An empty flagpole stands between the national flags of France and Estonia outside NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday, April 3, 2023. Finland awaits an official green light to become the 31st member of the world’s biggest security alliance as NATO foreign ministers prepare to meet in Brussels on Tuesday and Wednesday. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) By

Dan Ray waves an American flag as plane carrying former U.S. President Donald Trump takes off from the Palm Beach International Airport, after Donald Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury following a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 3, 2023. Reuters/Ricardo Arduengo By

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, April 03, 2023. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via Reuters By Reuters Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi visited Saudi Arabia on Sunday, Saudi state news agency SPA said, as Cairo seeks financial inflows to ease pressure on its currency and bolster

By Business Daily Africa First Community Bank (FCB) has disclosed a shortfall of more than Sh1 billion in core capital, revealing the extent of the crisis that pushed its owners to sell a majority stake to a Mogadishu-based lender in a rescue deal. The small lender’s latest books of account show that the core capital

File Photo/Somali Times The governor of Banadir region and the mayor of Mogadishu Yusuf Hussein Jimale last night chaired a meeting to discuss public security in Mogadishu. Somalia’s capital, is now a lawless city. The meeting which was held at the general command center of the Banadir regional police department was attended by the two

By Anadolu Agency Paris residents have voted for the prohibition of self-service electric scooters in the French capital, the mayor announced. On Sunday, a referendum has been held whether to ban the rental e-scooters which triggered a public row in the past months. Anne Hidalgo in a news conference said: “As of Sept. 1, there

By Business Daily Africa Gulf oil companies rejected a proposal to use the National Oil Corporation of Kenya to import fuel on credit due to its poor cash position, forcing the State to allow them to nominate their preferred dealers. Industry sources privy to the talks, which started in September last year disclosed that Saudi

National Coalition Chairman Petteri Orpo celebrates at the party’s parliament election wake after seeing the results of the advance votes in Helsinki, Finland, Sunday, April 2, 2023. A general election in Finland was expected to result in a close finish by three political parties Sunday, with Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Social Democrats fighting to secure

Saudi Aramco engineers walk in front of a gas turbine generator at Khurais oil field during a tour for journalists, 150 kilometers east-northeast of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on June 28, 2021. Saudi Arabia said Sunday, April 2, 2023, it will cut oil production by 500,000 barrels per day from May until the end of 2023.

British Secretary of State for the Home Department Suella Braverman makes a Statement on the Baroness Casey Review in London, Britain, March 21, 2023. UK Parliament/Andy Bailey/Handout via Reuters By Reuters Britain’s interior minister Suella Braverman said she was convinced Rwanda was a safe country to resettle migrants who had arrived in Britain illegally but