re-election in Zambia’s presidential poll
Members of the United Party for National Development, Zambia’s ruling party, celebrate after the declaration of the official results of the presidential poll in Lusaka, Zambia, Aug. 18,
Iran says 60-day deadline ‘lost its relevance’ after US ‘violations’ of memorandum
By Anadolu Agency Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said on Monday that the 60-day deadline for talks with the US following the June 17 memorandum of understanding
Moroccan security forces arrest nearly 300 migrants trying to reach Spain’s Ceuta
By The Associated Press Hundreds of migrants trying to reach the Spanish exclave of Ceuta by land and sea were arrested by Moroccan security forces, Moroccan state television reported Sunday, as
Top 10 African countries with the most intelligent people in 2026
By The African Exponent Africa’s most intelligent population cannot be identified simply by size, university enrolment or claims. Instead, scientific output, research infrastructure, and