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Turkish, US presidents meet on sidelines of G-20 summit

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) meets with United States President Joe Biden (L) as part of the G20 leaders’ Summit in Nusa Dua, on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. Photographer Emin Sansar By Anadolu Agency Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Joe Biden on Tuesday met in Indonesia to discuss

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Somalia Amnesty International urges new government to adopt 10-point human rights plan

Photographer Somali Times/Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh By Amnesty International Six months after President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud took office, his government has yet to make good on its promises to guarantee justice and security for the people of Somalia. Amnesty International is today presenting the Somali government with a 10-point plan, outlining the steps it

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U.S. intelligence report says key gulf ally meddled in American politics

Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates, and Yousef Al Otaiba, the UAE’s ambassador to the United States, speak with President Biden during a video call between Abu Dhabi and Washington on Nov. 2. (The Uae Presidential Court/Handout Handout/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) The Washington Post By John Hudson U.S. intelligence officials have compiled a

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Kenyan traders buy Ethiopian miraa for Somalia market on high costs

By Business Daily Africa Miraa traders have shifted to Ethiopia as a source market for the stimulant, where they are buying nearly half of the allocated quota for the Somali market as high costs in Kenya force them to abandon the local crop. The traders said they procure at least 40 percent of the 19

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US to reward informant who will help capture 3 Al-Shabab leaders

US ambassador to Kenya Margaret Whitman during a press conference at US Embassy, Gigiri on August 7, 2022 Photo/File By The Star, Kenya Initially, Mahad Karate, also known as Abdirahman Mohamed Warsame had a $5 million bounty on his head. Also wanted are Jehad Serwan Mostafa alias Ahmed Gurey, Anwar al-Amriki, and Emir Anwa Mostafa.

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Biden, Xi to meet face-to-face amid superpower tensions

This combination image shows U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington, Nov. 6, 2021, and China’s President Xi Jinping in Brasília, Brazil, Nov. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Eraldo Peres, File) By The Associated Press President Joe Biden will sit down with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday for their first in-person meeting since the U.S.

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6 killed, 81 injured in Istanbul explosion

By Anadolu Agency An explosion on Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue Sunday killed six people and injured 81 others, the Turkish vice president said. Fuat Oktay, who visited the blast site, told the press at Istanbul’s Taksim Square that the blast is considered a terrorist act, and a female attacker detonated the bomb. Giving further details on

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Six dead in Istanbul blast, Erdogan says it ‘smells like terrorism’

Police works at the scene after an explosion on busy pedestrian Istiklal street in Istanbul, Turkey, November 13, 2022. Photographer Kemal Aslan By Reuters Six people were killed and 53 others were wounded on Sunday when an explosion rocked a busy pedestrian street in central Istanbul in what Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called a bomb

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7 French citizens currently detained in Iran, foreign minister says

By Anadolu Agency Two more French citizens have been detained in Iran, bringing the total number of people from France held in the Islamic republic to seven, the country’s foreign minister said on Saturday. “We are concerned about two other compatriots and it appears from the last verification that they are also detained,” Catherine Colonna

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Bahrain websites attacked as it holds parliamentary election

Credit to Photo Anadolu Agency By The Associated Press Bahrain voted Saturday in a parliamentary and local election just hours after hackers targeted government websites in the island kingdom that is in the midst of a decade-long crackdown on dissent. The Interior Ministry did not identify the websites targeted, but the country’s state-run Bahrain News

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