Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement following his meeting with US Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin, in Jerusalem, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (Emil Salman/Pool via AP) Israel has postponed the next hearing in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial because of a tightened coronavirus lockdown that began Friday. The Jerusalem District Court said

Photo: Credit Reuters Major General Hossein Salami visits an underground missile site of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards at an undisclosed location in the Gulf Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards unveiled an underground missile base at an undisclosed Gulf location on Friday, Iranian state media reported, at a time of heightened tension between Tehran and the United States.

Qatar’s foreign minister said Doha could be willing to invest in Saudi Arabia in future (AFP) Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said Qatar would maintain its independent foreign policy, Financial Times reports Qatar’s relations with Iran and Turkey will not be affected by Doha’s recent reconciliation agreement with blockading states Saudi Arabia, the

By Aurore Bonny Observers question objectives of ‘Operation Barkhane’ in Mali Rather than protecting the population, the French military is involved in the killing of civilians in Mali in particular and in the Sahel region in general to the dismay of people and observers who are voicing concerns. Since 2014, French military forces have been

Photo/Somali Times A Somali cabinet meeting in Somalia today is brought before 12 ambassadors to be approved, but downsized from a written list of the members said that more than one community. Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirazaq Council presented the list which contained the names of 12 members to the cabinet, which were approved. According to

President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By BARBARA ORTUTAY and DAVID KLEPPER Facebook will bar President Donald Trump from posting on its system at least until the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, the platform said

Pupils Concodia Primary school in Mombasa County, Kenya, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, as schools re-opened after a nine month break due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All Primary and secondary schools in the country were reopened in congested classes despite efforts by the national government to have fulfilled their promises of having new desks and new

File Photo/Somali Times The latest concerns have been raised again this morning over the exchange rate in Garowe, the administrative of Puntland, with reports that traders have rejected the Somali shilling exchange, which has recently been the subject of much public outcry. Shops, restaurants and all businesses are denominated in Somali shillings, and basic food

At least three people were killed and seven others injured in a bomb attack targeting the Somali prison chief in the capital Mogadishu on Thursday, police said. Mahad Ibrahim, the prison chief, survived the attack carried out on the busy Abdi Qasim Road in Mogadishu. Al-Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack follows

Sudanese Army’s deputy chief of staff, Lieutenant General Khaled Abdin al-Shami (2nd L), is seen ahead of his speech to the press as Sudanese army has retaken control of an area in the al-Fashqa border region with Ethiopia on December 29, 2020 [Muhabiri Mahmoud Hjaj/Anadolu Agency] Sudanese military sources have confirmed that the army responded