Latest NewsSomalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections
Photo Somali Times, Thursday December 25th 2025. Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections. ead: Somalia corrupt president Hassan
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Castrol motor oil bottles are seen in this illustration taken June 19, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters BP, opens new tab has agreed to sell a 65% stake in its Castrol
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Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections
Photo Somali Times, Thursday December 25th 2025. Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections. ead: Somalia corrupt president Hassan
Read MoreBP to sell 65% stake in Castrol to Stonepeak for $6 billion
Castrol motor oil bottles are seen in this illustration taken June 19, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters BP, opens new tab has agreed to sell a 65% stake in its Castrol
Read MoreIran says missile program aimed at defending national sovereignty, non-negotiable
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei is pictured during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Dec. 14, 2025. By Xinhua News Agency Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei
Read MoreVenezuela reaches oil production target amid US pressure
By Anadolu Agency Venezuela has reached its goal of producing 1.2 million barrels of crude oil per day this year, despite intensifying US pressure and tanker seizures, said Vice President Delcy
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By Kenyans Kenya has taken a step toward strengthening defence manufacturing capacity following a high-level visit to Egypt by senior officials from the Directorate of National Security
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Featured ArticlesSomalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections
Photo Somali Times, Thursday December 25th 2025. Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections. ead: Somalia corrupt president Hassan
Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections
Photo Somali Times, Thursday December 25th 2025. Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections. ead: Somalia corrupt president Hassan
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A man with a protective mask in the rain looks at an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, March 23, 2020. Shares dropped in Hong
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US futures, world shares sink as virus crisis deepens
A man with a protective mask in the rain looks at an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, March 23, 2020. Shares dropped in Hong
Read MoreHow U.S. ‘Risk-Takers’ Took a Gamble on Somalia’s Oil — Then Vanished
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Blog PostsBomb kills top Somali police officer
File Photo/Somali Times By AFP A top Somali police official was killed Friday in a bombing claimed by Al-Shabab while carrying out a military offensive against the Islamists, the prime minister
Iran arrests Europeans accused of role in unrest
By Reuters Iran, which has blamed “foreign enemies” for protests that swept the country after the death of a woman in morality police custody, said on Friday it had arrested nine
Cubans protest in Havana for 2nd night over lack of power
People protest asking for the restoration of electrical service after four days of blackout due to the devastation of Hurricane Ian in Bacuranao, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon
European Council head calls for new ‘Energy Union’ amid crisis
By Anadolu Agency The European Council president urged on Friday to set up a new “Energy Union” to tackle the energy crisis the EU faces. Charles Michel, who chairs the summits of EU leaders and
Ruto pledges wealth tax on tycoons to fix budget
By Business Daily Africa President William Ruto has revived a proposal to impose higher taxes on Kenya’s super-rich and high-income earners, endorsing the introduction of a wealth tax that failed
Putin proclaims annexation as Russian garrison surrounded in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Denis Pushilin, Leonid Pasechnik, Vladimir Saldo, Yevgeny Balitsky, who are the Russian-installed leaders in Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and
Somali special forces kill 40 Al-Shabab terrorists in central region
Somali National Army (SNA) forces backed by the local pro-government militia group Ma’awisley on Thursday killed 40 Al-Shabab militants in an attack in the Hiran region of central Somalia.
Asian stocks sink on German inflation, British tax cuts
Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Asian stocks have sunk again after German
EU takes Malta to court over golden passport programme
By Reuters The European Commission said on Thursday it would file a legal challenge against Malta for its so-called golden passport programme that allows wealthy foreigners to buy citizenship in
World Bank president warns of stagflation, recession in Europe
By Anadolu Agency Global energy production may take years to diversify away from Russia, prolonging the risk of stagflation, the World Bank president has warned. Speaking at California’s Stanford
Bomb kills top Somali police officer
File Photo/Somali Times By AFP A top Somali police official was killed Friday in a bombing claimed by Al-Shabab while carrying out a military offensive against the Islamists, the prime minister
Iran arrests Europeans accused of role in unrest
By Reuters Iran, which has blamed “foreign enemies” for protests that swept the country after the death of a woman in morality police custody, said on Friday it had arrested nine
Cubans protest in Havana for 2nd night over lack of power
People protest asking for the restoration of electrical service after four days of blackout due to the devastation of Hurricane Ian in Bacuranao, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon
European Council head calls for new ‘Energy Union’ amid crisis
By Anadolu Agency The European Council president urged on Friday to set up a new “Energy Union” to tackle the energy crisis the EU faces. Charles Michel, who chairs the summits of EU leaders and
Ruto pledges wealth tax on tycoons to fix budget
By Business Daily Africa President William Ruto has revived a proposal to impose higher taxes on Kenya’s super-rich and high-income earners, endorsing the introduction of a wealth tax that failed
Putin proclaims annexation as Russian garrison surrounded in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Denis Pushilin, Leonid Pasechnik, Vladimir Saldo, Yevgeny Balitsky, who are the Russian-installed leaders in Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and
Somali special forces kill 40 Al-Shabab terrorists in central region
Somali National Army (SNA) forces backed by the local pro-government militia group Ma’awisley on Thursday killed 40 Al-Shabab militants in an attack in the Hiran region of central Somalia.
Asian stocks sink on German inflation, British tax cuts
Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Asian stocks have sunk again after German
EU takes Malta to court over golden passport programme
By Reuters The European Commission said on Thursday it would file a legal challenge against Malta for its so-called golden passport programme that allows wealthy foreigners to buy citizenship in
World Bank president warns of stagflation, recession in Europe
By Anadolu Agency Global energy production may take years to diversify away from Russia, prolonging the risk of stagflation, the World Bank president has warned. Speaking at California’s Stanford