Photo/Associated Pres/A Somali civil aviation official says at least 15 Qatar Airways flights have used Somalia’s airspace since Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations moved to sever links with the Gulf nation. Ambassador of Qatar to Somalia, Hassan bin Hamza Hashem, handed over the shipment to the Director-General of the Somali Civil Aviation Authority Ahmed

Photo/Reuters Egypt’s former military chief-of-staff Sami Anan was released from detention on Sunday almost two years after his arrest following his plans to compete in the 2018 presidential election, his office manager said on Twitter. Anan, now at home according to the manager, was held in a military prison until he suffered a stroke in

National Assembly majority leader Aden Duale Deputy President William Ruto’s roadmap to State House come 2022 is “unstoppable”, National Assembly majority leader Aden Duale has said. Mr Duale, who is Garissa Town’s member of Parliament, said on Sunday that those trying to derail the DP’s quest to take over from President Uhuru Kenyatta are wasting

Nazanin Boniadi, left, actress and activist, Sarah Moriarty, the daughter of Robert Levinson, a U.S. hostage in Iran, Babak Namazi, the brother of Siamak Namazi and son of Baquer Namazi, who are both being held hostage in Iran, and Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a U.K. hostage in Iran, speak about their family

Photo/Somali Times An explosion from a car bomb meant for a senior Somali army official has left eight people dead in central Somalia, local police said. The car bomb went off on Saturday evening just outside a hotel in Galkayo where Somali Ground Forces Commander Brigadier General Abdihamid Mohamed Dirir held a meeting with officials,

Indians gather for a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act after Friday prayers outside Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. Police banned public gatherings in parts of the Indian capital and other cities for a third day Friday and cut internet services to try to stop growing protests against a new

Credit /AFP / Charly TRIBALLEAU, CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/ President Hassan Rouhani sought support for the sanctions-hit Iranian economy during a visit to Japan Iranian President Hassan Rouhani wrapped up his two-day visit to Japan on Saturday as Tehran, under US sanctions pressure, sought economic support from Tokyo. Rouhani’s trip to Japan, the first by an Iranian

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia’s King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, Malaysia’s Queen Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, Malaysia’s First Lady Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, Turkey’s First Lady Emine Erdogan and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pose for a photograph during Kuala

A shipment of 54 new Humvees arrived in Djibouti this week, as part of a $31 million train-and-equip partnership between the U.S. government and the Djiboutian military. The military vehicles will be delivered to the Djibouti armed forces for use by its new Rapid Intervention Battalion. By JOHN VANDIVER The U.S. delivered 54 new Humvees

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the debate on the Queen’s Speech in the House of Commons Chamber, in London, Britain December 19, 2019. ©UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS Prime Minister Boris Johnson won approval for his Brexit deal in parliament on Friday, the first step toward fulfilling his election pledge to deliver Britain’s