A huge explosion probably caused by a gas leak gutted the ground floor of a building in a central Paris shopping district on Saturday, seriously injuring at least 12 people, authorities said. Police were on high alert in the French capital for a ninth consecutive Saturday of “yellow vest” protests, with large parts of the

AP Photo Jacquelyn Martin The partial government shutdown became the longest closure in U.S. history when the clock ticked past midnight into early Saturday as President Donald Trump and nervous Republicans scrambled to find a way out of the mess. A solution couldn’t come soon enough for federal workers who got pay statements Friday but

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, right, walks with an unidentified companion in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. BANGKOK – A Saudi woman who fled her family claiming fear of her life and used social media to amplify her calls for safe haven was granted asylum to Canada on Friday, an official in Thailand said. In Regina

4 black South African kids were separated from sitting with their white classmates at the Laerskool Schweizer-Reneke school — Photo credit: Timeslive.com School authorities at Laerskool Schweizer-Reneke in South Africa are facing severe backlash after a photo circulated of black grade R children seated separately from their white classmates in a group picture that was

The self-declared republic of Somaliland has expressed an interest in hosting British and Russian naval bases, which would add to an already active military presence along the coast of the Red Sea – one of the world’s busiest and most strategically important maritime passages. Last weekend, British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson paid an unannounced visit

Somali Prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire has today appointed a committee to protect the public properties. a statement issued on Thursday, Prime minister Khaire nominated 11 member committee majority of them selected from his cabinet. The members are tasked to protect and recover the public lands and other government properties. “Based on the directive from

Photo (AP) President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, will testify publicly before a House committee next month in a hearing that could serve as the opening salvo in a promised Democratic effort to greater scrutinize Trump, his conflicts of interest and his ties to Russia. The House Oversight and Reform Committee announced Thursday that

Somalia, Puntland region new governor has formally accused Somaliland of violating Puntland territories. In an interview with the BBC Somali Service on Wednesday, Saeed Abdullahi Deni said that there was no dispute between Puntland and Somaliland, but Hargeisa administration violated Puntland regions. “We have no land dispute with Somaliland administration, but it has violated the

The Admiralty Court in Mombasa has awarded a Somali shipping company more than Sh10 million for damages incurred on its vessel MV Nasibu that was detained and has been grounded in Kenyan waters since 2017. newsinisdeYesterday, Justice Njoki Mwangi directed that the vessel’s owner, Mumin Ali Mumin, be awarded Sh10,290,000 by a businessman who had

Namibia has suspended meat imports from neighbouring South Africa due to the outbreak of the highly contagious foot and mouth disease. The authorities on Tuesday announced that positive laboratory results for the viral disease, which causes lesions and lameness in cattle and sheep, were taken in the Vhembe District of Limpopo, which borders Zimbabwe. Foot