By Jonathan Allen The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd was due to begin on Monday with the screening of jurors to weigh murder and manslaughter charges in a case seen as a referendum on police violence against Black Americans. The judge has set aside three weeks

A woman enters the face and iris-recognition gate to board a plane, during a media tour at Dubai Airport, in the United Arab Emirates, Sunday, March 7, 2021. Dubai’s airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, has introduced an iris-scanner that verifies one’s identity and eliminates the need for any human interaction when leaving the

Photo: Credit Wikipedia dictator Ismail Omar Guelleh. Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh, who recently announced his candidacy for re-election next month, said he had decided to run for a fifth term at the request of the people. The April 23 presidential election. He has ruled the country since 1999. The deadline for registering candidates is

File Photo/Somali Times More details are emerging from an operation by Puntland security forces last night in and around Bosaso. The operation was planned and carried out in the neighborhoods in Bosaso, which is the commercial center of Puntland. Sources say about 100 people, mostly teenagers, none from the Mohamoud Salebaan community in Bosaso were

Turkey’s historical, cultural common values with Egypt may bring new developments in coming days: Defense chief It is a very important development that Egypt has made a tender on hydrocarbon exploration in the eastern Mediterranean respecting Turkey’s continental shelf limits, the Turkish national defense minister said on Saturday. “We have many historical and cultural values

President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House, Saturday, March 6, 2021, in Washington. The Senate approved a sweeping pandemic relief package over Republican opposition on Saturday, moving Biden closer to a milestone political victory that would provide $1,400 checks for most American and direct billions of dollars to schools,

As part of restructuring Somali army, barracks built by Turkey handed over to authorities, says National Defense Ministry Turkey on Saturday handed over military barracks to Somalia, according to an official statement. “As part of restructuring the Somali Armed Forces, the Northern Barracks – 1st Stage Facilities built by Turkey in Mogadishu were handed over

Credit Reuters By Sarah Young, Clara-Laeila Laudette, Laurence Frost The race to roll out vaccination passports is spurring competition among travel companies and tourist destinations for the large number of Britons set to receive COVID-19 shots before the summer. Thanks to its swift vaccine deployment here, Britain is the only major European country likely to

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday won a vote of confidence in the lower house of Parliament, the speaker said. Khan won 178 votes in the 341-seat National Assembly, well above the 172 votes he needed to survive. On Wednesday, Khan announced to seek a vote of confidence from Parliament after his party’s unexpected

A medical clinic that was looted and vandalized in Zana, is seen in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. The United Nations in its latest humanitarian report on the situation in Tigray says the “humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate” as fighting intensifies across the northern region. (Medecins Sans Frontieres via AP)