Photo: Credit AFP SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft launched from Launch Complex 39A on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station. Kenya has been thrust into the centre of a fresh row between the US and China over a multi-billion dollar space programme that Washington says will put

Photo: Credit Pinterest President Donald Trump and Rep. Ilhan Omar. By Emma Colton Rep. Ilhan Omar compared President Trump’s administration to Somalian dictatorships she witnessed growing up. “As a little girl, I witnessed what happens when you do not have a peaceful transfer of power,” the Minnesota Democrat tweeted Thursday. “It leads to instability, violence,

Officials in Kenya say three non-Muslim bus passengers were abducted by suspected Islamic extremists in Kenya’s northern Mandera county that borders Somalia. Armed gunmen, believed to be Somalia’s al-Shabab rebels, stopped a bus about 30 kilometers (18 miles) from Lafey town and ordered everyone out. The attackers picked three passengers from 54 on the bus

Photo: Credit Pinterest By Priyanka Motaparthy The U.S. military is seeking new authorities to expand its program of lethal drone strikes into Kenya, in order to target al-Shabab fighters in the region, the New York Times reported last week. The request reportedly comes in response to the January 5 al-Shabab attack on the Manda Bay

Photo/Somali Times The new Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble, addressed a special meeting with Abdirahman Abdishakur in his office today. Roble said in a statement that he, the leader of the Wadajir party, had discussed a number of issues, including the 2020/2021 elections. “We had an important meeting today

Health Secretary Matt Hancock (Image: PA) By Danya Bazaraa The Health Secretary said almost 10,000 people a day are contracting coronavirus and called on people to download the newly-released NHS tracing app to “make the country a safer place.” Matt Hancock said almost 10,000 people a day are contracting coronavirus admitting the figure is “too

A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. Asian shares were mostly lower Thursday as caution again after a retreat on Wall Street driven by a decline in technology shares.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Asian shares were mostly lower Thursday

The UAE has long voiced interest in the F-35 jets and were promised a chance to buy them when agreeing to normalise ties with Israel (AFP/File photo) David Friedman told the Jerusalem Post that Israel’s military edge in the region is a ‘matter of law, not a matter of policy US Ambassador to Israel David

Sudanese leader General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, 6 February 2020 [Twitter] The Sudanese Minister of Information and transitional government spokesman, Faisal Muhammad Saleh, yesterday denied media reports claiming a Sudanese delegation currently visiting the United Arab Emirates had discussed normalising relations with Israel. “The ministerial delegation accompanying the head of the Transitional Sovereignty Council [Abdel Fattah

Alexander Lukashenko takes the oath of office as Belarusian President during a swearing-in ceremony in Minsk, Belarus September 23, 2020. Andrei Stasevich/BelTA/Handout via REUTERS Ignoring calls for an end to his 26-year grip on power, President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus was sworn in for a sixth term on Wednesday after an election that the opposition