Agreement includes establishing training center to train Greek Air Force Israel and Greece have signed a defense deal worth $1.65 billion, according to the Israeli Defense Ministry on Sunday. As part of the agreement, Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems will establish an international training center in Greece to train the Greek Air Force over a

Chad’s President Idriss Deby attends a working session of the G5 Sahel summit in Nouakchott, Mauritania, June 30, 2020. Ludovic Marin /Pool via REUTERS/File Photo The United States has ordered its non-essential staff in Chad to leave the African country as rebel fighters approached the capital on Sunday after early election results showed President Idriss

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s Federal Government says it will stick to the decision of the country’s Parliament to extend the mandate of the President and legislators, in spite of global condemnations. A statement issued on Wednesday night indicated that Mogadishu will defy threats from its main donors. Somalia called for support rather than criticism after

File Photo/Somali Times Al-Shabaab terror group claims responsibility for attack At least two people, including a top national army commander, were killed when a roadside bomb targeted a military vehicle outside Bal’ad, Middle Shabelle region, an official said on Saturday. The attack occurred near Gololey on the outskirts of Bal’ad, an agricultural town 40 kilometers

From front left, Britain’s Prince Charles, Prince Andrew. Prince Edward, Prince William, Peter Phillips, Prince Harry, Earl of Snowdon and Tim Laurence follow the coffin the coffin makes it’s way past the Round Tower during the funeral of Britain’s Prince Philip inside Windsor Castle in Windsor, England Saturday April 17, 2021. (Leon Neal/Pool via AP)

File Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is meeting with representatives of the international community in Somalia at the Afisyoni Tent. The meeting will be the first between the president and the representatives of the international community in Somalia after Parliament passed a two-year extension for Farmajo. Several countries, including the United States, the

In this 2003 photo released by Buckingham Palace Friday April 16, 2021, a personal photograph of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh at the top of the Coyles of Muick, Scotland, in this photo taken by Sophie The Countess of Wessex in 2003. (The Countess of Wessex/Buckingham Palace via AP) By DANICA

File Photo/Somali Times The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reportedly refused to issue a work visa for a British woman allegedly due to her Somali heritage. The woman, named Samia, took to Twitter yesterday to announce that a school in the UAE had initially offered her a position which she called her “dream come true.”

Kenyan researcher Rashid Abdi, who works with Sahan, a research think-tank with offices in Somalia, Kenya and the United Kingdom. By Aggrey Mutambo Kenyan researcher Rashid Abdi and his colleagues at Sahan, a research think-tank, have rejected accusations of spying and leaking State secrets in Somalia. A Somali court earlier indicted Mr Abdi and five

Photo/Somali Times By NANCY AGUTU Amisom and Somali National Army agreed on strategies for Somali security forces to take a lead role. During a two-day meeting to evaluate security sector gains in Somalia, Amisom and Somali National Army agreed on strategies for Somali security forces to take a lead role. Representatives from the United Nations