President Donald Trump, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By Will Krumholz According to anonymous officials, President Trump told his top advisers to draw up plans to get troops out of Somalia. Roughly 800 troops are currently there to help the Somali government fight al Shabab, a terror group and

Kash Patel, a deputy assistant to president, reportedly met secretly with Assad regime officials A White House official traveled to Syria earlier this year to hold secret talks with the Bashar al-Assad regime in a bid to secure the release of American hostages there, according to a report Sunday. Citing officials from President Donald Trump’s

Photo/Somali Times The Federal Government of Somalia has allowed Ethiopian khat to enter Somalia legally, while Kenya remains under a ban on the khat trade. Ethiopian-based National Airways has landed at Aden Adde International Airport and Hargeisa carrying a truckload of khat known as Hereri. It is the first time since the onset of the

Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, the tolerance minister of the United Arab Emirates, speaks to The Associated Press in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The chair of Britain’s Hay literary festival said Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020, that the event will not return to Abu Dhabi after one of the festival’s curators alleged that she

An arms embargo imposed since 2007 by the UN Security Council (UNSC) ended Sunday, according to Iran’s foreign ministry. All restrictions on the transfer of arms, related activities and financial services to and from Iran, and all prohibitions regarding the entry into or transit through territories of the UN member states previously imposed on a

KDF soldier on a patrol in Somalia. The Somalia National Defence Forces will soon have to take over security of their country. The reality of KDF exiting Somalia by 2021 has started taking shape. The Star has established that the troops under Amisom have started gearing up for an exit. This will likely bring to

Abu Dhabi and Ankara have been at odds for several years over foreign policy and attitudes towards religious political groups (AFP) Turkey’s intelligence officials have arrested another man suspected of spying on foreign Arab nationals on behalf of the United Arab Emirates, a senior security official said on Friday. The man confessed to spying on

President Donald Trump speaks during an NBC News Town Hall, at Perez Art Museum Miami, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By Tom Embury-Dennis Defeat will likely enrage US president who has long obsessed over media popularity Donald Trump has lost his latest TV ratings war with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden,

Silence in face of savagery means complicity in murder, Armenia will be held accountable, says Turkish Foreign Minister Armenia continues to commit “war crimes” in Azerbaijan, killing civilians there, including children, Turkey’s top diplomat said on Saturday. “Silence in face of savagery means complicity in murder. Those who do not claim their share of humanity

Cash reimbursed to Kenya for its troops fighting Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia by the European Union (EU) and its partners for the year ended June 2020 grew 7.5 percent or Sh324 million even as Nairobi considered pulling out its forces next year. Latest Treasury data shows refunds from the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom)