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By Anadolu Agency Iran warned Sunday that vessels failing to comply with its transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz could face fines, detention or seizure during subsequent crossings. The warning
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Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent A federal judge recently vacated a sweeping Trump administration policy that had suspended immigrant visa processing for citizens across 75 countries.
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Iran warns that ships violating Hormuz transit rules risk detention, seizure
By Anadolu Agency Iran warned Sunday that vessels failing to comply with its transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz could face fines, detention or seizure during subsequent crossings. The warning
Read MoreWhy do Western travel bans keep treating African nations like security threats while our leaders just watch?
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent A federal judge recently vacated a sweeping Trump administration policy that had suspended immigrant visa processing for citizens across 75 countries.
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File Photo Somali Times/Former Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh and one of his wives By The Associated Press After nearly two weeks on the road with her five children, Luul Mohamed finally
Read MoreUS says it will impose ‘toughest sanctions in history’ on Iran
A woman walks by a mural depicting Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a street in Tehran, Iran, August 13, 2026. Photographer Majid Asgaripour By Reuters U.S. Treasury
Read MoreUkraine’s anticorruption agencies uncover criminal network in presidential office, parliament
By Anadolu Agency Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) said Thursday they uncovered an alleged criminal organization
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Featured ArticlesIran warns that ships violating Hormuz transit rules risk detention, seizure
By Anadolu Agency Iran warned Sunday that vessels failing to comply with its transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz could face fines, detention or seizure during subsequent crossings. The warning
Iran warns that ships violating Hormuz transit rules risk detention, seizure
By Anadolu Agency Iran warned Sunday that vessels failing to comply with its transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz could face fines, detention or seizure during subsequent crossings. The warning
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People walk past a bank’s electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange Monday, July 26, 2021. Asian shares opened mixed on Monday after stocks rallied to
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and head of the Russian navy Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov attend a parade marking Navy Day in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 31,
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Asian stocks mostly lower after Wall Street highs
People walk past a bank’s electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange Monday, July 26, 2021. Asian shares opened mixed on Monday after stocks rallied to
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and head of the Russian navy Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov attend a parade marking Navy Day in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 31,
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Blog PostsWhite House asked for options to strike Iran – WSJ
Photo Reuters The White House’s national security team last fall asked the Pentagon to provide it with options for striking Iran after a group of militants aligned with Tehran fired mortars into
Secretary of State Pompeo urges Gulf states to heal rift
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks with Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, the Deputy Prime Minister and Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the Sheraton Grand in the Qatari
Revealed: Hot spots of street sex workers in Nairobi
Areas within the city where commercial sex workers freely operate from without even fearing the long hands of the law can now be revealed. Park Road is one of the streets where the commercial sex
Arab nations inch toward rehabilitating Syria’s Assad
He has survived eight years of war and billions of dollars in money and weapons aimed at toppling him. Now Syrian President Bashar Assad is poised to be readmitted to the fold of Arab nations, a
Protests in Sudan leave at least 24 dead
At least 24 people have been killed in Sudan since protests began on Dec. 19 over the country’s deteriorating economy, the country’s public officer said on Saturday. A total of 131 people
Young Saudi woman arrives in Toronto following global Twitter campaign to grant her asylum
Wearing a “Canada” hoodie and smiling, Saudi teenager Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun emerged from the arrivals gate at Pearson Airport Saturday after her long journey fleeing an allegedly abusive family.
QFBA hosts diplomatic delegation from Somalia
QFBA and QFC officials with the high-level delegation from Somalia The Qatar Finance and Business Academy (QFBA) recently hosted, in co-ordination with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a high-level
Gas explosion rocks central Paris shopping district, 12 injured
A huge explosion probably caused by a gas leak gutted the ground floor of a building in a central Paris shopping district on Saturday, seriously injuring at least 12 people, authorities said.
Shutdown becomes longest federal closure in US history
AP Photo Jacquelyn Martin The partial government shutdown became the longest closure in U.S. history when the clock ticked past midnight into early Saturday as President Donald Trump and nervous
Updated: Trudeau confirms Canada has given asylum to Saudi teen runaway
Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, right, walks with an unidentified companion in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. BANGKOK – A Saudi woman who fled her family claiming fear of her life and used
White House asked for options to strike Iran – WSJ
Photo Reuters The White House’s national security team last fall asked the Pentagon to provide it with options for striking Iran after a group of militants aligned with Tehran fired mortars into
Secretary of State Pompeo urges Gulf states to heal rift
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks with Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, the Deputy Prime Minister and Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the Sheraton Grand in the Qatari
Revealed: Hot spots of street sex workers in Nairobi
Areas within the city where commercial sex workers freely operate from without even fearing the long hands of the law can now be revealed. Park Road is one of the streets where the commercial sex
Arab nations inch toward rehabilitating Syria’s Assad
He has survived eight years of war and billions of dollars in money and weapons aimed at toppling him. Now Syrian President Bashar Assad is poised to be readmitted to the fold of Arab nations, a
Protests in Sudan leave at least 24 dead
At least 24 people have been killed in Sudan since protests began on Dec. 19 over the country’s deteriorating economy, the country’s public officer said on Saturday. A total of 131 people
Young Saudi woman arrives in Toronto following global Twitter campaign to grant her asylum
Wearing a “Canada” hoodie and smiling, Saudi teenager Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun emerged from the arrivals gate at Pearson Airport Saturday after her long journey fleeing an allegedly abusive family.
QFBA hosts diplomatic delegation from Somalia
QFBA and QFC officials with the high-level delegation from Somalia The Qatar Finance and Business Academy (QFBA) recently hosted, in co-ordination with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a high-level
Gas explosion rocks central Paris shopping district, 12 injured
A huge explosion probably caused by a gas leak gutted the ground floor of a building in a central Paris shopping district on Saturday, seriously injuring at least 12 people, authorities said.
Shutdown becomes longest federal closure in US history
AP Photo Jacquelyn Martin The partial government shutdown became the longest closure in U.S. history when the clock ticked past midnight into early Saturday as President Donald Trump and nervous
Updated: Trudeau confirms Canada has given asylum to Saudi teen runaway
Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, right, walks with an unidentified companion in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. BANGKOK – A Saudi woman who fled her family claiming fear of her life and used