Alexander Lukashenko takes the oath of office as Belarusian President during a swearing-in ceremony in Minsk, Belarus September 23, 2020. Andrei Stasevich/BelTA/Handout via REUTERS Ignoring calls for an end to his 26-year grip on power, President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus was sworn in for a sixth term on Wednesday after an election that the opposition

Photo/Somali Times The Lawmaker MP Abdi Shire Jama, a member of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament of Somalia spoke about today’s speech that President Mohamed Abdullahi is expected to address the House of the People. MP Abdi Shire told Somali Times that President Farmajo should only talk about the vote of

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on Tuesday in Moon Township, Pa. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo By Matthew Choi The comment, at a campaign rally, was one of the president’s many jabs suggesting that the Minnesota congresswoman is not an American President Donald Trump on Tuesday attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar yet again for

Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Mr. Abukar Osman, who was recently elected as the Vice President of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly took over the chairmanship of part of the 75th session of the General Assembly. The conference is large and by 2020 most world leaders will be participating

In this Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, U.S. President Donald Trump, Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan pose for a photo on the Blue Room Balcony after signing the Abraham Accords during a ceremony on the

Credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite By Julio Rosas Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) tweeted last Friday her concerns about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement still deporting individuals, like Somalis, while the COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing, calling it “cruel.” The issue was raised after immigration lawyers, advocates, and Omar said a deportation flight headed for Somalia

Mohammed Bin Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, the crown prince of Abu-Dhabi on 30 November 2018 [En.kremlin.ru] Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Zayed is talking with the Pentagon to transfer the US Incirlik Air Base from Turkey to the UAE, the New Khaleej reported yesterday. Informed sources revealed to the news site on Saturday that

A Taiwanese AH-1 Cobra helicopter fires during the live-fire, anti-landing Han Kuang military exercise, which simulates an enemy invasion, in Taichung, Taiwan July 16, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan said on Monday its armed forces have the right to self-defence and counter attack amid “harassment and threats”, in an apparent warning to China,

UAE mercenaries in Yemen [Twitter] The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has hired thousands of mercenaries and deployed 450 of them in Yemen to carry out high-profile assassinations, the International Institute for Rights and Development, and the Rights Radar Foundation revealed on Thursday. These remarks came in a statement that the International Institute for Rights and

FILE – In this Feb. 6, 2017 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) Chief Justice John Roberts hails her as ‘a jurist of historic stature’ as her