Abandoned boat with Somalian belongings found on Israeli shore

An empty migrant boat washed up on Israel’s Mediterranean shore on October 1, 2023 (Photo Credit: Israel Police) The Jerusalem Post By Joanie Margulies An abandoned boat containing the personal belongings and documentation of three Somalian citizens, but no people, washed up on Israel’s Mediterranean shore early Sunday morning, Israel Police announced. Authorities said they

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2 police officers injured in terror attack in Turkish capital

By Anadolu Agency Two police officers were slightly injured when one of the two terrorists on Sunday morning blew himself up in front of the General Directorate of Security in the Turkish capital of Ankara, the interior minister said. “…Two terrorists, who arrived in a light commercial vehicle in front of the gate of the

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Somalia government failed to protect civilians from Al-Shabab in Mogadishu

File Photo/Somali Times People living in Kaxda, Wadijir and Dharkenley districts in Mogadishu woke up early this morning to the sound of shelling in some of those districts. These shells, whose impact was widely heard in other districts of Banadir region, are reported to have caused various losses of life and properties got damaged and

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Serbia pulls some troops back from Kosovo border after warning from US

File Photo: Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks to media, in Ohrid, North Macedonia March 18, 2023.Reuters/Ognen Teofilovski The Guardian By Julian Borger Serbia has pulled some of its troops back from the Kosovo border after US warnings that it could face punitive measures for what the White House called an “unprecedented” buildup of Serbian troops

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US president signs short-term spending bill to avert government shutdown

By Anadolu Agency US President Joe Biden signed a short-term spending bill last Saturday to keep the government open for the immediate future ahead of a critical midnight deadline when funding for federal agencies was set to run out. “I just signed a law to keep the government open for 47 days. There’s plenty of

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Sweden has given conditional aid to Somalia on the return of refugees

Johan Forssell Minister for Foreign Trade. Credit to Photo Facebook The Swedish government has made aid a weapon it uses to repatriate refugees and has threatened to withdraw aid from countries that do not cooperate with repatriation. In May, the Minister of Relief and the Minister of Immigration sent a joint letter to the government

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Suspect in rapper Tupac Shakur’s 1996 slaying charged with murder in Las Vegas

Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who was charged with one count of murder with a deadly weapon for his alleged role in leading a group of men to kill hip-hop star Tupac Shakur in a 1996 drive-by shooting near the Las Vegas Strip, is shown in a photo released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

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Magnitude 4.9 earthquake hits Djibouti

By Anadolu Agency A magnitude 4.9 earthquake hit small Horn of Africa nation Djibouti on Thursday morning. The government of Djibouti, which confirmed the earthquake, said that the earthquake shook Djibouti around 4:22 a.m. local time with an intensity of 4.9 degrees on the Richter scale. “Since 7 a.m., we have felt two aftershocks of

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Suicide bombings rip through two mosques in Pakistan, killing at least 57

Men and paramedic staff transfer a man, who was injured in a blast in Mastung, from an ambulance outside hospital in Quetta, Pakistan September 29, 2023. Reuters/Stringer By Reuters Suicide bombings ripped through two mosques in Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 57 people and injuring more than 60 amid events marking the birthday of

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African Union forces contributors endorse Somalia’s request to delay drawdown

Soldiers gather before their night patrol deployment at a base in Mogadishu, Somalia on September 17, 2019. Photo/AFP By The East African Troop contributors for the African Union Transition Mission to Somalia (Atmis) have backed Mogadishu’s request to delay a drawdown programme by three months, indicating there could be security lapses in the war on

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