Saudi state media say king’s bodyguard shot in ‘dispute’

Photo (AP) A prominent bodyguard to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman was shot and killed in what authorities described as a personal dispute, state TV reported Sunday, offering few details on an incident that shocked the kingdom. Tributes poured in across social media for Maj. Gen. Abdulaziz al-Fagham, with many including images of the bodyguard at

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UK PM Johnson: I’ve been model of restraint in Brexit debate

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives, accompanied by partner Carrie Symonds, ahead of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, England, Saturday Sept. 28, 2019. The ruling Conservative Party are continuing with their annual scheduled party conference, despite government lawmakers voting against the party request for a three-day recess to allow extra time for the event.

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Police looking for Somali national over terror suspicion

Police are looking for Abdiwaahid Khalif Abdi. Police are looking for a Somali national who flew to the country on September 24 after he had been released from a Mogadishu jail in unclear circumstances. Mr. Abdiwaahid Khalif Abdi alias Ise Tarabuun was in 2017 arrested over terror claims in Mogadishu. He was then reported to

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A New Era in Pakistan Somalia Relations Underway

Ambassador of Somalia Khadija Mohammed Almakhzoumi and Dr. Syed Mohammed Anwer, President of Maritime Study Forum. Ambassador of Somalia Khadija Mohammed Almakhzoumi says her country wants to further strengthen relations with Pakistan, especially within the maritime sector. Almakhzoumi was speaking in a meeting with Dr. Syed Mohammed Anwer, President of Maritime Study Forum (MSF), an

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How Gulf geopolitics are turning Somalia into a theatre of the absurd

Previously, countries like the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey have happily welcomed the parade of Somali politicians shuttling between their capitals on discreet fundraising trips months before the presidential elections Somalia, is preparing to hold a universal suffrage election in 2020/21, the first of its kind after more than two decades of

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Pakistan PM warns of ‘bloodbath’ in Kashmir; India PM silent

In this combination photo, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan address the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Insisting he wasn’t making a threat, Pakistan’s leader denounced his Indian counterpart on Friday and warned that any war between the nuclear

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Turkey’s Erdogan refuses UN dinner over presence of Egypt’s Sisi

President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech at the 74th session of UN General Assembly in New York, United States on 24 September, 2019 [Murat Kula/Anadolu Agency] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected an offer to join a dinner with the US President Donald Trump upon seeing the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah

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Farah Maalim explains why Somalis are not investing in Kenya

Kenya former Lagdera MP Farah Maalim Wealthy Somali nationals in the diaspora are avoiding investing in Kenya, former Lagdera MP Farah Maalim has noted. Maalim put the blame on the Office of the President and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for coming up with ‘hostile’ policies which have made Somalis keep off from investing their

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Jewish community helps reopen Somali Bravanese centre six years after arson

Cutting the ribbon for the new Somali-Bravanese community centre. Rabbis from across the religious spectrum are joined by faith minister Lord Younger, as the community rallies rounds its Muslim neighbours to inaugurate its new centre A new London base for the Somali Bravanese Welfare Association was officially opened last night in the presence of local

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At UN, Somalia’s President spotlights country’s progress, but cautions eradicating terrorism ‘will not be easy’

UN Photo/Laura Jarriel Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly’s General Debate. (26 September 2019) Somalia’s progress towards reconstruction was moving ahead, but Mr. Mohamad said “one cannot remain deaf and blind” pockets of global discontent and the effects of poverty,

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