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Turkey’s parliament approved a motion to send its navy to Somalia

The Turkish parliament passed a motion on Saturday for the deployment of Turkish Armed Forces elements to Somalia, including the maritime jurisdiction areas of the country. Read: Somalia’s corruption is widespread throughout the regime Elements of the Turkish Armed Forces will be deployed in Somalia for two years to support Somalia’s security activities against terrorism

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Death toll tops 210 as more protesters die from injuries in Bangladesh

By Anadolu Agency As the curfew eases gradually in Bangladesh, more protesters died from bullet wounds in the capital Dhaka, bringing the total number of deaths from anti-job quota student protests to 211, according to officials and local media. While contacted by Anadolu over phone, hospital authorities, including Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and a

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Somalia is interested for an official Russian embassy in Mogadishu

File Photo Somali Times. Somalia dodgy president Hassan Sheikh The federal government of Somalia is interested for Russia having an official embassy in Mogadishu as reported by the Russian media. Read: Somalia’s corruption is widespread throughout the regime Somalia has proposed to Russia to open an official embassy in Mogadishu, as quoted from the Minister

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New weapons from China, Turkey, Russia, UAE fuelling Sudan war

Credit Photo Reuters By The East African Newly manufactured weapons are fuelling the war in Sudan, a new report by Amnesty International claims. In a report, New Weapons Fuelling the Sudan Conflict, released on July 24, Amnesty details how foreign weapons are being transferred into and around Sudan, in flagrant violation of the existing arms

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France and Djibouti renew defense partnership

Emmanuel Macron and Djibouti dictator Ismail Omar Guelleh sign the agreement. Credit Photo Twitter X By AFP French President Emmanuel Macron and his Djibouti counterpart Ismail Omar Guelleh agreed Wednesday to renew the defense partnership between the two countries, following two years of negotiations. According to a statement from the French presidency, they signed an

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France’s train network hit by arson attacks hours before Olympic ceremony

Paris 2024 Olympics – Previews – Gare du Nord, Paris, France – July 26, 2024. Staff and passengers are pictured at Gare du Nord station after threats against France’s high-speed TGV network, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony. Photographer Yves Herman By Reuters Saboteurs struck France’s TGV high-speed train network in a series

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North Korean hackers stealing military secrets, say US and allies

Binary code is seen on a screen against a North Korean flag in this illustration photo November 1, 2017. Reuters/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters North Korean hackers have conducted a global cyber espionage campaign in efforts to steal classified military secrets to support Pyongyang’s banned nuclear weapons programme, the United States, Britain and South Korea

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Protest erupts after video shows police officer kicking man at UK’s Manchester Airport

By Anadolu Agency Hundreds of protesters gathered outside a police station in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, after a video emerged showing a police officer kicking a man in the head at Manchester Airport, press reports said on Thursday. A crowd of people protested outside a police station in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, in response to the video.

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UN, African officials call for concerted efforts to achieve SDGs

File Photo/Somali Times By Xinhua News Agency United Nations officials, experts and decision-makers attending an ongoing high-level meeting on sustainable development have called for urgent reforms to the international financial system to boost efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. This came during the first preparatory committee meeting for the fourth International

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Several Labour lawmakers rebel against UK government over child welfare payments

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer walks to welcome Jordan’s King Abdullah (not pictured), at Downing Street, in London, Britain, July 23, 2024. Photographer Toby Melville By Reuters Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer suffered his first rebellion in parliament on Tuesday when several of his Labour lawmakers voted against the government over its refusal to

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