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A Somali man alleged to be Kenyan tv star Betty Kyallo’s new lover distances himself from news

Photo Credit Nairobi wire The man admitted he is aware he has been linked to the Somali guy alleged to be Betty’s new lover- He denied being the man in question holding the speculations are misleading- News about Betty’s Somali lover was first made public by NTV news anchor Ken MijunguAspiring Kenyan politician Alinur Mohamed

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Thousands mourn Soleimani at Baghdad funeral

Soleimani was killed in US drone airstrike in Iraq Thousands of mourners gathered in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Saturday at the start of a funeral procession for top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone airstrike a day earlier. Iranian and Iraqi officials were present at the procession, which is

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Proxy wars might be over after direct Iran-US encounter

The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force, Gen. Qasem Soleimani (3rd from R), attends a religious ceremony, Tehran, March 27, 2015. (AFP Photo) With the killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the U.S. and Iran have been brought face to face in their war in the Middle East, which is likely to bring about

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Trump says Iranian should have been ‘taken out’ years ago

FILE – In this Dec. 24, 2019 photo, President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media following a Christmas Eve video teleconference with members of the military at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump says Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the target of a Friday U.S. airstrike in Iraq was “plotting to kill”

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Dozens of U.S. oil workers leaving Iraq after air strike

Foreign employees of oil companies, are seen leaving Iraq at the airport of Basra, Iraq January 3, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer Dozens of U.S. citizens working for foreign oil companies in the southern Iraqi oil city of Basra were leaving the country on Friday, the Oil Ministry said, after a U.S. air strike killed a top Iranian

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Iran vows revenge after U.S. kills top Iranian commander Soleimani

Combination photo of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commander Qassem Soleimani (L) and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a commander in the Popular Mobilization Forces. REUTERS/Stringer/Thaier al-Sudani Iran vowed harsh revenge after the United States killed Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force and architect of Iran’s spreading military influence in the Middle East, in an

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Iran vows ‘harsh’ response to US killing of top general

This photo released by the Iraqi Prime Minister Press Office shows a burning vehicle at the Baghdad International Airport following an airstrike in Baghdad, Iraq, early Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. The Pentagon said Thursday that the U.S. military has killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, at the direction of President

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Turkish Parliament approves sending troops to Libya

A total of 509 parliamentarians participated in the voting, 325 of whom voted for the resolution while 184 voted against, Ankara, Jan.2, 2020. (IHA Photo) The Turkish Parliament approved the mandate to send troops to Libya on Thursday in favor of the conflicted country’s U.N.-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) upon a formal request for

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Turkish lawmakers debate sending troops to fight in Libya

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he addresses the members of his ruling party, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. Erdogan says Thursday his government will submit a bill to parliament that would allow Turkey to send troops to Libya, in support of the U.N.-backed government there. Erdogan said the Libyan government, which

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Suspected Shabaab militants attack Lamu-bound bus

The attack happened in Nyongoro, Lamu County Suspected Shabaab militants kill three in Lamu bus attack Suspected Al-Shabaab militants attacked a Lamu bound bus on Thursday at Nyongoro area within Lamu County. Lamu County Commissioner Irungu Macharia confirmed the incident. The bus came from Mombasa and was headed to Lamu. There were no details on

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