President Joe Biden during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, July 8, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By Reuters President Joe Biden on Saturday defended his decision to travel to Saudi Arabia saying human rights would be on his agenda as he gave a preview of a trip on

File Photo Somali Times/Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh By The Times of Israel Earlier this year a diplomat close to Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud said his reelection opened door to relations between Mogadishu and Jerusalem. A spokesperson for Somalia’s president said on Saturday that the government is set to consult parliament on the possibility of establishing

Somalia corrupt President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud has arrived in Eritrea’s capital, Asmara, on a four-day state visit. Eritrean Information Minister Yemane Meskel tweeted: ”At the invitation of President Isaias Afwerki, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud arrived in Asmara this afternoon for a four-day visit. President Hassan and his delegation were warmly welcomed by President Afwerki.”

Demonstrators run from tear gas used by police during a protest demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, amid the country’s economic crisis, near the president’s residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 9, 2022. Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte By Reuters Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital Colombo stormed the president’s official residence and his secretariat

By Anadolu Agency Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto appointed Somali-born MP Suldaan Said Ahmed as his Special Representative on Peace Mediation in the Horn of Africa. The Foreign Ministry said Ahmed, who is the only Somali-origin member in the parliament, will focus on supporting peace processes in one of the volatile regions in Africa. Finland

In this image from a video, Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a campaign speech in Nara, western Japan shortly before he was shot Friday, July 8, 2022. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation’s most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a

In this image from a video, Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a campaign speech in Nara, western Japan shortly before he was shot Friday, July 8, 2022. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation’s most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a

Royal Navy vessel HMS Montrose at sea during Baltic Operations in this photo taken June 15, 2014. Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Adam C. Stapleton/U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters By Reuters Britain’s Royal Navy said on Thursday one of its warships had seized Iranian weapons, including surface-to-air-missiles and engines for cruise missiles, from smugglers in international

Credit to Photo Facebook/Kenya’s Minister of Agriculture Peter Munya Kenya’s Minister of Agriculture Peter Munya said the agreement to resume trade between Somalia and Kenya had been delayed. This comes after Somali corrupt President Hassan Mohamoud failed to attend the IGAD Extraordinary Summit in Nairobi. Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017 Mr

Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, falls on the ground in Nara, western Japan Friday, July 8, 2022. Abe was in heart failure after apparently being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, NHK public television said Friday. (Kyodo News via AP) By The Associated Press Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe