Photo/ Reuters Israel opposes an accord signed last month between Libya and Turkey mapping out maritime boundaries in the eastern Mediterranean, but the deal was unlikely to lead to a conflict with Turkey, Israel’s foreign minister said on Monday. The deal between Ankara and Tripoli carves out a corridor of maritime boundaries between Libya and

Photo/ Reuters Saudi Arabia’s closed-door trial on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi sparked global outrage after a Saudi court cleared two former top aides to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) linked to the murder plot. While five of the 11 unnamed individuals indicted in the case were sentenced to death and three

At least 4 al-Shabaab terrorists killed in morning attack, says military official At least seven Somali soldiers were killed and several others wounded on Monday when gunmen belonging to al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab attacked a southwestern military base, officials said. Hassan Isack, a Somali military official in the Bay region, confirmed to Anadolu Agency the attack

A statement from the Somaliland. Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said talks between Somalia and Somaliland rejects The statement said Somaliland is not ready to negotiate with the Somali government at this time. Somaliland has accused the Federal Government of being dishonest and refusing to negotiate, and at this time no talks between the two

Selami Turker, chief of Special Police Unit of Turkish National Police, met with Somali officials and exchanged views Turkey’s police special operations chief is in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu to boost cooperation between the two countries, the Turkish Embassy in Somalia said Monday. In a statement, the embassy said the Chief of the Special Police Unit

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,