Police and port staff turn away a vehicle from the Port of Dover in Kent, England which has been closed after the French government’s announcement, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. France banned all travel from the United Kingdom for 48 hours from midnight Sunday, including trucks carrying freight through the tunnel under the English Channel or

Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta sat down together. The president has brought together the meeting which was attended by the President of Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ethiopia, trying to resolve the crisis in the conflict. The meeting between Farmajo and Uhuru the

Photo/Somali Times President Uhuru Kenyatta flew to the Intergovernmental Authority on Development leaders’ meeting in Djibouti on Sunday with hopes of solving regional troubles that are pulling them back amid COVID-19 pandemic. Among the issues the leaders will discuss will be Ethiopia internal conflict, border conflict between Ethiopia and Sudan and Kenya’s diplomatic spat with

By Alaattin Dogru In an online survey French Institute of Public Opinion finds popularity of Macron dipping to 38% in December Nearly 60% of people in France are dissatisfied with President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Jean Castex, revealed the latest online survey. Conducted by the French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP), a total of

Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and a delegation led by him have arrived in Djibouti, where he will attend an emergency meeting of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member states to discuss the situation in the region. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Government

Photo/Somali Times The Federal Government of Somalia has said that it is closely monitoring the Kenyan military operation in Mandera, North Eastern Province. A statement from the Somali government said the government had learned that Kenya was deploying weapons and militias in Mandera to launch an offensive attack in the town of Beled-Hawo in Gedo

There are fears of more such attacks after dozens of the militants crossed from Somalia to Kenya in Garissa border. The border region has borne the brunt of repeated attacks from the militants who are at times aided by locals. Gunmen have attacked and destroyed a communication mast in Elele area, Mandera county. The gang

This Dec. 11, 2020, satellite photo by Maxar Technologies shows construction at Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility. Iran has begun construction on a site at its underground nuclear facility at Fordo amid tensions with the U.S. over its atomic program, satellite photos obtained Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, by The Associated Press show. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Saudi Arabia did not accept the MPs request to see Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef (right) after he was detained in an unknown location since March 2020 (AFP) Cross-party probe concludes that Mohammed bin Nayef and Prince Ahmed are being mistreated in detention British MPs have called on their government and other countries to

Police in Australia killed a young man of Somali origin who “made verbal and physical threats,” while his lawyer says the victim “clearly suffered a serious mental health event,” local media reported on Thursday. Raghe Mohamed Abdi, 22, was “armed with a knife” when he was shot and killed by officers on a busy highway,