Preacher Paul Mackenzie, center, who was arrested two weeks ago for asking his followers to starve to death in order to meet Jesus, appears at a court in Malindi. (AP Photo) By The Associated Press The death toll linked to a doomsday cult in Kenya hit 201 Saturday after police exhumed 22 more bodies, most

Ukrainian servicemen fire a Partyzan multiple launch rocket system towards Russian troops near a frontline in Zaporizhzhia region/Reuters By Reuters South Africa’s presidential security advisor said on Saturday the country was “actively non-aligned” in Russia’s war against Ukraine, after U.S. allegations it had supplied weapons to Moscow led to a diplomatic crisis this week. The

A view shows an industrial building destroyed, according to Russian-installed officials, by a Ukrainian missile strike in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Luhansk/ Reuters By Reuters Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Saturday that Ukrainian aircraft had struck two industrial sites in the Russian-held city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine with Storm Shadow long-range cruise

The government of Somalia and the government of Saudi Arabia signed an agreement that allows restructuring of the debts owed to Somalia. Somalia’s Finance Minister Elmi Nur and the chief executive of the Saudi Development Fund, Sultan Abdirahman Al-Marshad, signed the agreement at a ceremony held in Jeddah. Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of

Credit Photo Anadolu Agency/President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan By Dr Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad Western media declared total war against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the forthcoming presidential election on Sunday. In the West, the Turkish President has been described as “the other Putin”, a populist, divisive autocrat determined to pursue his dream of empire. Erdogan has

File Photo/Somali Times Why are Somali nation disappointed in President Hassan Sheikh government? The Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud does not show much effort, eloquence, tiredness and fatigue, many presentations, speeches of advice and no standing. Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017 Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017 The

By Anadolu Agency President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday criticized international media outlets that have recently tried to influence public opinion with articles on Turkey’s upcoming May 14 elections. “What do all the magazines say on their covers? ‘Erdogan must go.’ (Those published) in Germany, France and England say so. What is it to you?

A woman sits in the alfresco dining area of a cafe at Tajrish commercial district without wearing her mandatory Islamic headscarf in northern Tehran, Iran, Saturday, April 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) By The Associated Press Billboards across Iran’s capital proclaim that women should wear their mandatory headscarves to honor their mothers. But perhaps for

By Anadolu Agency Global crises necessitate collaboration of the Islamic world more than ever before, Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Saudi Arabia’s finance minister, said on Thursday, adding that feeling one identity and having a common faith is important for economic development goals and enhancing efforts to overcome the hindrances. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Islamic

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photographer Toby Melville/Poole Via AFP By AFP The US envoy to South Africa on Thursday accused the country of having covertly provided arms to Russia, a charge that drew an angry rebuke from Pretoria. Ambassador Reuben Brigety told a media briefing the US believed weapons and ammunition had been laden