European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni speaks during an online news conference at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. (Kenzo Tribouillard, Pool via AP) By LORNE COOK BRUSSELS (AP) — Despite deep uncertainty over a surge in coronavirus cases and the impact of new variants of the disease, senior European Commission

Photo/Somali Times/Somali Information Minister Osman Abukar Dubbe. The Somali government has rejected a request by the Kenyan government to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to postpone the maritime dispute with Somalia. Somali Information Minister Osman Abukar Dubbe recently told a news conference in Mogadishu that they would never accept a postponement of the maritime

Kenya is once again seeking to postpone the Indian Ocean maritime case with Somalia, in the latest attempt to have the matter brought before the International Court of Justice in The Hague. The case has been postponed three times as a result of requests from Kenya much to Somalia’s disappointment, which has pushed for a

A man wearing a face mask walks past a bank’s electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index in Hong Kong, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. Despite a short drop in early trading in Hong Kong, most major Asian stock indexes were higher on Thursday after President Joe Biden held his first conversation with Chinese leader

Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul is seen in this undated handout picture. Marieke Wijntjes/Handout via REUTERS By Ghaida Ghantous Prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was released from a Saudi prison after nearly three years behind bars, her family said on Wednesday, a case that has drawn international condemnation. Hathloul, 31, was detained in

A Toyota corporate logo appears on a screen as a visitor watches a video showing the assembly line procedures of a Toyota Motor Corp.’s plant at the automaker’s exhibition hall in Toyota, central Japan, Thursday, March 4, 2010. Toyota says it will roll out two new battery-electric vehicles and one plug-in gas-electric hybrid in the

Training enhances cooperation, interoperability between Turkish, US naval forces, says National Defense Ministry Turkish and US naval forces conducted a joint maritime exercise in the Black Sea, Turkey’s National Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. Turkish frigates TCG Turgutreis and TCG Orucreis were part of the drill along with the USS Porter and USS Donald Cook

Gargash served as minister of state for foreign affairs since 2008 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, with Anwar Gargash being removed from his post as a minister of state for foreign affairs. Gargash was appointed an adviser to the UAE president and Sheikh Shakhbout bin Nahyan was appointed as

Political prisoner and journalist Solafa Magdy [maitelsadany/Twitter] Violations are continuing against women in Al-Qanater prison, reports rights organisation We Record, since Amr Hisham took charge as chief of investigations at the prison on 4 February. Earlier this month Hisham forcibly moved detainees Maha, Aya, Riman, Dawlat, and Lua’ya by force from the wing housing political

File Photo/Somali Times The outgoing President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo convened a meeting on Election Heads of State and the Benadir region. ”The conference, which will open on February 15 in Garowe, Somalia, is a culmination of the implementation of the agreement reached by the National Consultative Council in Mogadishu