Photo/Reuters The U.S. State Department called on American citizens to “exercise increased caution” while traveling to Saudi Arabia, a travel advisory posted on its website said on Wednesday. U.S. Mission personnel and their families are not permitted to use the airport in Abha without Chief of Mission approval, the note added. Abha airport has been

New Somali ambassador to Washington Ali Sharif Ahmed presented his credentials to US President Donald Trump yesterday. Ambassador Ali Sharif will be the third Somali ambassador to Washington since 2014. Ambassador Ali Sharif has previously served as Somalia’s Ambassador to Ethiopia and France. He also replaces Ahmed Issa Awad, former US ambassador to the United

• ICJ to start public hearings between November 4 and 8. • Kenya says still pushing for an out of court settlement over the matter. The Hague Based International Justice Court –ICJ is scheduled to start public hearings over the maritime dispute between Kenya and Somalia in early November. On Tuesday, the court outlined conditions

Photo/AFP The Kenyan military will now receive six new US-made light attack helicopter gunships part of an initial order of 12 light attack and reconnaissance helicopters by December, a US manufacturer said on Friday. The planes are part of the Ksh25 billion ($253 million) arms deal that Nairobi signed with Washington, which got the United

Photo/Somali Times By Ahmed Abdullahi Isse (If the parliament were independent and free to exercise their constitutional power, many wrongdoings by the government may possibly monitored regarding the federal constitution and other laws of the country). Somalia like many other countries, the parliament house is the most important government institution mandatory making/changing laws, preparing motions

Photo/Somali Times In recent days, there has been reports that the current Somali government leaders want to extend the extension, but the president of the semi-autonomous Puntland region has spoken out. The president said that the people of Somalia have agreed that the elections must be held on a four-year basis and that there is

FILE PHOTO: A combination picture shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, Israel September 10, 2019 and Benny Gantz, head of Blue and White party in Tel Aviv, Israel April 10, 2019. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo, REUTERS/Corinna Kern/File Photo Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a battle for political survival in

Photo/Somali Times A delegation led by the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, has arrived in Dhusamareb, the headquarters of Galmudug state. The head of Galmudug government, Sheikh Mohamed Ali Hassan Shakir, the Minister of Interior, the Minister of Homeland Security, MPs and the different sections of the community welcomed President

Photo/Somali Times Somaliland president Musa Bihi Abdi The self-declared independent Somaliland has given tough conditions for future dialogue with Somalia on bilateral relations after the last talks collapsed in Turkey in 2015. They include demands that Mogadishu admit that Somaliland was an independent country, and that international intergovernmental organisations and institutions use the name, map,

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson shakes hands with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker during a meeting in Luxembourg, September 16, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman By John Chalmers British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will explore his chances of securing a Brexit deal over lunch with European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker on Monday, after weekend rhetoric from both