Fourteen people, including a young girl, were shot near downtown Toronto, police in Canada’s biggest city have said. One person has died, and the young girl was in a critical condition, Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders said. Mr Saunders said the gunman died after exchanging gunfire with police. He said the shooting was not random

On the global scale of human suffering, Yemen outweighs all other countries. In its fourth year, the Yemen war – fueled by regional and other hegemonic powers – is nowhere near its end. Neither the coalition led by Saudi Arabia, which has been accused of war crimes nor the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, accused of recruiting

Brussels -The European Union welcomed on Thursday Turkey’s move to lift the state of emergency, imposed after July 15 defeated coup attempt in 2016 in the country. In a written statement, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said: “The end of the state of emergency in place in Turkey since the coup attempt of 2016

Toronto– Mr Faisal Hassan, Elect mp in york west neighbourhood seat in Toronto on June 7, has been sworn in as Canada’s Queens Park in Ontario. The swearing-in ceremony was attended by a large number of Somalis, who succeeded Mr Faisal’ successor as a major contributor to the rising number of young Somali young men

Mogadishu -The European Union Training Mission Somalia (EUTM-S) Mission Force Commander, Brigadier General Pietro Addis, has handed over the Command of EUTM-S to his successor Brigadier General Matteo Spreafico.The ceremony for the transfer of authority took place at the EUTM-S Headquarters in Mogadishu, attended by European Union Military Staff Deputy Director M.G. Giovanni Mangione, the

Eritrea reopened its embassy in Ethiopia on Monday in further evidence of a rapid thaw between two countries that a week ago ended two decades of military stalemate over a border war in which tens of thousands died. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki re-opened the embassy in the capital Addis

The defection of an Emirati prince to Qatar has provided a rare glimpse into tensions among the rulers of the United Arab Emirates and added an awkward complication to its feud with Qatar, its regional rival. The prince, Sheikh Rashid bin Hamad al-Sharqi, 31, is the second son of the Emir of Fujairah, one of

President Trump on Wednesday announced his ambassador picks for Somalia and Nicaragua, aiming to reduce the number of vacant ambassador positions. Trump nominated Donald Yamamoto to be the ambassador to Somalia and Kevin Sullivan to be the ambassador to Nicaragua. Yamamoto heads the Bureau of African Affairs within the State Department. He served as the

Somalia and Djibouti will receive €89.5 million in European Union humanitarian assistance, as millions of people in the two countries grapple with the consequences of prolonged extreme weather. “The devastating effects of two years of drought and the recent intense flooding are taking their toll on the livelihood of millions of people in Somalia,” said

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will leave for Brussels today to attend the Meeting of NATO Heads of State and Government, during which he is expected to discuss Turkey’s counterterrorism efforts with all countries and hold bilateral meetings with several leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump. The meeting, which will be held today and tomorrow at