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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.
Read MoreThousands flee years long drought in Somalia as hunger deepens and aid shrinks
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
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKU.S. prepares to end Iran oil waivers; Asian buyers to be hardest hit
Photo Reuters The United States is expected to announce on Monday that buyers of Iranian oil need to end imports soon or face sanctions, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters,
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By Xinhua News Agency Members of the 20th batch of the Chinese medical team provided free mobile medical services to people in three localities in northern and central Senegal from Monday to
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Photo/Somali Times Somaliland president Musa Bihi Abdi The self-declared independent Somaliland has given tough conditions for future dialogue with Somalia on bilateral relations after the last
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U.S. prepares to end Iran oil waivers; Asian buyers to be hardest hit
Photo Reuters The United States is expected to announce on Monday that buyers of Iranian oil need to end imports soon or face sanctions, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters,
Read MoreChinese medical team provides free medical services in Senegal
By Xinhua News Agency Members of the 20th batch of the Chinese medical team provided free mobile medical services to people in three localities in northern and central Senegal from Monday to
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Photo/Somali Times Somaliland president Musa Bihi Abdi The self-declared independent Somaliland has given tough conditions for future dialogue with Somalia on bilateral relations after the last
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UN renews call for independent investigation with ‘international involvement’ The United Nations Human Rights Office spokeswoman said on Friday that a trial taking place in Saudi Arabia into Oct.
Ilhan Omar becomes the first person to wear the hijab in the US Congress
AP Photo/Susan Walsh History was on Ilhan Omar’s mind as she arrived in Washington DC this week. The 36-year-old Democrat from Minnesota’s 5th Congressional district became the first
Somalia tells UN not to interfere after expelling envoy
Somalia on Thursday told the UN Security Council not to interfere in its national affairs after expelling a UN envoy who questioned the government’s decision to arrest an al-Shabaab defector
Ousted UN envoy: Somalia’s politics could beget conflict
Photo (AP) A U.N. envoy who was recently ordered to leave Somalia says political tensions could devolve into conflict, while Somalia’s U.N. ambassador says his country embraces international
Top Academy Chain Accused Of ‘Cheating’ Ofsted Inspections At Multiple Schools
PA Archive/PA Images Harris Primary Academy Philip Lane in north London is one of the schools embroiled in a row about ‘cheating’ during Ofsted inspections National Education Union is
Mogadishu security 1,000 soldiers to join the forces tasked
Mogadishu-General Bashir Abdi Mohamed, the commander-in-chief of Somali police force announced that they have prepared 1,000 soldiers to join the forces tasked with Mogadishu security. The police
UN Investigating Expulsion of Ambassador From Somalia – Spokesman
Mogadishu-The United Nations is looking into the expulsion of UN Special Representative for Somalia Nicholas Haysom from Mogadishu, UN Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq said in a press briefing on
How Kenya won a big lottery in 2018, in neighbouring Ethiopia
Photo (AFP) As we kiss 2018 goodbye and, looking at East Africa and the Horn from Nairobi, it’s reasonable to say the most significant development for Kenya last year didn’t happen here. Kenya
Asia shares mixed, Shanghai down after Apple sales warning
Photo (AP) Asian markets were mixed on Thursday after tumbling more than 1 percent on the first trading day of 2019. Apple downgraded its sales projections, citing slowing Chinese growth, hitting
UK MPs request to visit detained female Saudi activists
Panel of cross-party MPs, lawyers writes open letter to Saudi ambassador following allegations of torture, sexual assault A cross-party panel of British parliament members and lawyers has written
UN: Saudi trial into Khashoggi killing ‘not sufficient’
UN renews call for independent investigation with ‘international involvement’ The United Nations Human Rights Office spokeswoman said on Friday that a trial taking place in Saudi Arabia into Oct.
Ilhan Omar becomes the first person to wear the hijab in the US Congress
AP Photo/Susan Walsh History was on Ilhan Omar’s mind as she arrived in Washington DC this week. The 36-year-old Democrat from Minnesota’s 5th Congressional district became the first
Somalia tells UN not to interfere after expelling envoy
Somalia on Thursday told the UN Security Council not to interfere in its national affairs after expelling a UN envoy who questioned the government’s decision to arrest an al-Shabaab defector
Ousted UN envoy: Somalia’s politics could beget conflict
Photo (AP) A U.N. envoy who was recently ordered to leave Somalia says political tensions could devolve into conflict, while Somalia’s U.N. ambassador says his country embraces international
Top Academy Chain Accused Of ‘Cheating’ Ofsted Inspections At Multiple Schools
PA Archive/PA Images Harris Primary Academy Philip Lane in north London is one of the schools embroiled in a row about ‘cheating’ during Ofsted inspections National Education Union is
Mogadishu security 1,000 soldiers to join the forces tasked
Mogadishu-General Bashir Abdi Mohamed, the commander-in-chief of Somali police force announced that they have prepared 1,000 soldiers to join the forces tasked with Mogadishu security. The police
UN Investigating Expulsion of Ambassador From Somalia – Spokesman
Mogadishu-The United Nations is looking into the expulsion of UN Special Representative for Somalia Nicholas Haysom from Mogadishu, UN Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq said in a press briefing on
How Kenya won a big lottery in 2018, in neighbouring Ethiopia
Photo (AFP) As we kiss 2018 goodbye and, looking at East Africa and the Horn from Nairobi, it’s reasonable to say the most significant development for Kenya last year didn’t happen here. Kenya
Asia shares mixed, Shanghai down after Apple sales warning
Photo (AP) Asian markets were mixed on Thursday after tumbling more than 1 percent on the first trading day of 2019. Apple downgraded its sales projections, citing slowing Chinese growth, hitting
UK MPs request to visit detained female Saudi activists
Panel of cross-party MPs, lawyers writes open letter to Saudi ambassador following allegations of torture, sexual assault A cross-party panel of British parliament members and lawyers has written