China’s President Xi Jinping is welcomed at the Union Buildings ahead of the opening remarks of the BRICS emerging economies meeting, in Pretoria, South Africa August 22, 2023. Reuters/Alet Pretorius By Reuters African countries want China to shift its focus from building infrastructure on the continent to local industrialisation, China’s top Africa diplomat said on

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, second right, listens to Chief of Aviation Industries of Armed Forces Gen. Afshin Khajehfard, as Defense Minister Gen. Mohammad Reza Gharaei Ashtiani, right, listens, during a ceremony unveiling a drone called the Mohajer-10, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. (Iranian Presidency Office, via AP) By The Associated Press Iran’s Defense Ministry unveiled a

By Anadolu Agency Turkey rescued 94 irregular migrants in the Aegean Sea after they were illegally pushed back into Turkish territorial waters by Greek authorities, the Turkish Coast Guard said on Monday. Coast guard units rescued 51 people after they spotted groups of irregular migrants in rubber boats off the coasts of Dikili and Foca

L-R: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, China’s President Xi Jinping, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Brazil’s President Michel Temer pose for a group picture during the 10th Brics summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa on July 26, 2018/AFP By AFP Brics leaders meet in South Africa

Saudi forces killed hundreds of Ethiopians at Yemen border, report says Nariman El-Mofty/AP The Washington Post By Sarah Dadouch Saudi security forces have killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers attempting to cross the country’s border with Yemen, Human Rights Watch said, shooting people at close range and firing explosive weapons at groups in

File Photo Somali Times/Somalia President Hassan Sheikh and his henchman spy chief Mahad Salad The international community should stop giving weapons to Somalia President Hassan Sheikh using live ammunition on the protestors Bantu community. Read: Somali MP Abdirahman Abdishakur spoke strongly about protesters who were shot live ammunition in Mogadishu today The Bantu community in

By Anadolu Agency BA.2.86 variant also found in US, UK and Denmark A new variant of COVID-19 named BA.2.86 has been identified in Israel for the first time, local media reported Sunday. The Israel Public Broadcasting Organization (KAN) confirmed the presence of the variant, marking the fourth known case worldwide following its identification in the

File Photo /Somali Times Somali MP Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, one of the members of the Federal Parliament of Somalia, has strongly condemned the firing by the government forces today against the demonstrators who were against the arrest of General Ahmed Ali Shegow in Mogadishu. Abdirahman Abdishakur strongly criticized the manner in which the Somali government

Photographer Somali Times Somalia’s Bantu community in Mogadishu, a demonstration has started by people who are angry about the arrest of General Shegow, who was arrested yesterday by the security forces of the Somali government. The demonstration is organized by the Bantu community, which gathered in the main streets of Mogadishu. Read: Why is Somalia

Failed asylum seekers can only be deported if their home country is safe for them to return to © Gustavo Alabiso/IMAGO By DW Deportations of failed asylum seekers increased by more than a quarter in the first six months of 2023, data from Germany’s Interior Ministry showed Saturday. Some 7,861 people were removed from the