By Anadolu Agency After Kandahar, Herat, advancing insurgents claim capturing capitals of Logar, Ghor, Badhis provinces Making rapid gains over the past few days, the Taliban have now taken control of 15 of Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals, sources confirmed on Friday. Following days of heavy clashes, the insurgents captured Afghanistan’s second- and third-largest cities Kandahar

From left: Terror suspects Mohamed Mohamed Abdullahi, Mustafa Abdi Saidi and Mohamed Shendy Elhosseiny at the Mombasa Law Courts on August 12, 2021. They were detained for 10 days to allow the police to complete investigations: Credit Daily Nation/ Brian Ocharo. By Daily Nation Officers from the Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU) in Mombasa have arrested

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani [Mustafa Yalçın/Anadolu Agency] By Reuters Tribal sensitivities have resurfaced in Qatar after some members of a main tribe found themselves ineligible to vote in the country’s first legislative polls, due in October, under a new electoral law for the advisory Shura Council. Members of the Al

File – In this Oct. 5, 2017, file photo, female members of Indonesian Army show their martial arts skills during a parade marking the 72nd anniversary of the Indonesian Armed Forces in Cilegon, Banten, Indonesia. Human rights groups welcomed Indonesia’s decision to stop abusive “virginity tests” on female recruits seven years after the World Health

Saudi-backed troops in Yemen repel a Houthi rebel offensive on the oil-rich city of Marib on 14 February 2021 (AFP) By Middle East Eye Arms exports to Saudi Arabia could be used to fuel Yemen conflict, rights groups warn, as they call on Ottawa to cancel weapons sales to Riyadh, Canada is violating international law

File Photo/Somali Times Somali Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirizack said maritime meeting was held between Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Minister Mohamed Roble in Mombasa. The President of Kenya’s main agenda was the maritime case to negotiate between Somalia and Kenya according to Kenyan officials told Somali Times. Kenya statehouse has reported on Twitter that

A pedestrian walks in front of the British embassy in Berlin, November 5, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch By Reuters BERLIN, Aug 11 (Reuters) – German police have arrested a British man who worked at the British embassy in Berlin on suspicion of passing documents to the Russian intelligence service in exchange for cash, prosecutors said on

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., center, walks towards the Senate floor as the Senate moves from passage of the infrastructure bill to focus on a massive $3.5 trillion budget resolution, a blueprint of President Joe Biden’s top domestic policy ambitions, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) By

Photo/Somali Times The Aran Jaan Group is a group that looks only at personal interests, uses public fund loot to bribe them, and uses tribal farming to divide people and create wealth. It has no interest in the development of Puntland. Anyone who observes the horrific acts of this group turns out to be a

Offshore Accounts By The African Exponent Opening accounts in these banks is as easy as breathing in and out Each and every year, Africa loses billions and billions of dollars through offshore banking in tax havens, almost a perennial reality. Governments, whose politicians are mostly complicit in such illicit deals, lose billions of tax revenue