Starting a new life in Australia might not come with views of the Sydney Opera House or surfing at Sydney’s Bondi Beach with the government considering a ban on some immigrants from settling in big cities. Minister for Cities, Urban Infrastructure and Population Alan Tudge said Tuesday that his government wants to cut the number

Mogadishu, Somalia and Germany have signed a two-year agreement to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two friendly countries to advance the country’s sustainable development programs. Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr. Ahmed Isse Awad, signed a two-year agreement with the Federal Republic of Germany in Somalia, Ms Annette Günther, at a briefing

Somalia: Bosaso Bari state imposed a ban on political gatherings, despite End of the Gaas regime, elections scheduled for early next year, hoaping pressure on independent Governor’s candidates who started large election campaigns across the region. The move, which analysts warned could fester tensions between the state and candidates greedy Governor Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Hundreds have been killed and more than 2.8 million people have been internally displaced in ethnic-based clashes Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome has complained that in spite of comprehensive reform measures the government has introduced, lawlessness was still rampant in some parts of the country. “Although many positive changes were being witnessed in

ENVIRONMENTAL crimes such as wildlife trafficking and illegal logging have overtaken the drug trade as the major income source for militias and terrorists in the DRC, Kenya, Mali, Somalia and elsewhere around the world, accounting for more than a third of their revenue. A new report by global policing agency Interpol, shows that of the

The U.K. would be welcomed into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) “with open arms” after Brexit, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said. Abe’s comments to Financial Times came just before the crucial few weeks that will shape a Brexit deal between the U.K. and the EU. He said Britain would lose its role as a gateway

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Cabinet approved a plan to bring some 1,000 Ethiopian Falash Mura who have children living in Israel to the country. The plan approved on Sunday was put forward by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon. Under the plan, the Interior Minister will evaluate and approve the entry of

Mogadishu- Somali Times Somali Prime Minister, HE Hassan Ali Khaire, welcomed the  UK Minister of State for Africa , Harriet Baldwin, to Mogadishu on her first mission. Prime Minister Khaire and minister The Right Honourable Harriett Baldwin discussed the relationship between the two governments, the political and economic gains and the support of the British government

Turkish authorities have concrete information on the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who has been missing for six days, a deputy chairman of Turkey’s ruling AK Party said on Sunday. Yasin Aktay told broadcaster CNN Turk that Khashoggi had not left the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, which he had entered on Tuesday to

TOKYO (Reuters) – Russian qualifier Daniil Medvedev stunned home favourite Kei Nishikori in the final to claim the Japan Open title after a comfortable 6-2 6-4 victory in Tokyo on Sunday. Medvedev came out of the blocks fast and Nishikori, aiming for his third title at this event, could not cope with the big-hitting Russian