By Anadolu Agency Cyril Ramaphosa under observation in Cape Town and being treated for mild symptoms, says presidency South African President Cyril Ramaphosa tested positive for COVID-19 after he started feeling unwell earlier in the day, his office announced Sunday. Ramaphosa, who is being treated for mild symptoms, is being monitored in Cape Town by

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands celebrates after he became the world champion after winning the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) By Associated Press The most dramatic Formula One season in years ended, of course, in one of the

File Photo Somali Times/ Chairman Somali Electoral Commission Mohamed Hassan Irro Chairman of the Somali Electoral Commission Mohamed Hassan Irro said the election is ongoing and will not be stopped by the call from the Somali Candidates’ union. According to sources told Somali Times Mohamed Hassan Irro is related to the mother of the current

New elected German Foreign minister Annalena Baerbock smiles as she attends a press conference after a meeting with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian, at the Quai d’Orsay, in Paris, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. (Gonzalo Fuentes, Pool Photo via AP) By Reuters Germany’s foreign minister warned on Saturday that time was running out to find

A view of the Natanz uranium enrichment facility 250 km (155 miles) south of the Iranian capital Tehran, March 30, 2005. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi By Reuters A top Iranian military official warned on Saturday of a “heavy price” for aggressors, state media said, after a report of U.S. and Israeli plans for possible military drills to

The Amazon distribution center is partially collapsed after being hit by a tornado on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021 in Edwardsville, Ill. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) By Associated Press Tornadoes and severe weather caused catastrophic damage across multiple states late Friday, killing at least six people overnight as it tore through a candle factory

Photo Somali Times/Warlord Puntland governor Said Abdullahi Deni The United States has intervened in the crisis between the administration of governor Said Abdullahi Deni in Puntland and former PSF director Mohamud Osman Abdullahi Diano, according to sources told Somali Times. The PSF is trained by the United States to fight terrorism, which means that the

File – This May 9, 2018, photo shows a general view of the bay of Noumea, the capital of New Caledonia, a French territory in the South Pacific, with the yachting port in the background. The South Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia decides Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021, whether to break away from France, in a

Kenya’s Opposition leader Raila Odinga and wife Ida Odinga attend the Azimio la Umoja (Declaration of Unity) rally to unveil his August 2022 Presidential race candidature at the Moi International Sports centre in Kasarani, Nairobi, Kenya December 10, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya By Reuters Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga launched his fifth bid for Kenya’s presidency

A photograph appears on the Internet/Nadifa Mohamed Toronto Star By Steven J. Beattie On September 3, 1952, a Somali man named Mahmood Mattan was hanged in Cardiff, Wales, for the murder of a Jewish shop owner named Lily Volpert. In 1998, 46 years after Mattan’s execution, following years of campaigning by his widow, Laura, a