Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda sit during an interview in New York February 22, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo By Alexandra Ulmer, Eric Johnson Billionaire benefactors Bill and Melinda Gates have decided to seek a divorce following 27 years of marriage, the couple said on Monday in a joint announcement that rocked the

During his time in office, Donald Trump rolled back a number of limits on the use of drone strikes (AFP) The Biden administration has released a redacted version of former President Donald Trump’s rules for using lethal force abroad outside conventional war zones, including in drone strikes, in response to a lawsuit filed by the

File Photo/Somali Times According to EU Ambassador to Somalia says, ”Demilitarise Mogadishu is the priority now.” Those that want to play a positive role towards elections should support Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble in his key tasks. Division of Mogadishu with militias or out-of-line-of-command security forces is not helping the Somali people. EU Ambassador to

Mahamat Idriss Deby, son of the late Chadian President Idriss Deby, sits in the front row during the state funeral for his father in N’Djamena, Chad April 23, 2021. Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool via REUTERS Chad’s military rulers named a new government on Sunday after the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby, but leading opposition figures

Jurgen Habermas decides not to accept Sheikh Zayed Book Award due to human rights concerns German philosopher Jurgen Habermas rejected a literary award by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sunday over human rights concerns in the Gulf country. Earlier, Habermas accepted the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, one of the Arab World’s most prestigious and well-funded

Photo/Somali Times Somali Deputy Minister of Information Abdirahman Yusuf Al-Adala briefed to the media on the security situation in the country and said that Prime Minister Roble today appointed a special committee to work on the implementation of his recent order to the opposing forces in Mogadishu. “The prime minister has today appointed a special

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a closing speech at the Sixth Conference of Cell Secretaries of the Workers’ Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, April 8, 2021. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed

Serigne Mbaye, who is running on a ticket with the anti-austerity United We Can party, in the Madrid regional assembly elections, talks with a potential voter during an election campaign event in Madrid, Spain, Friday, April 16, 2021. Mbaye, a Senegalese-born environmental refugee wants to defy a history of underrepresentation of the Black community and

European External Action Service (EEAS) Deputy Secretary General Enrique Mora, Iranian Deputy at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi and Iran’s ambassador to the U.N. nuclear watchdog Kazem Gharibabadi wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, By Francois Murphy Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator said on Saturday Tehran expects

Mourners lower the coffin of one of the victims of protest who was killed this week during his funeral at a cemetery in N’Djamena, Chad, Saturday, May 1, 2021. Hundreds of chanting mourners carrying Chadian flags gathered Saturday to bury victims who were shot dead earlier this week amid demonstrations against the country’s new military