U.S. Secretary of Defence Mark Esper speaks next to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a joint news conference with their Australia counterparts in Sydney, Australia, August 4, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool The United States says China is destabilizing the Indo-Pacific, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Sunday, charging Beijing with predatory economics, intellectual

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, His Excellency Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire today pays tribute to the family and relatives of the governor of Banadir region, Eng. Abdirahman Omar Osman The Prime Minister met with Ugas Mohamud Ali Ugas and Nuriye Hassan Ishaq, the mother of the governor of Banadir, Eng. Abdirahman Omar Osman dies from wounds

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, The president of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has sent condolences to the family and friend of the late mayor of Mogadishu and to the Somali public in general. The body of the former mayor is expected to arrive in Mogadishu today on 3rd August 2019 accompanied by family members and the Somali

Supporters of far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon known as Tommy Robinson are restrained by police, in Oxford Street, London, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. Demonstrators carrying England’s flag gathered in central London to demand the release of Robinson. Singing “We want Tommy out,” demonstrators began congregating at Oxford Circus on Saturday. Strict conditions were imposed by police

A Congolese health worker administers ebola vaccination to a resident at a centre in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, August 1, 2019. REUTERS/Djaffer Sabiti NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. Researchers in Uganda have launched the largest-ever trial of the experimental Ebola vaccine that is expected to be deployed in neighboring Congo, where a deadly outbreak has

The body of a teenaged boy is removed from a Falstaff Ave. highrise after a fatal shooting Aug. 1, 2019. (Kevin Connor/Toronto Sun) A day after scores of Somali mothers pleaded for help stopping gun violence, a 16-year-old Somali boy was gunned down in a notoriously rough North York neighbourhood. Toronto Police were called around

Photo/Reuters Friends and colleagues pay homage to mayor of Somali capital who succumbed to wounds after suicide blast in his office. His name was Abdirahman Omar Osman but, to Somalis, the mayor of Mogadishu was simply known as “injineer yariisow”, meaning “the small engineer” due to his slight stature and civil engineering training. The 53-year-old’s

Photo (AP) Saudi Arabia published new laws early Friday that loosen restrictions on women by allowing any citizen to apply for a passport and travel freely, ending a long-standing guardianship policy that gave men control over women. The changes are a potential game-changer for Saudi women’s rights in the kingdom. The legal system has long

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) meets Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the tech giant’s headquarters in Silicon Valley, U.S. June 22, 2016. Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo People connected to the government of Saudi Arabia have run a network of fake accounts and pages on Facebook (FB.O) to

Mogadishu mayor and Banadir governor Abdirahman Omar Osman passed away on Thursday afternoon in Qatar after he has sustained serious injuries from a suicide attack at his office in Mogadishu last week. At least six people, including three district commissioners and three directors were killed and wounded the mayor of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu Yarisow in