Turkey’s exports reached $169.5 billion in 2020, the trade minister announced Tuesday, citing preliminary data. The headline figure, despite the severe economic contraction and shrinking in foreign demand in our export markets, especially the in EU, is the exporters’ success, Ruhsar Pekcan stressed during a year-end foreign trade evaluation meeting in the capital Ankara. Pekcan

Photo/Somali Times The chairman of Somalia’s Indirect Electoral Commission, Mohamed Hassan Irro, spoke for the first time about the crisis in the Gedo region and the position of the electoral commission on who will administer the elections in Garbaharey. Chairman of the Electoral Commission Mohamed Hassan Irro said the issue in Gedo is a political

Kuwait’s Emir called his Qatari counterpart Tamim al-Thani (L) as well as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) on Monday (AFP/File photos) Kuwait’s foreign minister announces preliminary agreement in major step towards resolving Gulf crisis Saudi Arabia has agreed to lift its land and air blockade on Qatar in a major step towards ending

In this image taken from video, Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a televised address to the nation from 10 Downing Street, London, Monday Jan. 4, 2021, setting out new emergency measures to control the spread of coronavirus in England. (Pool via AP) By DANICA KIRKA and SYLVIA HUI LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris

People queue as they wait to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at London Bridge vaccination centre, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain December 30, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – UK scientists expressed concern on Monday that COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out in Britain may not be able to protect against

Photo/Somali Times Somalia companies are expected to sign an agreement on oil drilling in Somalia today at Villa Somalia, with a meeting to be held at the Somali presidential palace, according to our sources inside Villa Somalia. The agreement will be jointly signed by the Federal Government of Somalia and oil companies, and will be

Photo: Credit Associated Press Iraqi security authorities arrested a man and his wife as they tried to sell their five-year-old son in the Karrada district in the capital, Baghdad, the Ministry of the Interior said. “The Iraqi intelligence service had received information concerning a human trafficking operation which involves the sale of a child by

US acting defense secretary says he ordered USS Nimitz to halt its routine redeployment The US has ordered the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz to remain in the Middle East, citing Iranian threats against US officials, in a move to reverse its decision last week. In a statement on Sunday night, Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller

82-year-old Brian Pinker receives the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Sam Foster at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, England, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Pinker, a retired maintenance manager received the first injection of the new vaccine developed by between Oxford University and drug giant AstraZeneca. (Steve Parsons/Pool Photo via AP) LONDON (AP) — Britain

Photo/Somali Times The President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo last night received in his office the President of the South West State of Somalia, Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Lafta-Gareen. President Lafta-Gareen held talks with several private meetings, who spoke on condition of Somali Times. Farmajo asks favour to Lafta-Gareen to re-elect him in the 2021 elections.