Jurgen Habermas decides not to accept Sheikh Zayed Book Award due to human rights concerns German philosopher Jurgen Habermas rejected a literary award by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sunday over human rights concerns in the Gulf country. Earlier, Habermas accepted the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, one of the Arab World’s most prestigious and well-funded

Photo/Somali Times Somali Deputy Minister of Information Abdirahman Yusuf Al-Adala briefed to the media on the security situation in the country and said that Prime Minister Roble today appointed a special committee to work on the implementation of his recent order to the opposing forces in Mogadishu. “The prime minister has today appointed a special

Photo/Somali Times The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Hussein Roble met with the Qatar envoy Dr. Mutlaq Al-Qahtani in Mogadishu. Prime Minister Roble and Dr Al-Qahtani discussed political differences between the central government and the federal state leaders, promising that the Qatari government would stand by a joint election. Dr. Mutlaq

Photo: Credit Abdi Jama Qabojiye According to some relatives told Somali Times, Abdi Jama Qaboojiye has passed away in Oslo, the capital of Norway. Abdi Jama Qabojiye has been suffering from Covid-19 for some time. The Somali Minister of Information extended his condolences to the people of Somalia, his friends and relatives, and wished the

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a closing speech at the Sixth Conference of Cell Secretaries of the Workers’ Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, April 8, 2021. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed

Serigne Mbaye, who is running on a ticket with the anti-austerity United We Can party, in the Madrid regional assembly elections, talks with a potential voter during an election campaign event in Madrid, Spain, Friday, April 16, 2021. Mbaye, a Senegalese-born environmental refugee wants to defy a history of underrepresentation of the Black community and

European External Action Service (EEAS) Deputy Secretary General Enrique Mora, Iranian Deputy at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi and Iran’s ambassador to the U.N. nuclear watchdog Kazem Gharibabadi wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, By Francois Murphy Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator said on Saturday Tehran expects

Mourners lower the coffin of one of the victims of protest who was killed this week during his funeral at a cemetery in N’Djamena, Chad, Saturday, May 1, 2021. Hundreds of chanting mourners carrying Chadian flags gathered Saturday to bury victims who were shot dead earlier this week amid demonstrations against the country’s new military

Photo/Somali Times President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who once again addressed members of Parliament after approving his request the September 17 election agreement, handed over federal election issues to Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble in state and federal talks. Farmajo instructed Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble to extend an invitation to regional administration leaders to sign

Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, in a recent address to the House of Representatives, called them to abandon the recent extension bill and return to the September 17 election process. The president also said that he will announce from today that he has handed over the administration