U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19, 2023. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP) By The Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, as the top U.S. diplomat

A general shows a view of the gas field of Siba in Basra Iraq. Reuters/Essam Al-Sudani/File Photo By Reuters Iraq on Sunday invited foreign companies to bid for contracts to explore and develop natural gas reserves in 11 new blocks as the OPEC member seeks to produce much-needed natural gas for power stations and cut

By The East African As the African Union force in Somalia prepares to drawdown 2,000 troops at the end of June, the Somalia National Army faces its first major test when it assumes security responsibilities, with significant vast territory to defend as it takes up seven forward operating bases (FOBs) that the departing foreign forces

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia MPs Mohamed Abdukadir, one of the members of the Somali People’s Assembly, who is also from Hiran, spoke strongly about the removal of the governor of that region, Mr. Ali Jayte Osman. The parliamentarian strongly opposed the removal of the Hiran regional governor from the governor of Hirshabelle, Ali Gudlawe Hussein.

By Anadolu Agency Russian President Vladimir Putin met an African peace delegation Saturday that is looking to end the Russia-Ukraine war. The delegation, which met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, met Putin at the Constantine Palace in St. Petersburg. The delegation included the head of the African Union

Atomic symbol and USA and Iranian flags are seen in this illustration taken, September 8, 2022. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters Israel could find acceptable an understanding between its arch-foe Iran and the United States if it includes rigorous supervision of Tehran’s nuclear programme, a senior lawmaker said in comments aired on Saturday. According to

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, right, and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan shake hands prior to their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 17, 2023. Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat has arrived in the Iranian capital,Tehran, the latest step in the restoration of diplomatic ties between the two Mideast rivals, Iranian state media reported.

By Anadolu Agency The US has not seen any indication that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday. Blinken said the US will “continue to monitor the situation very closely and very carefully,” but currently has “no reason to adjust our own nuclear posture.” “We don’t see any

Police cordon off a crime scene in Uganda’s capital Kampala By Daily Monitor At least 25 students were killed by armed gunmen who attacked a secondary school in western Uganda on Friday night, authorities in the country said. Police said they suspect Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a rebel militia with links to the Islamic State

Mohammed Adam (left) murdered Fuaad Xuseen Birmingham Mail By Carl Jackson  A man who murdered a ‘treasured’ father-of-eight outside a Birmingham shisha bar has been sentenced to life and jailed for a minimum of 23 years. Mohammed Adam stabbed to death complete stranger Fuaad Xuseen on September 26 last year. The 45-year-old victim was just