Latest NewsUS bank rout prompts deal speculation as credit worries loom
By Reuters Jitters around U.S. banks’ exposure to loan losses have fueled expectations for more mergers and acquisitions as big buyers may be spurred to look to absorb smaller or weaker
Read MoreTrump announces end to US aid for Colombia, calls president ‘a lunatic’
By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump said Sunday that his administration would end all financial aid to Colombia and impose tariffs on the South American country, accusing its government
Read MoreSomalia Puntland government sentences Iranians illegally fishing arrested off Bari coast
File Photo/Somali Times Puntland government has sentenced 15 Iranian fishermen to $500 each and deported them after they were caught fishing illegally off Puntland’s coast. Read: Somalia is the
Read MoreCambodia deports 64 South Korean online scam suspects
By Xinhua News Agency Cambodia deported 64 South Korean online scam suspects, including five women, to their birth country on Friday night, said a news release from Cambodia’s Ad-Hoc
Read MoreTrump says he plans to meet with Putin in Hungary within 2 weeks
By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he plans to sit down with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Hungary within two weeks. Trump alluded to next week’s
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US bank rout prompts deal speculation as credit worries loom
By Reuters Jitters around U.S. banks’ exposure to loan losses have fueled expectations for more mergers and acquisitions as big buyers may be spurred to look to absorb smaller or weaker
Read MoreTrump announces end to US aid for Colombia, calls president ‘a lunatic’
By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump said Sunday that his administration would end all financial aid to Colombia and impose tariffs on the South American country, accusing its government
Read MoreSomalia Puntland government sentences Iranians illegally fishing arrested off Bari coast
File Photo/Somali Times Puntland government has sentenced 15 Iranian fishermen to $500 each and deported them after they were caught fishing illegally off Puntland’s coast. Read: Somalia is the
Read MoreCambodia deports 64 South Korean online scam suspects
By Xinhua News Agency Cambodia deported 64 South Korean online scam suspects, including five women, to their birth country on Friday night, said a news release from Cambodia’s Ad-Hoc
Read MoreTrump says he plans to meet with Putin in Hungary within 2 weeks
By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he plans to sit down with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Hungary within two weeks. Trump alluded to next week’s
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Featured ArticlesUS bank rout prompts deal speculation as credit worries loom
By Reuters Jitters around U.S. banks’ exposure to loan losses have fueled expectations for more mergers and acquisitions as big buyers may be spurred to look to absorb smaller or weaker
US bank rout prompts deal speculation as credit worries loom
By Reuters Jitters around U.S. banks’ exposure to loan losses have fueled expectations for more mergers and acquisitions as big buyers may be spurred to look to absorb smaller or weaker
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKForeign investor holdings fall at NSE on selling spree in Kenya
The volume of shares held by foreign investors at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has dropped in the past one year following sustained selling by the investors in a bear market. Data from
Read MoreExclusive: Camera ‘switched to catch Matt Hancock’
An internal investigation is seeking to discover if the camera was moved accidentally / REUTERS By Joe Murphy CCTV ‘deliberately turned from balcony to door where minister kissed aide’ The
Read MoreUganda has not agreed to take deportees from US, senior official says
Ugandan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Okello Oryem poses in his office in Kampala, Uganda, February 2, 2017. Photographer Ed Cropley/File Photo By Reuters A senior Ugandan official denied
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Foreign investor holdings fall at NSE on selling spree in Kenya
The volume of shares held by foreign investors at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has dropped in the past one year following sustained selling by the investors in a bear market. Data from
Read MoreExclusive: Camera ‘switched to catch Matt Hancock’
An internal investigation is seeking to discover if the camera was moved accidentally / REUTERS By Joe Murphy CCTV ‘deliberately turned from balcony to door where minister kissed aide’ The
Read MoreUganda has not agreed to take deportees from US, senior official says
Ugandan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Okello Oryem poses in his office in Kampala, Uganda, February 2, 2017. Photographer Ed Cropley/File Photo By Reuters A senior Ugandan official denied
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Blog PostsOver 200 prisoners escape Pakistan jail after earthquake damages walls
By Anadolu Agency Over 200 prisoners escaped from a jail in the southern port city of Karachi after an earthquake damaged the prison walls, the provincial chief minister said on Tuesday. The
What was the discussion between Somalia PM Hamsa and Djibouti dictator Guelleh?
