By Anadolu Agency US Secretary of State Marco Rubio slammed Germany on Friday after that country’s intelligence agency classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a “proven extremist group.” “Germany just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition. That’s not democracy—it’s tyranny in disguise,” Rubio wrote on X. He said the

Branding for Air India is seen on an Airbus A350-900 at the Farnborough International Airshow, in Farnborough, Britain, July 24, 2024. Photographer Toby Melville/File Photo By Reuters Air India expects to face around $600 million in additional costs if a ban from Pakistan’s airspace lasts for a year, and has asked the federal government to

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, presides over a symposium on China’s economic and social development in the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030) and delivers an important speech in Shanghai, east China, April 30, 2025. Photographer Wang Ye

By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump celebrated the first 100 days of his second term with a rally Tuesday in Michigan, spotlighting immigration enforcement as a signature achievement and touting new economic measures to support the auto industry. Addressing his supporters at Macomb Community College in Detroit, Trump declared his administration was “just getting

The head of the Kenyan Confederation of Trade Unions, Francis Atwoli, who has been in Kenyan politics for over 20 years said, it is time for Somalis to become president of Kenya. Politician Atwoli seemed to be showing that change is needed to leave where we are, and he gave an example of a visit

A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the Tianlian II-05 satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, April 27, 2025. The Tianlian II-05 satellite was launched at 11:54 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket and entered its planned orbit. Photographer Yang Xi By Xinhua News Agency

Police officers work at the scene, after a vehicle drove into a crowd at the Lapu Lapu day block party, in which police say multiple people were killed and injured, in Vancouver, Canada April 26, 2025. Photographer Chris Helgren By Reuters A number of people were killed and multiple others were injured in Vancouver after

By Anadolu Agency Russia said on Friday said the latest round of talks between President Vladimir Putin and visiting US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff were “constructive and useful.” “A three-hour conversation took place, which was constructive and very useful,” Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov told reporters in Moscow following the meeting. Ushakov was part of the

By Xinhua News Agency Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Kenyan President William Ruto in Beijing on Thursday, with the two sides agreeing to elevate their ties to a China-Kenya community with a shared future for the new era. Noting that the move is a strategic choice for both sides, Xi said that in

File Photo/Somali Times By The African Exponent Leadership transitions and elections in 2025 are reshaping investor sentiment across Africa, with major changes in countries like Senegal, Cameroon, Chad, and South Sudan influencing economic policy and international confidence. Several African countries are implementing difficult but strategic economic reforms tied to IMF agreements, such as floating exchange