Photo Reuters U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has approved six secret authorizations by companies to sell nuclear power technology and assistance to Saudi Arabia, according to a copy of a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. The Trump administration has quietly pursued a wider deal on sharing U.S. nuclear power technology with Saudi Arabia, which

The UN Security Council on Wednesday roundly rejected Washington’s decision to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. Syria called for an emergency meeting of the council following U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision Monday to unilaterally recognize Israel’s claim to the territory. All members of the council except the U.S. harshly condemned the

British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain March 27, 2019. ©UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS British Prime Minister Theresa May offered on Wednesday to quit if her European Union divorce deal passes at the third attempt, making a last-ditch sacrifice to try to win over dozens of rebels

Mogadishu, Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, who has been holding his constitutional mandate, officially opened the fifth session of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament of Somalia. The president’s speech in the opening session and pointed out that two years ago he signed

Photo (AP) The European Central Bank is ready to take further action to help the economy if the outlook takes a sudden turn for the worse, President Mario Draghi said Wednesday. Draghi told a conference that the bank would take “all the monetary policy actions that are necessary and proportionate” in addition to steps taken

Nairobi, The embassy in Kenya has said it will donate about $ 1 million to the fight against Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia. The embassy said in a statement that the money would be sent to the Somali government Fund for the Fight against terror attacks. The Government of Japan for five years in the past

Algeria’s army chief of staff Ahmed Gaed Salah has called for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to be declared unfit to hold rule the North African state. The move follows months of protests calling for the president to step down from his 20-year rule of the nation. In a televised broadcast on Tuesday, Lt Gen Gaed Salah

Photo Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “it’s not about the Benjamins” as he hit back on Tuesday against any suggestion that U.S. politicians are paid to support Israel. A tweet in February by Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar, a freshman legislator from Minnesota, was widely seen as echoing an anti-Semitic slur that Jews influence

Photo (AP) A bomb exploded in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, on Tuesday killing one person and wounding another. The blast from a bomb planted in a private luxury car exploded in Mogadishu’s Hodan district, killing the driver and injuring a nearby pedestrian, said police Col. Ahmed Abdi. There was no immediate claim for the bombing, the

Mogadishu, Somali Times President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has said the country faces external and internal enemies trying to destabilize Somalia. Speaking to Somali National Army officials on Monday, President Mohamed vowed that his government will deal harshly with mercenaries and mules working to topple the Somali government. “The country is facing internal and external enemies