Somalia govt minister among 5 victims in extremist attack

Gunmen stormed a government building in Somalia’s capital after a suicide car bombing on Saturday, killing at least five people including the country’s deputy labor minister, police said, in the latest attack by Islamic extremist fighters in the Horn of Africa nation. Somali security forces were exchanging gunfire with at least five attackers and trying

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Gunmen storm Somalia govt building after suicide car bombing

Gunmen stormed into a government building in the Somali capital following a suicide car bombing at the gates on Saturday, a police officer said, in the latest attack by Islamic extremist fighters in the Horn of Africa nation. Somali security forces were fighting to neutralize the attackers and rescue public servants trapped inside the Mogadishu

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Big explosion heard in Somali capital Mogadishu: Reuters witness

A big explosion was heard in the heart of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday, with a plume of smoke seen above the scene of blast, a Reuters witness reported. It was not clear who was responsible for the blast and what exactly had been detonated although Islamist group al Shabaab frequently carries out bombings in

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Washington awaits results after Mueller wraps Russia probe

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller closed his long and contentious Russia investigation with no new charges, ending the probe that has cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump’s presidency. The Justice Department was expected to release the main findings as soon as Saturday. Even with the details still under wraps, the end Friday

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U.N. experts rebuke U.S. ‘threats’, visa ban on ICC investigators

Photo Reuters United Nations human rights experts called on the United States on Friday to stop its “threats” and visa bans against the International Criminal Court (ICC), which they rejected as “improper interference”. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said a week ago that the United States will withdraw or deny visas to any ICC

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Hospitals on alert following cholera outbreak in Nairobi

All hospitals in Nairobi have been urged to reactivate cholera treatment units to prevent the spread.The outbreak was confirmed on March 20. In a statement, county Health director Lucina Koyio directs all sub counties to be on high alert. “Treat all suspected cases of cholera as cholera cases. ”The alert to hospitals comes as the

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Kenya-Somalia fail to end border row, now headed to The Hague

The search for an out-of-court solution for the Kenya-Somalia dispute over their common border has hit a snag, paving the way for a legal battle at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Nairobi is putting together final touches on papers for the case, which will begin in September in The Hague. In 2016, Kenya failed

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US abruptly endorses Israel’s Golan sovereignty in big shift

JERUSALEM (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly declared Thursday the U.S. will recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights, a major shift in American policy that gives Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a political boost a month before what is expected to be a close election. The administration has been considering recognizing Israel’s sovereignty

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UK police probe attacks on five mosques in Birmingham

A mosque on Witton Road, Birmingham, central England, is seen on March 21, 2019, with its windows apparently smashed with a sledgehammer. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP) LONDON — A sledgehammer-wielding man was seen smashing windows at two mosques in Britain’s second city Birmingham and three more have been similarly vandalized overnight, the police said Thursday.

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EU summit readies for Brexit in May – or next week

President of the European Council Donald Tusk arrives to deliver a statement on Brexit ahead of the EU summit in Brussels, Belgium March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville EU leaders will tell Theresa May on Thursday she can have two months to organise an orderly Brexit but Britain could face a hugely disruptive ejection from the

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