Large numbers of injured people are brought into Shifa Hospital in Gaza City after an Israeli attack on the courtyard of al-Ahli Arab Hospital. [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/Al Jazeera] By Al Jazeera Israeli bombardment has struck a packed hospital compound in central Gaza, killing an estimated 500 people, including patients and displaced Palestinians sheltering inside, according

By Anadolu Agency Chinese President Xi Jinping met Wednesday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Beijing. Xi met with Putin on the sidelines of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency. Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday on a two-day visit to China. China is

By Anadolu Agency British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has avoided responding to calls for him to urge the Israeli government to end “collective punishment” measures in Gaza, despite questions from lawmakers in the House of Commons. After a statement on the latest situation in the Middle East, Sunak said Monday evening that Hamas was the

Delegates attend the International Monetary Fund meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco on October 10, 2023. Photo/AFP By The East African The series of central bank rate hikes and public finance reforms by African countries have yielded fruit as the economic outlook appears promising in the foreseeable future, signalling a possible end to the economic difficulties that

Emergency personnel carry a person on a stretcher outside King Baudouin Stadium after play was suspended after a shooting in Brussels, Belgium, October 17, 2023 Reuters/Yves Herman By Reuters Two Swedish nationals were shot to death and a third person was wounded in central Brussels on Monday night, and a man who identified himself as

File Photo/Somali Times Somali MP Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, who is the special envoy of the Somalia President in charge of humanitarian affairs, has reacted to the statement made by Ethiopia that it is looking for a port to invest by force or strategy. Abdirahman Abdishakur, who issued a brief statement, declared that this statement cannot

By Anadolu Agency US President Joe Biden said Sunday that Israel’s occupation of Gaza would be “a big mistake” but appeared okay for an inside operation against the Palestinian group Hamas. “I think it’d be a big mistake,” Biden said in an interview with CBS News’ 60 Minutes program. “What happened in Gaza, in my

File Photo Somali Times. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, who had a meeting with the Parliament of his country, said that it is important to unite the countries of the Horn of Africa such as Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea in order to gain full power, noting that

Burundi minister and current EAC Council of Ministers chair Ezechiel Nibigira holds the 2023/2024 Budget briefcase flanked by bloc’s Secretary General Peter Mathuki in Arusha, Tanzania on June 13, 2023 By The East African A Kenyan parliamentary committee has called for a review of East African Community (EAC) Treaty in order to grant veto powers

By The Peninsula Minister of Finance H E Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari met with Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Somalia Bihi Iman Egeh on the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) held in Marrakesh, Kingdom