File – In this Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019 file photo, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the head of Poland’s ruling party, speaks at a news conference where the speaker of the parliament resigns in Warsaw, Poland. Poland’s most powerful politician says the country’s future is in the European Union but that Poland also wishes to remain a sovereign

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks during a joint news conference with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece, November 11, 2020. REUTERS/Costas Baltas/File Photo Reuters By Humeyra Pamuk The Biden administration will withhold $130 million worth of military aid to Egypt until Cairo takes specific steps related to human rights,

Signage is seen at the United States Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Reuters By Christopher Bing and Joel Schectman WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Three former U.S. intelligence operatives, who worked as mercenary hackers for the United Arab Emirates, agreed to pay fines of $1.685 million and

Credit: Associated Press Photo/Jason DeCrow/Djibouti’s President Ismael Omar Guelleh. Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh’s government announces health plan for the Djibouti president. The Djibouti government has denied reports on social media about the health of President Ismail Omar Guelleh. The news, which was widely circulated on social media and also reported by some media outlets,

Credit: Twitter Marian Abdi Hussein. Marian Abdi Hussein, a woman from Somalia, has made history by becoming the first Somali to become a member of the Norwegian parliament. Marian Abdi became the first Muslim woman to appear in the Norwegian parliament wearing a hijab after joining the council. Prior to her political career, Marian was

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines testifies on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, April 29, 2021, during a Senate Armed Services Hearing to examine worldwide threats. CNN By Katie Bo Williams Afghanistan is no longer the US’ top concern among international terrorist threats to the American homeland, the nation’s top spy said at an intelligence

Halima Aden at the International Women of Power Awards in August 2021. Photograph: Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock The Guardian By Priya Elan The trailblazing former model has criticised the ‘desperate’ fashion world and says she always felt like an outsider Halima Aden, the trailblazing Somali-American modest fashion model who quit last year, has said she felt

This combination of photos provided by the North Korean government on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, shows long-range cruise missiles tests held on Sept. 11 -12, 2021 in an undisclosed location of North Korea. North Korea says it successfully test fired what it described as newly developed long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, its first known

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed who on September 12, 2021 called on Somali political leaders to shun political discord which may jeopardise the gains made in the country. AFP/Ashraf Shazly. By Xinhua News Agency United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed on Sunday called on Somali political leaders to shun political discord which may

File Photo/Somali Times Halima Mohamed, the wife of Prof. Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad, who spoke to the media in Nairobi, Kenya, said that the abduction of her husband, Abdiwahab, has revealed that he was involved in the office of the Prime Minister of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble. Last Wednesday, Prof. Abdiwahab was abducted in central Nairobi,