A currency trader passes by screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. Shares fell in Asia on Thursday after further

By Anadolu Agency Ashraf Ghani says leaving was only way to save Kabul and he regrets that he ‘could not make it end differently’ Former President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday rejected claims that he fled Afghanistan with millions of dollars. Ghani, who has taken refuge in the United Arab Emirates, issued a statement expressing his

Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble deviates Somalia’s elections, inciting tribalism and civil war. Somalia’s Prime Minister has been selected on September 2020 by President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, replacing Hassan Ali Khaire, with the approval of Parliament. Since then, Somali Prime Minister Roble has been in charge of Somalia’s elections in 2021. The last few

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives to board an aircraft to depart from Old Doha Airport, at Qatar,September 8, 2021. Olivier Douliery/Pool via REUTERS Reuters By Alexander Cornwell Since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the world’s top diplomats have been beating a path to Qatar, long the gateway to the Taliban and now the

Photo/Somali Times The latest, Both Radio Mogadishu, news agency Sonna and Somali National Television did not publish statements from Villa Somalia regarding appointments by President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. Somali National Television pulled down a statement from Villa Somalia shortly after it was published on its Facebook page. The rift between Farmajo and Roble has also

By Anadolu Agency Politically weakened, Brazil’s president takes part in protests in favor of his government Dogged by an investigation as part of an inquiry into fake news and politically weakened, Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro took part in demonstrations Tuesday in favor of his administration in the federal capital, Brasilia, and in Sao Paulo,

A sign reads: “Exclusive Bitcoin register” in a Starbucks store where the cryptocurrency is accepted as a payment method, in San Salvador, El Salvador September 7, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas By Reuters Bitcoin licked its wounds on Wednesday, a day after its heaviest losses in 2-1/2 months as El Salvador’s historic adoption of the crypto asset

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. The Taliban on Tuesday announced a caretaker Cabinet stacked with veterans of their harsh rule in the late 1990s and subsequent 20-year battle against the U.S.-led coalition and its Afghan government allies. The line-up announced at the press conference

Photo/Somali Times The outgoing President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, received credentials from the new Ambassador of the European Union, Tiina Intelmann at the Presidential Palace. The new EU Ambassador to Somalia, Tiina Intelmann, shared with the President her commitment to strengthening relations and cooperation between Somalia and the European Union,

In this image made from video, unidentified soldiers patrol in a vehicle near the office of the president in the capital Conakry, Guinea Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. Guinea’s new military leaders sought to tighten their grip on power after overthrowing President Alpha Conde, warning local officials that refusing to appear at a meeting convened Monday