FILE – In this Jan. 17, 2019 file photo, Emma Coronel Aispuro, center, leaves a Brooklyn federal court in New York after attending the trial of her husband Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Despite her status as the wife of the world’s most notorious drug boss, Coronel Aispuro lived mostly in obscurity — until her husband

William Burns testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on his nomination to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP) By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s nominee to run the CIA told lawmakers Wednesday that he would keep politics

Photo/Somali Times The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble, today met in Mogadishu with friends in the international community interested in Somalia. Prime Minister Roble and high level representatives of the international community was to exchange views on the best way to overcome these challenges, election security in general and

The call scheduled on Wednesday would be the first conversation between Biden, as US president, and King Salman [File: Fahad Shadeed/Reuters] Report warns the imminent release of ‘explosive’ US intelligence document could entangle one of the king’s sons. President Joe Biden is expected to call Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud on Wednesday, ahead

A law enforcement officer looks over a damaged vehicle following a rollover accident involving golfer Tiger Woods, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in the Rancho Palos Verdes suburb of Los Angeles. Woods suffered leg injuries in the one-car accident and was undergoing surgery, authorities and his manager said. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) By STEFANIE DAZIO and

Ahmed Botan Arab According to International Federation of Journalists report Freelance journalist Ahmed Botan Arab was arrested on February 21 in Bosaso, in the northeast region of Puntland, accused of “spreading misinformation” after conducting street interviews with citizens criticizing Puntland’s president. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the National Union of Somali

Photo/Somali Times James Swan screen capture. The United Nations envoy to Somalia, Mr James Swan, speaking at a Security Council meeting on the latest developments in Somalia, said there was “political tension”. Mr Swan said Somalia was currently in a difficult political situation, which could hamper progress in rebuilding Somalia’s system and even the security

Photo: Credit Twitter/ The Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio to Congo. The Italian ambassador to Congo, an Italian carabineri police officer and their Congolese driver were killed Monday in an attack on a U.N. convoy in an area that is home to myriad rebel groups, the Foreign Ministry and local people said. The ambush occurred as

Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s former Al-Shabaab commander Sheikh Sharif has called for renewed anti-government demonstrations and civil war supported by Kenya and United Arab Emirates in Mogadishu on February 26 2021. Sheikh Sharif’s vision is destruction and civil war also to go back to civil war 1991 has vowed to proceed with demonstrations against President Mohamed

Photo/Somali Times The Governor of the Puntland State of Somalia, Said Abdullahi Deni, held a press conference in Garowe last night talking about private conversation with the Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo which made up a lot of lies according to reliable sources told Somali Times. Said Deni accused President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of believing