A shop attendant displays gold necklaces for the camera at a jewellery shop in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad June 30, 2009. Photographer Krishnendu Halder By Reuters Gold pushed through $4,000 an ounce to hit a record on Wednesday, driven by investors seeking safety from mounting economic and geopolitical uncertainty, alongside expectations of further

An S-100 UAV during the seizure of nearly 10 tons of cocaine off West Africa Defence Web By Pearl Matibe In a demonstration of international maritime cooperation, the French Navy, with support from US Africa Command (Africom), intercepted an unflagged fishing vessel and seized 9.6 tonnes of cocaine off the coast of West Africa in

File Photo/Somali Times The political tension between the Hassan Sheikh his team and the Jubaland administration has intensified, after the talks between corrupt president Hassan Sheikh and Jubaland president Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe ended in failure. The two sides have not been able to agree on issues related to the recognition of the 2024 Jubaland

By Anadolu Agency French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu submitted his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron on Monday amid growing criticism over the recently announced Cabinet. Macron accepted Lecornu’s resignation, broadcaster BFM TV reported, citing Elysee. Lecornu’s resignation came right after he unveiled a new government featuring mostly the same names as the one that collapsed

By The African Exponent Africa’s safety landscape in 2025 is defined by measurable contrasts, with several nations emerging as continental leaders in stability and security. While conflict regions often dominate headlines, data from the Global Peace Index and the Africa Safety Index highlight countries where crime perception scores remain below global averages. These states demonstrate

Smoke rises from a collapsed residential building following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Sept. 5, 2025. Photographer Rizek Abdeljawad By Xinhua News Agency U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Hamas must accept the 20-point peace plan on Gaza by 6 p.m. Eastern Time (2200 GMT) on Sunday, otherwise “all HELL, like no one

By Anadolu Agency Germany’s Munich Airport reopened Friday after multiple drone sightings forced air traffic control to suspend all flights the previous night, grounding more than a dozen departures and diverting several incoming flights. German flag carrier Lufthansa said operations “have since resumed according to schedule.” The disruption grounded 17 departing flights and led to

Photo/Somali Times A key conference was held in Nairobi, Kenya today. A key conference was held in Nairobi Kenya today, bringing together opposition politicians and leaders of the Puntland and Jubaland administrations, who are openly opposed to the plan of the corrupt President of the Federal Government of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh, to implement a one-person,

By Xinhua News Agency Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday launched the construction of the five-billion-shillings (about 38.7 million U.S. dollars) China-Kenya International Commerce Center, a project designed to strengthen Sino-Kenyan trade and investment. Senior government officials, industry executives, and local leaders attended the ground-breaking ceremony for the exhibition complex in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, which

A U.S. flag is illuminated in a doorway of the otherwise empty rotunda at the U.S. Capitol in the hours before a partial government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 30, 2025. Photographer Jonathan Ernst By Reuters The U.S. government shut down much of its operations on Wednesday as deep partisan divisions prevented Congress and