U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio boards a plane after attending the NATO meeting in Brussels, Belgium, April 4, 2025. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via Reuters/ File Photo By Reuters The U.S. said on Saturday it would revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders over South Sudan’s failure to accept the return of its repatriated

File Photo/Somali Times Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, is turning into an dictator, bent on silencing the opposition and suppressing the media in order to maintain a firm grip on his power. This only confirms that Uganda, like some other countries in the region, is slowly degenerating into a

File Photo/Somali Times Former Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has strongly condemned the arrest in Mogadishu of the chairman of the People’s political organization Abdirahman Suleiman Jama by the Federal Government’s security agencies. Read: Exclusive: Somalia airspace revenue collected by Hassan Sheikh and his family Read: Somalia officials abuse diplomatic passports for immigration fraud and

By Anadolu Agency Russia and the US made “three steps forward” on a large number of issues over the past two days, Kirill Dmitriev, Russia’s special envoy for foreign investment and economic cooperation, said Thursday. “You know, indeed, for the last two days, on behalf of (Russian) President (Vladimir) Putin, I have been holding meetings

By Xinhua News Agency China firmly opposes the U.S. “reciprocal tariffs” and will resolutely adopt countermeasures to safeguard its rights and interests, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday. The comments came after the United States announced on Wednesday that it would impose “reciprocal tariffs” on its trading partners. History shows that

By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday delivering on his long-promised vow to impose reciprocal tariffs on nations worldwide in a move that has sent markets sharply lower for months. A minimum baseline tariff of 10% will be imposed on all countries except Canada and Mexico, with higher sums charged

By Reuters The dollar firmed a touch and other currencies held in tight ranges on Wednesday as traders anxiously awaited details of U.S. President Donald Trump’splans for tariffs, which could upend the global trading system and shake financial markets. The euro last bought $1.0784 while sterling fetched $1.2907, both easing slightly ahead of a White

File Photo/Somali Times The corruption of Hassan Sheikh and his family, who have benefited from the airspace revenue of Somalia, has been confirmed to Somali Times by reliable sources within Hassan Sheikh’s government. Read: Somalia officials abuse diplomatic passports for immigration fraud and human trafficking Hassan Sheikh and his family are responsible for the financial

File Photo Somali Times/Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh By MP Dr Abdillahi Hashi Abib It appears that the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Hassan Sheikh has entered into a series of military agreements without a coherent strategic framework, seemingly dictated by shifting political calculations rather than a consistent foreign policy. Recently, the President

Gold bars are stacked in the safe deposit boxes room of the Pro Aurum gold house in Munich, Germany, January 10, 2025. Photographer Angelika Warmuth/File Photo By Reuters Gold prices hit a record peak on Tuesday, as concerns that U.S. President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs might fuel inflationary pressures and impede economic growth drove safe-haven