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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
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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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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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Qatar National Bank QISB.QA, the largest bank by assets in the Middle East and Africa, and Qatar Islamic Bank (QNBK.QA), the Gulf state’s largest sharia-compliant lender by assets, have raised a
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Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) say they have killed 7 Al-Shabaab militants and wounded an unknown number in an operation in southern Somalia. The military seized 9 AK-47 rifles, 10 magazines, two
China’s leader urges action on unification with Taiwan
Photo (AP) Chinese President Xi Jinping, declaring that independence is not an option for Taiwan, urged both sides to reach an early consensus on unification and not leave the issue for future
Two Migrants Were Discovered Inside Mattresses Trying to Cross the Spanish Border
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Somalia government launched to Nicholas Haysom 72 hours to leave Somalia
Mogadishu-The Somali government says the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Nicholas Haysom, could not work in Somalia. The government accused him of
3 injured in mortar attack on UN compound in Somalia
Mogadishu – Two United Nations staff members and a contractor were injured on Tuesday after seven mortars landed inside the UN compound in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Nicholas Haysom, special
S.African, Tanzanians among suspected jihadist leaders in Mozambique
Photo (AFP) Mozambican prosecutors on Monday named a South African and two Tanzanians among leaders of a jihadist group operating in the northern gas-rich region, saying the group wants to create
Puntland region swears-in a new assembly in Garowe
Garowe-The 66 lawmakers of Puntland regional assembly were sworn in Garowe, the administrative capital of the state on Tuesday. According to sources in the town, sixty-six members who were vetted
Counter-terrorism police probe New Year’s Eve stabbings in Manchester
Police officers stand at the end of a tram platform following a stabbing at Victoria Station in Manchester, Britain, January 1, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble British counter-terrorism police are
US and Israel exit UN cultural agency, claiming bias
Photo (AP) The United States and Israel officially quit of the U.N.’s educational, scientific and cultural agency at the stroke of midnight, the culmination of a process triggered more than a
Somalia Foreign Minister said I have not apprehended by the decision of Haysom
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Government of Somalia Mr Ahmed Isse Awad said the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas
Kenya special forces kill 7 Al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia
Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) say they have killed 7 Al-Shabaab militants and wounded an unknown number in an operation in southern Somalia. The military seized 9 AK-47 rifles, 10 magazines, two
China’s leader urges action on unification with Taiwan
Photo (AP) Chinese President Xi Jinping, declaring that independence is not an option for Taiwan, urged both sides to reach an early consensus on unification and not leave the issue for future
Two Migrants Were Discovered Inside Mattresses Trying to Cross the Spanish Border
Two African migrants were discovered by police attempting to cross the Spanish border hidden inside a pair of mattresses. MADRID — Desperate to reach Europe from North Africa, two African
Somalia government launched to Nicholas Haysom 72 hours to leave Somalia
Mogadishu-The Somali government says the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Nicholas Haysom, could not work in Somalia. The government accused him of
3 injured in mortar attack on UN compound in Somalia
Mogadishu – Two United Nations staff members and a contractor were injured on Tuesday after seven mortars landed inside the UN compound in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Nicholas Haysom, special
S.African, Tanzanians among suspected jihadist leaders in Mozambique
Photo (AFP) Mozambican prosecutors on Monday named a South African and two Tanzanians among leaders of a jihadist group operating in the northern gas-rich region, saying the group wants to create
Puntland region swears-in a new assembly in Garowe
Garowe-The 66 lawmakers of Puntland regional assembly were sworn in Garowe, the administrative capital of the state on Tuesday. According to sources in the town, sixty-six members who were vetted
Counter-terrorism police probe New Year’s Eve stabbings in Manchester
Police officers stand at the end of a tram platform following a stabbing at Victoria Station in Manchester, Britain, January 1, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble British counter-terrorism police are
US and Israel exit UN cultural agency, claiming bias
Photo (AP) The United States and Israel officially quit of the U.N.’s educational, scientific and cultural agency at the stroke of midnight, the culmination of a process triggered more than a