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Qatar’s new electoral law stirs up tribal sensitivities

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani [Mustafa Yalçın/Anadolu Agency] By Reuters Tribal sensitivities have resurfaced in Qatar after some members of a main tribe found themselves ineligible to vote in the country’s first legislative polls, due in October, under a new electoral law for the advisory Shura Council. Members of the Al

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Indonesia’s army stops ‘virginity tests’ on female recruits

File – In this Oct. 5, 2017, file photo, female members of Indonesian Army show their martial arts skills during a parade marking the 72nd anniversary of the Indonesian Armed Forces in Cilegon, Banten, Indonesia. Human rights groups welcomed Indonesia’s decision to stop abusive “virginity tests” on female recruits seven years after the World Health

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Somali foreign minister says Uhuru and Roble discuss the maritime case

File Photo/Somali Times Somali Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirizack said maritime meeting was held between Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Minister Mohamed Roble in Mombasa. The President of Kenya’s main agenda was the maritime case to negotiate between Somalia and Kenya according to Kenyan officials told Somali Times. Kenya statehouse has reported on Twitter that

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Germany arrests British man suspected of spying for Russia

A pedestrian walks in front of the British embassy in Berlin, November 5, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch By Reuters BERLIN, Aug 11 (Reuters) – German police have arrested a British man who worked at the British embassy in Berlin on suspicion of passing documents to the Russian intelligence service in exchange for cash, prosecutors said on

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Somalia Rejects Diplomatic Resolution of Maritime Dispute with Kenya

File Photo Somalia Map. By The Maritime Executive Somalia has rejected pressure for a diplomatic resolution to a longstanding maritime dispute with Kenya, maintaining the matter will be decided by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Despite a charm offensive by Kenya, Somalia reckons the ICJ must provide the final verdict on the dispute that

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Kenyan President Kenyatta receives a puppet Somali Prime Minister Roble

A photograph appeared on the Internet. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday received Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble in Mombasa for his first official visit to Kenya. The Prime Minister of Somalia is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta on issues of mutual interest. The talks between President Kenyatta and Prime

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Somalia PM to hold talks with Uhuru in Mombasa

A photograph appeared on the Internet. By The Star, Kenya Somalia Prime Minister Mohamed Roble is expected in Kenya on Tuesday for an official visit on invitation by President Uhuru Kenyatta. According to Somalia’s Foreign Affairs minister Mohamed Abdirizak, PM Roble will meet President Kenyatta in Mombasa, where he has been since arriving from his

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Somali Prime Minister travelled to meet Uhuru Kenyatta

Photo/Somali Times A delegation led by the Prime Minister of Somalia travelled to Nairobi, Kenya today. Prime Minister Roble’s delegation received an official invitation from Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, and the Prime Minister’s visit comes two days after the Kenyan foreign minister arrived in Mogadishu. The purpose of Somali Prime Minister Roble’s visit is said

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N Korea vows stronger attack capabilities over allied drills

File – In this March 2, 2019, file photo, Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam. The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim ripped South Korea for proceeding with military exercises with the United States she claimed are

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Liberal candidate dropped over payments from Somali minister uncle

Liberal Party state director Sam McQuestin.CREDIT:PHILIP BIGGS By The Age-Political reporter Paul Sakkal The Liberal Party has dropped its candidate for a federal seat in Melbourne’s north-east because she receives payments from her uncle who is a minister in the Somali government. Zahra Mustaf was set to run for the notionally marginal seat of Jaga

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