25-year-old aid worker released after joint operation by Italian, Turkish and Somali intelligence Rescued Italian aid worker Silvia Constanza Romano, who has embraced Islam, says she converted on her own will and not by force. Romano, 25, was abducted from Kenya’s southeastern coastal town of Chakama in November 2018. She was rescued on Sunday through

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Monday that COVID-19 travel restrictions were lifted in nine more cities, as part of the normalization process as the number of fatalities and cases continue to decrease in the country. Turkey lifted coronavirus travel restrictions for the cities of Adana, Diyarbakir, Mardin, Trabzon, Ordu, Denizli, Kahramanmaras, Sanliurfa and

The 41-year-old rose to prominence during the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings [Luis Echeverria/Reuters] A prominent Yemeni human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate said she has been subjected to “widespread bullying” and a “smear campaign” by Saudi Arabian media after she was selected to be part of a new Facebook oversight board. Tawakkol Karman,

Workers wearing protective gear unload a shipment of medical supplies from Turkey intended to combat the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), from a cargo plane arrived at Almaty International Airport, Kazakhstan April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev Emblazoned with Turkish flags and presidential seals, crates packed with medical equipment are loaded onto planes, part of

An Iranian destroyer mistakenly struck a support vessel during a naval exercise Sunday in the Persian Gulf, killing at least 19 people, according to local media on Monday. A total of 15 other people were also injured in the incident, the official IRNA news agency said, citing the public relations department of the Iranian Naval

The rescue took place in on Friday night, 30 kilometres from Mogadishu. Reports say captors later sold her to the al Shabaab. After one and a half years in captivity, Italian volunteer Silvia Romano, 25, is free. Romano was kidnapped by gunmen at Chakama village in Kilifi county on November 20, 2018, while she prepared

Wearing a surgical mask, disposable gloves and booties to guard against COVID-19, a young Italian woman returned to her homeland Sunday after 18 months as a hostage in eastern Africa. Silvia Romano lowered her mask briefly to display a broad smile after she stepped off an Italian government plane at Rome-Ciampino International Airport. She hugged

Photo: Credit Daily Nation President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) and his deputy William Ruto. Their allies are engaging in a popularity contest. After months of exchanging barbs in public rallies and on Twitter, rivals in the ruling Jubilee Party christened Kieleweke, who are aligned to President Uhuru Kenyatta, and Tangatanga, leaning to deputy William Ruto, were

Mark Frerichs, a contractor from Illinois, poses in Iraq in this undated photo obtained from Twitter that he would include with his resume when job hunting. Frerichs was abducted in Afghanistan in January 2020. Early efforts to locate him have been shrouded in mystery and his disappearance has been the subject of minimal public discussion

Ms Silvia Constanca Romano who was abducted by gunmen from Malindi, Kilifi County, on November 20, 2018. Italian volunteer Silvia Constanca Romano, who was kidnapped by unknown gunmen from Chakama in Kilifi County in November 2018, has been released. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced this on his official Twitter page on Saturday, thanking Italy’s