This follows a series of events that have seen Al-Shabaab suffer major setbacks in Somalia following persistent airstrikes which have killed commanders and middle level operatives in good measure. According to police, as a way of revenging the airstrikes, Al-Shabaab embarked on training pilots for an international aviation attack. Kenyan security agents are on alert

A delegation from the United Arab Emirates has been denied access to Gara’ad Village in the Jariban district of Mudug in Puntland, Somalia. Residents in Gara’ad reportedly opposed the landing of the plane carrying the UAE delegation and Puntland officials. The plane returned to Garowe from where it had taken off, and talks are underway.

Last year, Saad al-Jabri filed a lawsuit against MBS, claiming a 50 person hit squad was dispatched to kill him in Canada (AFP) By Middle East Eye A Saudi state-run company has requested a court in Massachusetts freeze $29m in luxury Boston real estate assets that it says were fraudulently obtained by Riyadh’s former spy

Jess Phillips, the shadow minister for domestic violence. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA By Sarah Marsh Jess Phillips says government has not taken issue seriously, five years after committee’s report Sexual violence is endemic in schools and the government must launch an inquiry to establish how widespread it is, the shadow minister for domestic violence has said.

This satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. shows the Ever Given cargo ship stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal Monday, March 29, 2021. Engineers on Monday “partially refloated” the colossal container ship that continues to block traffic through the Suez Canal, authorities said, without providing further details about when the vessel would be set free. (Planet

Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s members of the international community based in Mogadishu, meeting with leaders of regional administrations, which to discuss 2021 election issues. The meeting, which took several hours 2021 election dispute in the country. Sources close to Somali Times said to the meeting of international community ambassadors and five regional leaders said the focus

File Photo/Somali Times By Talya Parker Somalia has found itself in a situation that is very familiar – an election impasse. Despite hopes of a smooth transition of power and a new election model being implemented, multiple challenges faced the election, which was scheduled for 8 February 2021. However, these challenges are not new, and

File – In this Dec. 13, 2017, file photo, James MacWilliams prunes a marijuana plant that he is growing indoors in Portland, Maine. New York has failed in recent years to pass marijuana legalization, but a state senator said lawmakers have reached an agreement to legalize marijuana sales to adults over the age of 21.

Photo: Credit AFP / DAENG MANSUR/ The powerful blast hit a church in Makassar city on Sulawesi island. By Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) – Two suspected suicide bombers attacked a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday, wounding fourteen people on the first day of the Easter Holy

Anti-coup protesters run around their makeshift barricade they burn to make defense line during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, March 28, 2021. Protesters in Myanmar returned to the streets Sunday to press their demands for a return to democracy, just a day after security forces killed more than 100 people in the bloodiest day