Turkish Naval Forces’s ship, is seen docked in Istanbul, Turkey on 5 October, 2018 [Muhammed Enes Yıldırım/Anadolu Agency] Turkey dispatched a vessel to conduct a seismic survey in a disputed area in the eastern Mediterranean, a move which Greece said was illegal and is likely to heighten tensions between the two NATO allies. The advisory

7 prison guards in Mogadishu’s Central Jail are feared dead after an inmate allegedly snatched a weapon from the guards and fired indiscriminately. Somali officials said the inmate, alleged to be an Al-Shabaab convicts snatched the gun from the guards and went on a firing spree. It is feared there are ‘several’ casualties as a

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, right, who founded local newspaper Apple Daily, is arrested by police officers at his home in Hong Kong, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. Lai was arrested Monday on suspicion of collusion with foreign powers, his aide said, in the highest-profile use yet of the new national security law Beijing imposed

Turkey has sent medical aid to over 150 countries and six international organizations, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. The value of our health investments is better noticed now in the pandemic process,” said Erdogan, speaking at the opening ceremony of health and research centers in Kocaeli University, in Turkey’s northwestern Kocaeli province.

Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is taking a number of steps before appointing a new prime minister, believed to be blocking the appointment. Following the removal of Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire, the caretaker government has taken a number of illegal actions, which the president wants to pass before a new prime minister

Photo/Somali Times Hanad Abdullahi Ahmed Addow, the son of Abdullahi Ahmed Addow, a former Somali ambassador to the United States and a former presidential candidate, has been in Mogadishu in recent days. Hanad’s arrival in Mogadishu has sparked a flurry of rumors that he has been named the new prime minister of Somalia. However, according

Photo: Credit Reuters/A general view of ambulances and staff outside the NHS Nightingale Hospital at the Excel Centre, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 5, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley LONDON — Britain has recorded more than 1,000 new coronavirus infections in a day for the first time since late June. Government

President Ghani’s statement comes after Afghan grand assembly passed a resolution on Sunday morning. Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has agreed to release 400 Taliban prisoners after an Afghan grand assembly, known as the Loya Jirga, passed a resolution to approve the move. The resolution recommending the release of the prisoners was passed on Sunday at

Abdullahi Hashi Nur, a political analyst, said plans to relocate the Amisom base to the Somali regional government which had been pushed back by the Ethiopian government for a long time. In a interview with Kulmiye Radio, Abdullahi Nur said that the base will be a safe heaven for Ethiopian interests in Somalia, and that

In this photo provided by Grégoire Rouxel fuel is in the ocean leaking from a ship, rear right, that ran aground, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, in Mauritius. The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius has declared a “state of environmental emergency” after a Japanese-owned ship that ran aground offshore days ago began spilling tons of fuel.