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,

Professor Lukman Thalib (right) received a teaching award at Qatar University in 2018. He is a public health expert and helped Qatar with its covid-19 response (Supplied) Professor Lukman Thalib told relatives that his blood pressure and heart rate had become dangerously low The family of an Australian professor held without charge for five months

Sanctions not imposed on Turkey, only one institution and 4 people, says head of Defense Industries Presidency New US sanctions will leave most of Turkey unaffected, including the National Defense Ministry, Turkish Armed Forces, and defense companies, the head of the Turkey’s Defense Industries Presidency (SSB) said on Thursday. Speaking at Anadolu Agency’s Editor’s Desk,

Somalia has broken off diplomatic relations with Kenya. It has expelled Kenyan diplomats from Mogadishu and has recalled its own diplomats from Nairobi. It is a tragedy that neighbouring countries have fallen out this way. There have been many sources of friction in the past with Somalia. Kenya is claiming some Somali territorial waters at

Guards wearing face masks stand outside Manhattan federal court in August. Abdullah was due to be presented before a magistrate in Manhattan on Wednesday. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters Cholo Abdi Abdullah, who received pilot training in the Philippines, charged with six counts of terrorism-related offenses A Kenyan member of the al-Shabaab militant group who received pilot

Former National Assembly Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim. The people we have hosted in Nairobi are very unpopular on the ground; people do not want to secede. The whole world, the international community, is going to side with Somalia. We stand to lose everything in this diplomatic row with Somalia. Somalia has been a cash cow

The US decision to impose sanctions on Turkey has deeply shaken alliance values between the two countries, said the country’s defense minister on Tuesday, denouncing the move. “We condemn this decision, which does not comply with alliance, current military, or political realities,” Hulusi Akar told Anadolu Agency. The US on Monday imposed sanctions on Turkey

A few hours after Somalia announced it was cutting diplomatic ties with Kenya, the Somalia National Army (SNA) was deployed to the common border. In Mandera County, residents reported seeing SNA troops taking strategic positions along the border. “We have woken up to the sight of military officers along the border. This is very worrying,”

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Council for Civil Society and Human Rights via a video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday congratulated Joe Biden on winning the U.S.

Photo/Somali Times Somalia has severed diplomatic ties with Kenya in dead of night citing interference and violation of her sovereignty and territorial integrity. Somalia Minister of Information Osman Abukar Dubbe announced cutting ties with Kenya at around 1:40 am Mogadishu time on state-run SNTV, hours after President Uhuru held talks with break-away Somaliland President Muse