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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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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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Upper respiratory tract infections, skin disease and malaria are leading illnesses taking Kenyans to hospital. A report by the government statistics agency also lists diarrhoea, arthritis, fever,
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Former health secretary and foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt Conservative MP AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File By The Associated Press With British Prime Minister Boris Johnson dealt a heavy blow
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he does not know anything about Washington Post columnist Khashoggi’s disappearance he had not yet spoken with Saudi officials about the
Somali Prime Minister arrived in Riyadh today.
At King Khalid International Airport, the Prime Minister was received by Prince Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Governor of Riyadh Region; Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al-Qattan, Minister
Australia considers banning immigrants from big cities
Starting a new life in Australia might not come with views of the Sydney Opera House or surfing at Sydney’s Bondi Beach with the government considering a ban on some immigrants from
Somalia, Germany Sign Agreements on Development programs
Mogadishu, Somalia and Germany have signed a two-year agreement to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two friendly countries to advance the country’s sustainable development
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Ethiopia: ‘Despite reforms lawlessness still rampant’
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Environmental crimes boost terrorists in Africa
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UK welcome to join Pacific trade deal, Japanese PM says
The U.K. would be welcomed into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) “with open arms” after Brexit, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said. Abe’s comments to Financial Times came just
Terror group al-Shabab publicly executes ‘British spy and four other spies’
The Somali militant group al-Shabab claims it killed a British spy yesterday.Awale Ahmed Mohamed, 32, spied for MI6 after moving from Britain to Somalia to establish Islamic State, according to
Pushing Boundaries: IOM Works on Innovative Solutions for Effective Border Management in East and West Africa
With a new border management system now in place in Somalia, Stephen Matete is looking forward to his next posting. Since 2011, the 34-year-old Kenyan has been a National Officer with IOM’s
Trump says still doesn’t know anything about WP’s Khashoggi, week after his disappearance
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he does not know anything about Washington Post columnist Khashoggi’s disappearance he had not yet spoken with Saudi officials about the
Somali Prime Minister arrived in Riyadh today.
At King Khalid International Airport, the Prime Minister was received by Prince Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Governor of Riyadh Region; Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al-Qattan, Minister
Australia considers banning immigrants from big cities
Starting a new life in Australia might not come with views of the Sydney Opera House or surfing at Sydney’s Bondi Beach with the government considering a ban on some immigrants from
Somalia, Germany Sign Agreements on Development programs
Mogadishu, Somalia and Germany have signed a two-year agreement to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two friendly countries to advance the country’s sustainable development
Somalia: Puntland Governor End of dictator Abdiwali Gas regime
Somalia: Bosaso Bari state imposed a ban on political gatherings, despite End of the Gaas regime, elections scheduled for early next year, hoaping pressure on independent Governor’s
Ethiopia: ‘Despite reforms lawlessness still rampant’
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Hundreds have been killed and more than 2.8 million people have been internally displaced in ethnic-based clashes Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome has complained that in
Environmental crimes boost terrorists in Africa
ENVIRONMENTAL crimes such as wildlife trafficking and illegal logging have overtaken the drug trade as the major income source for militias and terrorists in the DRC, Kenya, Mali, Somalia and
UK welcome to join Pacific trade deal, Japanese PM says
The U.K. would be welcomed into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) “with open arms” after Brexit, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said. Abe’s comments to Financial Times came just