Professor Lukman Thalib (right) received a teaching award at Qatar University in 2018. He is a public health expert and helped Qatar with its covid-19 response (Supplied) Professor Lukman Thalib told relatives that his blood pressure and heart rate had become dangerously low The family of an Australian professor held without charge for five months

Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel is seen outside 10 Downing Street London, Britain, January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom will work flat out for a Brexit trade deal and the two sides are in “tunnel” negotiations but if a deal with the European Union is not possible then the country will

Sanctions not imposed on Turkey, only one institution and 4 people, says head of Defense Industries Presidency New US sanctions will leave most of Turkey unaffected, including the National Defense Ministry, Turkish Armed Forces, and defense companies, the head of the Turkey’s Defense Industries Presidency (SSB) said on Thursday. Speaking at Anadolu Agency’s Editor’s Desk,

Somalia has broken off diplomatic relations with Kenya. It has expelled Kenyan diplomats from Mogadishu and has recalled its own diplomats from Nairobi. It is a tragedy that neighbouring countries have fallen out this way. There have been many sources of friction in the past with Somalia. Kenya is claiming some Somali territorial waters at

Guards wearing face masks stand outside Manhattan federal court in August. Abdullah was due to be presented before a magistrate in Manhattan on Wednesday. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters Cholo Abdi Abdullah, who received pilot training in the Philippines, charged with six counts of terrorism-related offenses A Kenyan member of the al-Shabaab militant group who received pilot

Doha was revealed as the host city of the 2030 Asia Games during the Olympic Council of Asia’s general assembly in Muscat, Oman (AFP) Qatar has beaten off competition from Saudi Arabia and won the rights to host the 2030 Asia Games, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced at its general assembly on Wednesday.

Photo/Somali Times Benadir Governor Omar Mohamed Mohamud has warned against creating insecurity in the Benadir region, particularly in Mogadishu. The statement from the governor of the Benadir region comes at a time when protests took place in the capital yesterday, with some of protester using ammunition and heavy weapons, resulting in casualties. Omar Filish said

There is a “path to an agreement now,” the EU Commission president said Wednesday morning, renewing hope in a possible post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and EU before the transition period ends. Ursula von der Leyen said she could still not guarantee “whether there will be a deal or not” but “the path may

Miraa farmers will have to wait longer before they regain access to the Sh16 million-a-day Somalia market following the latest move by the Horn of Africa State to severe diplomatic ties with Kenya. The diplomatic row comes at a time when Kenya, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been engaging with their Somalia counterparts

Former National Assembly Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim. The people we have hosted in Nairobi are very unpopular on the ground; people do not want to secede. The whole world, the international community, is going to side with Somalia. We stand to lose everything in this diplomatic row with Somalia. Somalia has been a cash cow