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  • Euro set for weekly drop, yen eyes biggest gain since early September

    Japanese 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes are displayed in this illustration taken October 20, 2026. Photographer Kim Kyung-Hoon/Illustration By Reuters The euro headed for a moderate weekly

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  • What to know about the Ebola outbreak that has spread from Congo to 4 other countries

    By The Associated Press Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has now spread to four other countries, including two where it’s active. It has spread farther across Africa than any

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  • Fighting in Yemen continues as Britain plans to help defend Saudi Arabia

    By Xinhua News Agency Fighting between Yemen’s Houthis and government forces continued on Tuesday, while the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis traded fresh strikes and Britain announced

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  • U.S. issues level 3 travel advisory for Kenya, flags Eastleigh, Kibera

    By Kenyans The United States has raised its travel advisory for Kenya from level 2 to level 3, warning American citizens about terrorism, kidnapping, violent crime, and health risks linked to the

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  • Macron vows legal action against perpetrators of violence in France protests

    Law enforcement officers stand guard outside a shop in Paris, France, Oct. 18, 2026. French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday vowed legal action against those responsible for violence during

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Euro set for weekly drop, yen eyes biggest gain since early September

Japanese 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes are displayed in this illustration taken October 20, 2026. Photographer Kim Kyung-Hoon/Illustration By Reuters The euro headed for a moderate weekly

What to know about the Ebola outbreak that has spread from Congo to 4 other countries

Fighting in Yemen continues as Britain plans to help defend Saudi Arabia

U.S. issues level 3 travel advisory for Kenya, flags Eastleigh, Kibera

EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEK

Venezuela arrests 6 foreign nationals, including 3 Americans, for alleged plot to assassinate Maduro

By Anadolu Agency Venezuela announced Saturday the arrests of six foreign nationals for allegedly plotting to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro. Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello confirmed

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In Somalia, coronavirus goes from fairy tale to nightmare

Photo/Somali Times At first, the coronavirus was just a fairy tale, a rumor along the dusty lanes of the displaced persons’ camp that Habiba Ali calls home. It seemed fantastical: an illness

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President Ruto to spend Sh100bn on new trains, SGR revamp

By Business Daily Africa President William Ruto’s administration has stepped up expenditure on the Nairobi-Mombasa Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) with a plan to hit Sh100 billion in the next three

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Russia says NATO remains focused on confrontation after Ankara summit

By Anadolu Agency Russia on Wednesday said NATO remained focused on confrontation with Moscow and continued support for Ukraine after the alliance’s summit in Türkiye’s capital Ankara. Russian

NATO allies sharpen focus on Arctic, defense spending, Ukraine as summit enters final day

By Anadolu Agency NATO leaders arrived for the second and final day of the alliance’s summit in Ankara on Wednesday, with security in the Arctic, defense spending, Iran’s nuclear

UAE begins construction of military base for Israel in Berbera northern Somalia

File Photo/Somali Times The United Arab Emirates is secretly building a military base at Berbera airport northern Somalia, which will be used by the Israel, the United States and UAE, according

China successfully tests strategic missile from submarine over Pacific Ocean

By Anadolu Agency China said Monday it had successfully conducted the test launch of a strategic missile from a nuclear submarine, hours after Beijing notified several Pacific nations of the

Somalia: Puntland warns SOMTURK against operating in its waters without permission

File Photo/Somali Times Puntland government said that no foreign company, private or public, including SOMTURK, can carry out any operations such as fishing investment, coast guard or other

Exclusive: NISA armed takeover of Mogadishu International Airport-pilots demand ICAO emergency audit and actions

File Photo/Somali Times By MP Dr Abdillahi Hashi Abib Factual and detailed report is submitted by a “whistle-blower” licensed commercial pilot actively flying into and out of Aden Adde

The end: US loses all faith in Somalia’s corrupt tyrant former President Hassan Sheikh

Photo Somali Times/Former president Hassan Sheikh By MP Dr Abdillahi Hashi Abib The United States just dropped a brutal bombshell on July 1, 2026: international support is finished until Somali

Dollar heads for weekly drop as jobs data dims Fed hike bets

U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken March 24, 2026. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters The U.S. dollar fell towards ​its biggest weekly loss in 12 weeks on Friday

Facing barbs and pressure from Trump, Europe’s leaders close ranks

By The Associated Press U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on Italy’s premier have had an unintended consequence. After Trump questioned Italy’s reliability as a wartime ally and claimed

China-Europe Railway Express spurs trade, logistics development in Poland

A cargo train runs along a freight rail line in Lodz, Poland, June 25, 2026. Photographer Yue Yuanyuan By Xinhua News Agency More than a decade ago, Filip Grzelak spent Christmas night at a