A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. The U.S. is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over U.S. airspace for a couple days, but the Pentagon decided not to shoot it down due to risks of harm for people on the ground, officials said Thursday,

By Anadolu Agency The Pentagon is tracking a suspected Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon over the continental US, an official said Thursday. “We continue to track and monitor it closely,” Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters. “The balloon is currently traveling at an altitude well above commercial air traffic and does not present a

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar. Reuters/Tom Brenne By Reuters U.S. House of Representatives Republicans on Thursday ousted Democrat Ilhan Omar from a high-profile committee over remarks widely condemned as antisemitic, two years after Democrats removed two Republicans from committee assignments. The deeply divided House voted 218-211 along party lines to remove Omar from the Foreign Affairs

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia becomes world number one corrupt country in the world since President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud was re-elected in May 15th 2022. He handed over government contract tenders to his two wives and his sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, uncles and relatives. That is why Hassan Shekih is a example of corruption and that

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani addresses delegates during the Bengal Global Business Summit in Kolkata, India April 20, 2022. Photographer Rupak De Chowdhuri By Reuters India’s Adani group shares sank on Thursday after market turmoil forced the conglomerate to axe a crucial $2.5 billion stock offer, deepening its market losses to more than $100 billion and

Photo/Somali Times Al-Shabab still control large areas of Somalia, and are continuing to carrying out regular attacks. Mortar shells have exploded in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, as regional leaders are gathered in the city to discuss their joint offensive against the Al-Shabab militant group, according to The Star Kenya reported. The four shells hit areas

The presidents of Kenya, Ethiopia and dictator Djibouti are in Mogadishu today, participating in the summit meeting of the countries that have troops in Somalia. The purpose of their arrival is to support the conflict between the Somali government and Al-Shabab and to help the foreign forces in Somalia participate. The presidents are discussing how

By Anadolu Agency Turkey rules out greenlighting Sweden joining NATO as long as it permits attacks on Islam’s holy book the Quran, the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. “We will not say yes to (Sweden’s) entry into NATO as long as you allow our holy book, the Quran, to be burned, torn

Signage is seen outside of a Nationwide Building Society in London, Britain. Photographer Hannah McKay By Reuters British house prices dropped by a bigger-than-expected 0.6% in January and are now 3.2% below their peak in August, following a surge in borrowing costs and broader inflation pressures, mortgage lender Nationwide Building Society said on Wednesday. January’s

Jimmy Cherizier, the leader of the “G9 et Famille” gang, talks with members of his gang while taking a ride on the back of a motorcycle in his district of Delmas 6 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Cherizier, best known by his childhood nickname Barbecue, has become the most recognized name in Haiti.