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 WEEKRussian president says share of payments in rubles for export approached 40%
By Anadolu Agency Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the share of the ruble in export payments increased almost threefold to 39% from 2021 to 2023. He said at a meeting of the
Read MoreThe Beauty of Somalia, Mogadishu
Have you ever seen or heard about the beauty of Somalia beaches? This is Mareeya, a small village in Nugaal region, strategically postured to the azure of the Indian Ocean waters. But no tourists
Read MoreBiden, Xi to meet face-to-face amid superpower tensions
This combination image shows U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington, Nov. 6, 2021, and China’s President Xi Jinping in Brasília, Brazil, Nov. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Eraldo Peres,
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Russian president says share of payments in rubles for export approached 40%
By Anadolu Agency Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the share of the ruble in export payments increased almost threefold to 39% from 2021 to 2023. He said at a meeting of the
Read MoreThe Beauty of Somalia, Mogadishu
Have you ever seen or heard about the beauty of Somalia beaches? This is Mareeya, a small village in Nugaal region, strategically postured to the azure of the Indian Ocean waters. But no tourists
Read MoreBiden, Xi to meet face-to-face amid superpower tensions
This combination image shows U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington, Nov. 6, 2021, and China’s President Xi Jinping in Brasília, Brazil, Nov. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Eraldo Peres,
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Blog PostsUK grocery inflation hits highest level in 15 months, says Kantar
People queue for food in the financial district of Canary Wharf as it was announced that British consumer price inflation hit an annual rate of 9.0% in April in London, Britain, May 18, 2022.
EU to maintain Article 7 procedure over Hungary’s ‘rule of law breaches’
By Anadolu Agency European affairs ministers decided Tuesday to maintain the European Union’s Article 7 procedure against Hungary’s “rule of law breaches.” “Today’s
African football legends Eto’o, Jay Jay Okacha, and Adebayor arrives in Somalia for the first time
Photo/Somali Times African football legends Eto’o, Jay Jay Okacha and Adebayor arrived in Somalia for the first time today from FIFA and CAF and will conduct an evaluation at the stadiums
Top 10 African countries with the largest value of imported goods in 2025
By The African Exponent In 2024, the total value of imported goods in Africa reached $719 billion, showing a modest growth of 2.4% compared to 2023. Meanwhile, exports saw a larger increase,
African Development Bank to pick new head to confront US funding cuts
The headquarters of the African Development Bank (AfDB) are pictured in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, January 30, 2020. Photographer Luc Gnago By Reuters The African Development Bank will meet in Ivory
ASEAN summit opens in Malaysia with key regional issues on agenda
By Anadolu Agency The 46th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit kicked off Monday in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur as leaders from the region converged to discuss key
UAE invites two Somalia regional administration leaders Deni and Ahmed Madobe–What are they discussing?
File Photo/Somali Times The presidents of Puntland and Jubaland, who received an invitation from the UAE, met in Abu Dhabi in the past few hours, where sensitive meetings on Somalia affairs are
Premier Li urges China, Indonesia to expand cooperation, safeguard free trade
Chinese Premier Li Qiang addresses the Indonesia-China Business Reception 2025 in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 24, 2025. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto also attended the event. Photographer
Somalia MPs from Jubaland and Puntland join Mogadishu opposition conference
File Photo/Somali Times Somalia Mogadishu has seen a strong political movement, led by opposition politicians who oppose the ambitions of President Hassan Sheikh. Read: Exclusive: Somalia
US to impose sanctions on Sudan after finding government used chemical weapons
Sudan’s General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan arrives with his officials and guards in the military airport of Port Sudan, Sudan, August 27, 2023. Photographer Ibrahim Mohammed Ishak/File Photo By
UK grocery inflation hits highest level in 15 months, says Kantar
People queue for food in the financial district of Canary Wharf as it was announced that British consumer price inflation hit an annual rate of 9.0% in April in London, Britain, May 18, 2022.
EU to maintain Article 7 procedure over Hungary’s ‘rule of law breaches’
By Anadolu Agency European affairs ministers decided Tuesday to maintain the European Union’s Article 7 procedure against Hungary’s “rule of law breaches.” “Today’s
African football legends Eto’o, Jay Jay Okacha, and Adebayor arrives in Somalia for the first time
Photo/Somali Times African football legends Eto’o, Jay Jay Okacha and Adebayor arrived in Somalia for the first time today from FIFA and CAF and will conduct an evaluation at the stadiums
Top 10 African countries with the largest value of imported goods in 2025
By The African Exponent In 2024, the total value of imported goods in Africa reached $719 billion, showing a modest growth of 2.4% compared to 2023. Meanwhile, exports saw a larger increase,
African Development Bank to pick new head to confront US funding cuts
The headquarters of the African Development Bank (AfDB) are pictured in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, January 30, 2020. Photographer Luc Gnago By Reuters The African Development Bank will meet in Ivory
ASEAN summit opens in Malaysia with key regional issues on agenda
By Anadolu Agency The 46th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit kicked off Monday in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur as leaders from the region converged to discuss key
UAE invites two Somalia regional administration leaders Deni and Ahmed Madobe–What are they discussing?
File Photo/Somali Times The presidents of Puntland and Jubaland, who received an invitation from the UAE, met in Abu Dhabi in the past few hours, where sensitive meetings on Somalia affairs are
Premier Li urges China, Indonesia to expand cooperation, safeguard free trade
Chinese Premier Li Qiang addresses the Indonesia-China Business Reception 2025 in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 24, 2025. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto also attended the event. Photographer
Somalia MPs from Jubaland and Puntland join Mogadishu opposition conference
File Photo/Somali Times Somalia Mogadishu has seen a strong political movement, led by opposition politicians who oppose the ambitions of President Hassan Sheikh. Read: Exclusive: Somalia
US to impose sanctions on Sudan after finding government used chemical weapons
Sudan’s General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan arrives with his officials and guards in the military airport of Port Sudan, Sudan, August 27, 2023. Photographer Ibrahim Mohammed Ishak/File Photo By