By Xinhua News Agency A UN official on Monday highlighted the ongoing terrorist threats and dire humanitarian needs in Somalia, urging global partners to provide funding to help improve the situation there. Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017 Read: Somalia Hassan Sheikh’s government is facing a widespread financial crisis and the causes

By Anadolu Agency Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is expected to plead guilty to a felony US crime as part of a deal that will see him return to his native Australia, according to court documents filed Monday evening. Assange was released from a UK maximum security prison earlier Monday and boarded a plane to depart

By Anadolu Agency South Korea, Japan, and the US have agreed on “close” security cooperation through “timely” consultation after Russia and North Korea signed a new security treaty this week, local media reported on Saturday, citing Seoul’s top diplomat. Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul made the remarks following back-to-back phone calls with US Secretary of State

Farmers check the growth of peanuts at the Choro Farm in Kakuma refugee camp in Turkana, Kenya, June 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen) By Xinhua News Agency Deep in an expansive farm, Abdulaziz Lugazo makes the final touches as he weeds his vegetable crops that are blossoming with succulent green leaves. The 42-year-old father of three

By Anadolu Agency US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned “deepening military cooperation” between Russia and North Korea, State Department said on Friday. In a phone call with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul, Blinken reaffirmed the importance of the “ironclad” US-South Korea alliance in promoting peace, security, and prosperity around the world, Spokesperson Matthew

Cyber attack at major London hospitals. Credit Photo/PA Wire Evening Standard By Josh Salisbury A hacker gang behind a cyberattack who targeted an NHS blood testing company which threw services at major London hospitals into disarray has published stolen data online. Qilin, a cyber criminal group thought to be based in Russia, hacked firm Synnovis

Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Credit Photo/Reuters By Xinhua News Agency Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday accused Western countries of adopting “double standards” on democracy, ahead of next month’s general elections in the country. Mr Kagame, who has been President of Rwanda since 2000, was responding to a question about critics who accuse him of

By Reuters Somalia’s government is seeking to slow the withdrawal of African peacekeepers and warning of a potential security vacuum, documents seen by Reuters show, with neighbouring countries fretting that resurgent al Shabaab militants could seize power. The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), a peacekeeping force, is committed to withdrawing by Dec. 31,

By Atlantic Council On June 17, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Ankara. It was the fourth high-level meeting between the two countries this year, and the pace of dialogue between Somalia and Turkey is set to increase, following two major agreements between Turkey and Somalia signed earlier

By Anadolu Agency Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in North Korea’s capital Pyongyang on Tuesday for his first visit to the nation in 24 years, the Kremlin said. The Russian president was invited by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who “personally met Vladimir Putin at the airport in Pyongyang,” the Kremlin said in a