By Anadolu Agency Russia said on Tuesday that it had achieved its main goals for the first stage of its “special military operation” in Ukraine. “The combat potential of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been significantly reduced, which allows us to focus our main attention and efforts on achieving the main goal — the liberation

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia, officials say it has seized foreign boats, which were fishing illegally off the coast of Bari region. The capture of the boat came after the Puntland Maritime Police Force conducted an operation off the coast of the Hafun district in the Bari region, according to a statement from the Somali officials.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan greets Russian and Ukrainian negotiators before addressing them, ahead of their face-to-face talks in Istanbul, Turkey March 29, 2022. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Press Office/Handout via Reuters By Anadolu Agency A fresh round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine brokered by Turkiye kicked off in Istanbul on Tuesday. The two-day peace talks

File Photo/Somali Times Villa Somalia has thwarted a plan by Bahane Roble to open Banque Misr in Mogadishu, Sources told Somali Times. The opening of the new bank was aimed at removing the Turkish SWIFT used by the Central Bank of Somalia and replacing it with an Emirati one. SWIFT is an international system that

By Business Daily Africa Debt repayments will for the first overtake the national government’s recurrent spending on items like civil servant salaries under President Uhuru Kenyatta’s successor in the year starting July, underlining the burden of mounting State borrowing. Treasury chiefs project in the supplementary budget under parliamentary review that Kenya will spend Sh1.36 trillion

By Anadolu Agency The Russian president on Monday instructed the government, central bank, and Gazprom company to switch to rubles by March 31 the payments for the deliveries of gas to “unfriendly countries.” President Vladimir Putin also called for a report on the implementation of the assignment on March 31, a statement on the Kremlin

The logo of Barclays bank is seen on glass lamps outside of a branch of the bank in the City of London financial district in London September 4, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville By Reuters British bank Barclays disclosed on Monday around a 450 million pound ($591.80 million) loss on mishandled structured products and said this meant

Will Smith recibe el Oscar al mejor actor, por “King Richard”, el domingo 27 de marzo de 2022 en el Teatro Dolby en Los Ángeles. (Foto AP/Chris Pizzello) By Associated Press Chris Rock made a joke. Will Smith quickly took offense and the Oscars suddenly had a scene like none other. Smith — moments before

File Photo Somali Times/Warlord Said Deni Somalia’s Puntland state governor Said Abdullahi Deni, who recently announced his candidacy for the presidency of Somalia, is reportedly still considering resigning from the leadership of the Puntland administration. At a recent dinner for Puntland lawmakers, Deni said he wanted to run for Villa Somalia as Puntland’s governor, when

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy: Credit Anadolu Agency By Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, visibly irritated, on Saturday demanded Western nations provide a fraction of the military hardware in their stock piles and asked whether they were afraid of Moscow. Several countries have promised to send anti-armor and anti-aircraft missiles as well as small arms but