The latest suicide car bombing rocks in Mogadishu

Multiple people were killed in Somalia’s capital on Saturday after a suicide car bombing that targeted a security checkpoint near the presidential palace, police said. According to Anadolu Agency reported. “There are multiple casualties from the attack but we don’t know exactly how many people have been killed or wounded” Abdi Hassan Mohamed, a police

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Britain expected to ease visa rules as truck driver shortage bites

Lorries are seen at an HGV parking, at Cobham services on the M25 motorway, Cobham, Britain, August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/File Photo Reuters By Michael Holden Britain is expected to announce plans to issue temporary visas to truck drivers to alleviate an acute labour shortage that has led to fuel rationing at some filling stations

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Is it a bluff? Some in Hungary and Poland talk of EU pullout

FILE – In this May 21, 2017 file photo, supporters of Hungary’s political opposition display a banner during an anti-government protest, at Budapest University of Technology and Economics in Budapest, Hungary. When Hungary and Poland joined the European Union in 2004, after decades of Communist domination, they thirsted for Western democratic standards and prosperity. Yet

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German millionaires rush assets to Switzerland ahead of election

Women relax on the banks of Lake Zurich on a sunny spring day, as the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues, in Zurich, Switzerland March 23, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann. Reuters By Oliver Hirt A potential lurch to the left in Germany’s election on Sunday is scaring millionaires into moving assets into Switzerland, bankers and tax

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Dutch court rules boy can receive coronavirus jab despite father’s objection

By Anadolu Agency Boy petitioned court to visit seriously ill grandmother after receiving vaccine A court in the Netherlands ruled in favor of a 12-year-old boy to get the coronavirus vaccine despite his father’s objections, according to a statement on Thursday. The statement on the decision in northern Groningen said the judge ruled in the

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Chinese banks try to calm fears about developer’s debts

The Evergrande headquarters, left, stands in Shenzhen, China, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. Seeking to dispel fears of financial turmoil, some Chinese banks are disclosing what they are owed by a real estate developer that is struggling under $310 billion in debt, saying they can cope with a potential default. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Associated Press

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Examining Extremism: Harakat al Shabaab al Mujahideen (al Shabaab)

Center for Strategic and International Studies By Jake Harrington, Jared Thompson The resumption of U.S. airstrikes in Somalia in July 2021 after a six-month pause under the Biden administration is renewing focus on Harakat al Shabaab al Mujahideen, al Qaeda’s affiliate in East Africa more commonly known as al Shabaab. For nearly two decades, al

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Somalia’s military court sentences two foreigners Al-Shabab terrorist to 15 years in prison

A Somali military court on Thursday sentenced two foreigners 15 years in prison for being members of al-Shabab. The court sentenced the two men, both British and Malaysian, after they were found to be members of Al-Shabab. According to the indictment, the two entered Somalia from Kenya in 2009. It was on September 17 2021

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Taiwan asks to join trade group, says China might interfere

File – In this Aug. 6, 2015, file photo, fishing boats are secured in a port during foul weather in Yilan County, northeastern Taiwan. Taiwan has applied to join an 11-nation Pacific trade group, Cabinet officials said Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, setting up a potential clash with rival Beijing over the status of the island

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Bank of England expected to keep rates steady as inflation risks mount

A person walks past the Bank of England in the City of London financial district, in London, Britain, June 11, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls Reuters By David Milliken Britain’s central bank looks set to keep interest rates steady later on Thursday as it approaches the end-point of its 895 billion pound ($1.22 trillion) asset purchase programme

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