Saudi dissident Prince Khalid Bin Farhan Al Saud says he expects a coup to be orchestrated against King Salman and his heir, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. “The coming period will witness a coup against the king and the crown prince,” he said while commenting on the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi’s is known

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday backed a U.S. call for a cessation of hostilities in the Yemen war, a conflict that has killed at least 10,000 people and brought on the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Yemen’s plight and the role of Saudi Arabia in the war have taken centre stage

The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, met with the President of the Republic of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayar in Juba. The visit follows a peace agreement signed by South Sudan, with a final agreement signed today in Juba. This agreement is witnessed by the majority of East African

Mogadishu- Somali Times The Somali Finance Minister , Dr. Abdirahman Duale Beyle and World Bank Director for East Africa, Bella Bird signed today $ 80 Million for the first part of the world bank project sponsored by the Somali government. The Finance Minister said the World Bank has been greatly welcomed by the government and

European lawyers, human rights activists, academics and journalist have launched an international campaign to demand trial of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for anti-human rights crimes in Yemen and his country. The Arabic-language Khaleej Online news website reported on Wednesday that the activists have recently held a meeting in the Hague to form the

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis has called for a ceasefire in Yemen and the start of peace talks in the next 30 days. We want to see everybody around a peace table based on a ceasefire, based on a pullback from the border and then based on ceasing dropping of bombs, Mattis said Tuesday during

In a controversial announcement just days before hard-fought midterm elections, U.S. President Donald Trump said in comments made public Tuesday he plans to end the practice of granting citizenship to children born in the U.S. to non-citizens. “We’re the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the

Dubai- Somali Times A delegation led by Somalia’s Post, Telecom and Technology minister is attending the 20th Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-18) of the International Telecommunication Union , which kicked off at the Dubai World Trade Center in Dubai, UAE. The Plenipotentiary Conference is the highest decision-making body of the ITU, the United Nations specialized agency for

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday expressed willingness to make joint efforts with China to strengthen cooperation in the fields of energy and infrastructure. “Now the shortage of energy and infrastructure hampers the Philippine economy, so the Philippines is willing to enhance cooperation with China in such areas,” Duterte said in his meeting with visiting

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday urged the United States to do more to help developing countries without imposing conditions. The United States should put itself in the shoes of developing countries and do more concrete things for them with no political strings attached,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said at a routine press briefing