Latest NewsFormer Somalia spy chief says i met leaders of Puntland, Jubaland, and Somaliland in the UAE
File Photo/Somali Times Read: Eritrea reveals UAE’s alarming plans for Somalia The former Somalia spy chief of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Abdullahi Mohamed Ali
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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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Former Somalia spy chief says i met leaders of Puntland, Jubaland, and Somaliland in the UAE
File Photo/Somali Times Read: Eritrea reveals UAE’s alarming plans for Somalia The former Somalia spy chief of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Abdullahi Mohamed Ali
Read MoreBus crash in Kenya kills 22 near the site of a previous fatal accident
By The Associated Press A bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident
Read MoreTop 10 biggest defense budgets in Africa in 2026
By The African Exponent 5 Key Facts Algeria is Africa’s biggest military spender by a huge margin. It spent $25.4 billion in 2025, which is more than the other nine countries on this list
Read MoreEuro 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
Read MoreWhat 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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Featured ArticlesFormer Somalia spy chief says i met leaders of Puntland, Jubaland, and Somaliland in the UAE
File Photo/Somali Times Read: Eritrea reveals UAE’s alarming plans for Somalia The former Somalia spy chief of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Abdullahi Mohamed Ali
Former Somalia spy chief says i met leaders of Puntland, Jubaland, and Somaliland in the UAE
File Photo/Somali Times Read: Eritrea reveals UAE’s alarming plans for Somalia The former Somalia spy chief of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Abdullahi Mohamed Ali
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By Anadolu Agency Italy’s most-wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested in Sicily on Monday morning after about three decades on the run, Italian police said. Denaro, 60, was
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In ordering Myanmar on Thursday to take immediate measures to prevent atrocities against its Muslim Rohingya minority, the International Court of Justice in The Hague was handing down a binding
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Second man charged with murder of Omani student stabbed to death near Harrods
© Family Handout Omani national Mohammed Abdullah Al Araimi, who was stabbed to death in Knightsbridge in December 2019 (Family Handout/PA) A second man has been charged with the murder of an
Read MoreItaly’s most-wanted mafia boss Messina Denaro arrested in Sicily
By Anadolu Agency Italy’s most-wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested in Sicily on Monday morning after about three decades on the run, Italian police said. Denaro, 60, was
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Blog PostsSaid Deni raising funds for the Somalia 2026 election while he is governor of Puntland
File Photo/Somali Times The Governor of Puntland Said Abdullahi Deni, who was re-elected as the Governor of Puntland earlier this year, is already starting preparations for the 2026 Somali
Former security advisor to Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed claims asylum in Belgium
The former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, who was later the National Security Adviser to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Gedu Andargachew, is reported to have secretly defected to Belgium,
Is President Hassan Sheikh not aware that Russia and Somalia have a long history of friendship and cooperation?
File Photo /Somali Times By Professor Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad Doesn’t President Hassan Sheikh know that Russia & Somalia have had a long history of friendship & cooperation? Wasn’t the
Facebook turns 20
By Anadolu Agency In its 20-year history, Facebook, among the most widely used social networks globally, continues its journey under the “Meta” umbrella despite controversies over
African billionaires who see business sense in football
A photo combo of Confederation of African Football (Caf) President Patrice Motsepe (L) and Tanzanian investor Mohammed Dewji. By The East African Football in Africa is some sort of religion. But
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob, 82, dies after cancer diagnosis
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Turkish security forces nab wanted foreign national in anti-drug operation
By Anadolu Agency Turkish law enforcement on Saturday caught a foreign national wanted for drug trafficking in an operation in Istanbul, the country’s interior minister announced. Rawi Ali
Who is Michelle O’Neill, Northern Ireland’s incoming first minister?
Vice President of Sinn Fein Michelle O’Neill arrives to vote at a polling station during local elections in Coalisland, Northern Ireland, May 18, 2023. Photographer Clodagh Kilcoyne/File
US hits hard at militias in Iraq and Syria, retaliating for fatal drone attack
A satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a military base known as Tower 22 in northeastern Jordan on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. A satellite image taken Monday of the Jordanian base targeted by a
Kenya launches fund to support peacekeeping operations
Cabinet Secretary for Defence Aden Duale speaks at the Defence Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya on September 26, 2023. Photo/AFP By Xinhua News Agency Kenya on Thursday launched a national peace
Said Deni raising funds for the Somalia 2026 election while he is governor of Puntland
File Photo/Somali Times The Governor of Puntland Said Abdullahi Deni, who was re-elected as the Governor of Puntland earlier this year, is already starting preparations for the 2026 Somali
Former security advisor to Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed claims asylum in Belgium
The former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, who was later the National Security Adviser to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Gedu Andargachew, is reported to have secretly defected to Belgium,
Is President Hassan Sheikh not aware that Russia and Somalia have a long history of friendship and cooperation?
File Photo /Somali Times By Professor Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad Doesn’t President Hassan Sheikh know that Russia & Somalia have had a long history of friendship & cooperation? Wasn’t the
Facebook turns 20
By Anadolu Agency In its 20-year history, Facebook, among the most widely used social networks globally, continues its journey under the “Meta” umbrella despite controversies over
African billionaires who see business sense in football
A photo combo of Confederation of African Football (Caf) President Patrice Motsepe (L) and Tanzanian investor Mohammed Dewji. By The East African Football in Africa is some sort of religion. But
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob, 82, dies after cancer diagnosis
Hage Gottfried Geingob, President of Namibia, speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 2, 2021. Photographer Hannah McKay/File Photo By
Turkish security forces nab wanted foreign national in anti-drug operation
By Anadolu Agency Turkish law enforcement on Saturday caught a foreign national wanted for drug trafficking in an operation in Istanbul, the country’s interior minister announced. Rawi Ali
Who is Michelle O’Neill, Northern Ireland’s incoming first minister?
Vice President of Sinn Fein Michelle O’Neill arrives to vote at a polling station during local elections in Coalisland, Northern Ireland, May 18, 2023. Photographer Clodagh Kilcoyne/File
US hits hard at militias in Iraq and Syria, retaliating for fatal drone attack
A satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a military base known as Tower 22 in northeastern Jordan on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. A satellite image taken Monday of the Jordanian base targeted by a
Kenya launches fund to support peacekeeping operations
Cabinet Secretary for Defence Aden Duale speaks at the Defence Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya on September 26, 2023. Photo/AFP By Xinhua News Agency Kenya on Thursday launched a national peace