File Photo/Somali Times The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Hamsa Abdi Barre, held an meeting with Djibouti dictator Guelleh. Read: Who is Djibouti dictator Ismail Omar Guelleh
At just 17, South Africa’s Mongiwa Hazel Ntuli completes actuarial science degree
Photo: University of Pretoria. Twitter X By Face2Face Africa South Africa’s Mongiwa Hazel Ntuli has made history as one of the University of Pretoria’s youngest-ever graduates, earning a degree
Chinese well-drilling technology turns Egypt’s deserts into farmland
This photo taken on May 3, 2025 shows a well-drilling rig at night at the site of Owainat Water Well Project in the desert of New Valley Governorate, Egypt. Photographer Sui Xiankai By Xinhua
Cuba issues verbal warning to top US diplomat in Havana for ‘disrespectful conduct’
Cars pass by Cuban and U.S. flags beside the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, May 13, 2024. Photographer Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo By Reuters Cuba`s foreign ministry said on Friday it had
Sudan’s new PM takes constitutional oath
By Xinhua News Agency Kamil Idris was sworn in as Sudan’s new prime minister on Saturday before Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the country’s ruling Transitional Sovereign Council,
Top 10 countries with the largest amount of remittances in Africa 2025
By The African Exponent The African remittances market is projected to reach a total transaction value of $75.72 billion by the end of 2025. Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, is expected
Trump wants to talk to Xi after accusing China of violating trade deal
By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump on Friday said he will speak to Chinese President Xi Jinping, after accusing China of violating a trade deal announced earlier this month, possibly
France to ban smoking at beaches, parks and outside schools to protect children
People enjoy the sun on a beach of the Croisette during the 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 15, 2025. Photographer Stephane Mahe/File Photo By Reuters France will ban smoking on
China launches Tianwen-2 to retrieve asteroid samples
China’s Tianwen-2 probe, atop a Long March-3B carrier rocket, lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, May 29, 2025. China launched
Over 200 prisoners escape Pakistan jail after earthquake damages walls
By Anadolu Agency Over 200 prisoners escaped from a jail in the southern port city of Karachi after an earthquake damaged the prison walls, the provincial chief minister said on Tuesday. The
What was the discussion between Somalia PM Hamsa and Djibouti dictator Guelleh?
File Photo/Somali Times The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Hamsa Abdi Barre, held an meeting with Djibouti dictator Guelleh. Read: Who is Djibouti dictator Ismail Omar Guelleh
At just 17, South Africa’s Mongiwa Hazel Ntuli completes actuarial science degree
Photo: University of Pretoria. Twitter X By Face2Face Africa South Africa’s Mongiwa Hazel Ntuli has made history as one of the University of Pretoria’s youngest-ever graduates, earning a degree
Chinese well-drilling technology turns Egypt’s deserts into farmland
This photo taken on May 3, 2025 shows a well-drilling rig at night at the site of Owainat Water Well Project in the desert of New Valley Governorate, Egypt. Photographer Sui Xiankai By Xinhua
Cuba issues verbal warning to top US diplomat in Havana for ‘disrespectful conduct’
Cars pass by Cuban and U.S. flags beside the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, May 13, 2024. Photographer Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo By Reuters Cuba`s foreign ministry said on Friday it had
Sudan’s new PM takes constitutional oath
By Xinhua News Agency Kamil Idris was sworn in as Sudan’s new prime minister on Saturday before Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the country’s ruling Transitional Sovereign Council,
Top 10 countries with the largest amount of remittances in Africa 2025
By The African Exponent The African remittances market is projected to reach a total transaction value of $75.72 billion by the end of 2025. Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, is expected
Trump wants to talk to Xi after accusing China of violating trade deal
By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump on Friday said he will speak to Chinese President Xi Jinping, after accusing China of violating a trade deal announced earlier this month, possibly
France to ban smoking at beaches, parks and outside schools to protect children
People enjoy the sun on a beach of the Croisette during the 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 15, 2025. Photographer Stephane Mahe/File Photo By Reuters France will ban smoking on
China launches Tianwen-2 to retrieve asteroid samples
China’s Tianwen-2 probe, atop a Long March-3B carrier rocket, lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, May 29, 2025. China launched