Abu Dhabi’s agreement to normalise ties with Israel was a “sovereign decision” and was not “directed at Iran”, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash, stressed yesterday. We say this and repeat it. We do not accept interference in our decisions, just as we reject threats, whether as a

Photo/Somali Times Former National Security Agency and the intelligence Somalia Abdullahi Mohamed Ali said President Mohamed he prepared his plan failed of Dhusamareb conference elections dividend of consultation. In an interview with outlet media Sanbaloshe said President Farmajo’s decision to return the Dhusamareb agreement to parliament was a signal that the conference would fail. “The

Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma (left). Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma, whose real name is Collins Juma Osemo, has been in detention in Ethiopia for more than 47 days. He is due to appear in court this morning, his fifth appearance since his arrest in the immediate aftermath of the assassination of Oromia musician Hachalu Hundessa. He

Jowhar town, the administrative of Hir Shabelle region said that a minister was shot dead in the town. HirShabelle State Minister of Agriculture, Abdikadir Abukar Karani, was reportedly killed by gunmen as he left the lobby. The newly appointed Minister Abdikadir Abukar Karani was assassinated in Kulmis neighborhood of Jowhar town. According to witnesses confirmed

US president says world leaders plead with him to speak to Recep Tayyip Erdogan amid heightened tensions US President Donald Trump said Monday world leaders have sought his help with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, because he claimed the Turkish leader will only listen to him. The heads of countries last week they called me

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he gives a statement at Ben Gurion International Airport, in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel August 17, 2020. Emil Salman/Pool via REUTERS JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel is preparing for direct flights, over Saudi Arabia, to the United Arab Emirates as

Property sales see annual rise of 124% last month, according to official data Praising the performance of Turkey’s construction sector, the treasury and finance minister said Monday the country saw the highest housing sales figure in July with 229,357 units. Residential property sales in Turkey jumped 124.3% year-on-year in July, according to the country’s statistical

According to Villa Somalia sources told Somali Times that efforts are underway to secure a meeting between the Federal Government and its member states. United Nations envoy to Somalia James Swan and US Ambassador to Somalia Donald Yamamoto have made various contacts with the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia and heads of state,

Medical staff carry a wounded woman on a stretcher at Madina Hospital in Mogadishu on August 16, 2020, following a gun and bomb attack by Al-Shabaab fighters on an upscale beachfront hotel in Somalia’s capital. Jihadist group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for a hours-long siege that occurred Sunday evening at Elite Hotel, a beachside facility

Photo/Somali Times Suicide bomber kills 17 people in an attack on a hotel in Somalia’s capital Lido Beach Hotel of Mogadishu by gunmen shooting was ongoing inside the hotel, adding that among those injured is Minister of Public Works Ahmed Washington, while former director of tourism for the Ministry of Information was possibly killed. Gunmen