Credit: Twitter MoNDefense By Anadolu Agency Taiwanese Defense Ministry says jets flew near Luzon island where 9,000 US-Philippines troops are conducting joint drills Taiwan on Thursday said 13 Chinese jets entered its air defense identification zone (ADIZ), flying near a location where the US and the Philippines are conducting joint military exercises. Six J-16s, four

File Photo Somali Times/Somalia’s Minister of Finance Abdirahman Duale Beyle Somalia’s Minister of Finance Abdirahman Duale Beyle has acknowledged that the delay in Somalia’s presidential election is a major challenge for the country. In an interview with outlet media, Minister Beyle said Somalia could achieve self-sufficiency, but was confronted by political instability and persistent security

Photo/Somali Times Somali Police Force Commander Abdi Hassan Mohamed Hijaar has unveiled a new headquarters for the Somali Coast Guard, which has been established in the Mogadishu Port. The new center is important for the Somali Police Force and coast guard, and is described as part of efforts to improve the police force and ensure

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta gives a statement on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination, during a European Union – African Union summit, in Brussels, Belgium February 18, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Pool/File Photo By Reuters Kenya’s Supreme Court is scheduled on Thursday to rule on President Uhuru Kenyatta’s bid to make sweeping constitutional changes, which critics have seized

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly question time debate in Parliament in London, Britain March 30, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville By Reuters Britain is not aiming for regime change in Russia or to remove President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, saying the goal was to

File Photo Somali Times/US Ambassador to Somalia Larry Andre US Ambassador to Somalia Larry Andre says his country respects the territorial integrity of Somalia since the 1960s. In an interview with outlet media, Andre said the United States was committed to dealing with the Somaliland administration while protecting Somalia’s politics. Outlet media asked about the

File – In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right, stands next to Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, acting deputy prime minister of the Afghan Taliban’s caretaker government, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, March 24, 2022. China’s ambitions to play a major hand in Afghan stability and economic development under the

By Anadolu Agency Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that the latest round of peace talks with Russia in Istanbul, Turkiye could be called “positive,” but “the enemy is still on our territory.” “The signals we hear from the negotiating platform can be called positive,” Zelenskyy said on his Telegram account. “But these signals do

File- French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a media conference, after an extraordinary NATO summit and Group of Seven meeting, at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, March 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File) By Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday told his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, that it was not possible for Western gas

By The East African Mlima-1, the well in the Lamu Basin, off Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast recently touted as the country’s first offshore oil strike, is commercially unviable. Results of the exploration released by Italian energy group Eni, show that the well proved nonviable and was to be “plugged” and “abandoned,” after it failed to