Pakistani Air Force spokesman identifies pilot as Wing Commander Nauman Akram A Pakistani Air Force pilot was killed when a fighter jet crashed on the outskirts of the capital Islamabad on Wednesday morning, an air force official said. The F-16 aircraft crashed while practicing maneuvers for a Pakistan Day airshow set for March 23. The

Photo/Somali Times A passenger traveled from China via Ethiopia to Somalia was Tuesday quarantined at a special facility at Aden Ade Airport in Mogadishu following suspicion of the novel corona virus. The quarantine is the first in the Horn of Africa nation. The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the federal government issued a

A delivery man wears a protective face mask as he rides a bicycle at Campo de Fiori, after a decree orders for the whole of Italy to be on lockdown in an unprecedented clampdown aimed at beating the coronavirus, in Rome, Italy March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus

General view shows houses in The Bishops Avenue, Hampstead, in London, Britain March 10, 2020. Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has asked a grandson of the former president of Kazakhstan to explain where he got the money from to buy a multi-million pound mansion in one of north London’s most expensive roads. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls Britain’s

The meeting in Addis Ababa is a follow-up to the weekend one where the Kenyan team met Somalia President Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo. Somali Times has spoken to Kenyan officials that President Uhuru Kenyatta believes that Abiy Ahmed can help in brokering an out of court settlement over the maritime boundary dispute. Interior ministry said Matiang’i

Photo/ Somali Times The Somali Prime Minister, Hassan Ali KhaIre, made a false promise again to people in Barawe The Prime Minister said at the ceremony that the completion of the stadium is a symbol of the Somali government’s commitment to rebuilding Somalia, its infrastructure and connecting the Somali people across the country and the

Photo: Credit Reuters Saudi Arabia has imposed a fine of 500,000 riyals ($133,000) on people who do not disclose their health status at entry points to the kingdom, the public prosecutor said in a statement. The Saudi public prosecutor’s statement said: “All travellers arriving on international trips to the kingdom, and those responsible for the

According to Somaliland standard. The government of Ethiopia eventually halted the plan of Berbera port development this week. The report comes after completing a formal process of acquiring land in Sudan to develop its own port. Specifically, sources report that Ethiopian Finance minister said, Mr Ahmed Shide an announced visit to Hargeisa, Somaliland capital and

A nurse processes a swab at a drive-thru testing site for the new coronavirus and other viruses for employees at UW Medical Center Northwest in Seattle on Monday. | REUTERS Patients with hypertension appear to be at a higher risk of dying from the coronavirus, said a top Chinese intensive care doctor who’s been treating

Somali pirates have attacked a tanker carrying two million barrels of the most valuable cargo in the world today, hand sanitiser. In the early hours of this morning, a tanker loaded with three hundred million litres of hydro-alcoholic gel with a street value of six billion pounds was taken hostage while on route to the