The first customer of the day, Rittipomng Bachkul celebrates after buying legal marijuana at the Highland Cafe in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Measures to legalize cannabis became effective Thursday, paving the way for medical and personal use of all parts of cannabis plants, including flowers and seeds. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) By The Associated

By Reuters A Greek court on Wednesday overturned an earlier court ruling that allowed the confiscation by the United States of part of a cargo of Iranian oil on an Iranian-flagged tanker off the Greek coast, three sources familiar with the matter said. The incident had led to an angry response by Iran, with Iranian

A man wearing a police vest walks near a car that crashed into a group of people and ended up in a storefront near Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, Germany, June 8, 2022. Reuters/Michele Tantussi By Reuters A car drove into a crowd of people in Berlin on Wednesday, killing one person as it veered onto a

Former health secretary and foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt Conservative MP AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File By The Associated Press With British Prime Minister Boris Johnson dealt a heavy blow after surviving a no-confidence vote from his own Conservative Party, questions already are being asked about who might succeed him if he was forced from office.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, speaks after surviving an attempt by Tory MPs to oust him as party leader following a confidence vote in his leadership, Monday June 6, 2022, in London. By The Associated Press British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was meeting his Cabinet and trying to patch up his tattered authority on Tuesday after

By Anadolu Agency At the United Nations, the country’s internationally recognized name has been changed from Turkey to Türkiye, said the Turkish president on Monday. After chairing a Cabinet meeting in the capital Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that under the official change, from now on all Turkish state institutions are using the name Türkiye

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets with his Estonian counterpart at 10 Downing Street, London, Britain June 6, 2022. Alberto Pezzali/Pool via Reuters By Reuters British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a confidence vote on Monday but by a relatively modest margin, seeing off a challenge to his leadership brought by lawmakers within his Conservative

UAE Ambassador to Somalia, Somalia’s corrupt president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud Somalia’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb. Jamal Barrow has strongly criticized the behavior of international ambassadors based in Mogadishu, calling it a non-diplomatic matter to visit the offices of top government officials on a daily basis. In a post on his Facebook page, Jamal Barrow noted

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends the National Service of Thanksgiving held at St Paul’s Cathedral, during Britain’s Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, in London, Britain, June 3, 2022. Victoria Jones/Pool via Reuters By Reuters Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a confidence vote on Monday, after a growing number of lawmakers in the governing Conservative

File Photo/Somali Times This article is from African Arguments The election of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in September 2012 was heralded internationally as an almost messianic break from the past, an end to Somalia’s never-ending progression of corrupt “transitional” governments and the beginning of a brave new era. Once in office, Hassan Sheikh was feted