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

By Anadolu Agency The wildfire raging on the Spanish island of Tenerife took a surprising turn for the worse, forcing fresh evacuations on Saturday. “This fire of this scale has never been seen in the Canary Islands as long as we’ve been keeping records,” said Rosa Davila, head of Tenerife’s council. Around 4,000 people had

Smoke rises during the wildfire in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada August 17, 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Amernhel Pascua/via Reuters By Reuters Canada’s western province of British Columbia declared a state of emergency on Friday as firefighters battled wildfires raging in the hills and mountains above the town of

File – Taiwan’s Vice President William Lai Ching-te waves after landing at Silvio Pettirossi airport in Luque, Paraguay, on Aug. 14, 2023. The Chinese military launched drills around Taiwan on Saturday, Aug. 19 as a “stern warning” over what it called collusion between “separatists and foreign forces,” its defense ministry said, days after the island’s