By Anadolu Agency US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a deal has been reached for hostages in Gaza amid media reports that Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire deal. “We have a deal for the hostages in the Middle East. They will be released shortly,” Trump posted on Truth Social. Earlier, the Palestinian

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during his annual press conference in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 14, 2025. Photographer Bai Xueqi By Xinhua News Agency The relationship between Russia and China is essential to maintaining global stability at a time of rising tensions around the world, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday in his

By The African Exponent Africa’s top ten coffee-producing nations are ranked by production figures and fascinating details about their respective coffee industries. The main coffee-producing countries in Africa, their distinctive coffee varieties, and their contributions to the world market. Everything you need to know about African coffee production is covered in this list, including Malawi’s

This photo taken on Oct. 19, 2024 shows the scenery of Nuuk, capital of Greenland, a self-governing Danish territory. Photographer Luo Yizhou By Xinhua News Agency Donald Trump’s policy of prioritizing America’s interests while disregarding the EU’s sentiments is likely to alter U.S.-EU relations after he assumes office, said Robert Frank, a Croatian political analyst.

Souvenir luggage tags are displayed at a Barrick Gold Corp at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 1, 2020. Photographer Chris Helgren/File Photo By Reuters Mali began flying gold out of Canadian miner Barrick Gold’s (ABX.TO), opens new tab Loulo-Gounkoto complex by helicopter on Saturday, four

By Anadolu Agency The death toll rose to 24 on Sunday in the wake of the devastating wildfires ravaging the US state of California. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office said they are investigating at least two dozen deaths related to two massive wildfires that have been raging in Southern California since last Tuesday. Officials

File Photo/Somali Times By Professor Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad Here’s a 150-word summary Somali President Hassan Sheikh January 2025 visit to Ethiopia undermines the tripartite Asmara alliance between Eritrea, Somalia and Egypt. The alliance, formed to address regional security, Nile water management and Somali stability, now faces potential realignment. Djibouti’s President Ismaël Omar Guelleh facilitated the

File Photo/Somali Times Why UN envoy Somalia James Swan witnessing Hassan Sheikh blocking aid to Jubaland, in the city of Kismayo, the capital of Lower Jubba region, hundreds of Somali people gathered today and staged a protest against Hassan Sheikh blocking aid in Jubaland. Read: Somalis call for corrupt president Hassan Sheikh to resign Read:

File Photo/Somali Times The sources added that he agreed to allow Ethiopia to have a sea route but he would tie it to the capture of Puntland and Jubaland by the Darood administrations of Ethiopia in a state of civil war. Ethiopia rejected it and responded by saying that the Somalis should agree on the

Chad’s newly elected President and junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby raises his hand during his inauguration ceremony in N’djamena, Chad May 23, 2024. Photographer Israel Matene/File Photo By Reuters A foiled attack on Chad’s presidential compound overnight was carried out by a group of two dozen armed “ill-intentioned individuals” who were neutralised by security forces,