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Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar speaks during a session of the Russian Energy Week international forum in Moscow, Russia, October 15, 2025. Photographer Ramil Sitdikov By Reuters
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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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Turkey says Russia gave it $9 billion in new financing for Akkuyu nuclear plant
Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar speaks during a session of the Russian Energy Week international forum in Moscow, Russia, October 15, 2025. Photographer Ramil Sitdikov By Reuters
Read MoreSomalia’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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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
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Featured ArticlesTurkey says Russia gave it $9 billion in new financing for Akkuyu nuclear plant
Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar speaks during a session of the Russian Energy Week international forum in Moscow, Russia, October 15, 2025. Photographer Ramil Sitdikov By Reuters
Turkey says Russia gave it $9 billion in new financing for Akkuyu nuclear plant
Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar speaks during a session of the Russian Energy Week international forum in Moscow, Russia, October 15, 2025. Photographer Ramil Sitdikov By Reuters
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKIran threatens to respond to any US strikes as Biden weighs how to react to a base attack in Jordan
In this photo released by the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prays at the grave of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside
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Iran threatens to respond to any US strikes as Biden weighs how to react to a base attack in Jordan
In this photo released by the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prays at the grave of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside
Read MoreSomalia wins maritime case and ICJ rejects Kenya’s fraudulent claim
Somalia has won most of the maritime dispute with Kenya, according to a recent ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The court initially rejected Kenya’s argument that there
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Blog PostsMozambican ex-minister gets 16 years jail for graft
Former minister Maria Helena Taipo By AFP Mozambique on Thursday sentenced a former minister to 16 years imprisonment for corruption, a striking sentence for the country that is still dealing
Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh failed to protect the public in Mogadishu
File Photo/Somali Times President Hassan Sheikh spoke about the insecurity in Mogadishu since he took office 15 May 2022. The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud,
Top US, Russian diplomats hold 1st call since start of Ukraine war
By Anadolu Agency US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke with his Russian counterpart on Friday for the first time in nearly six months to press Moscow to accept a US proposal for the
London’s High Court rules against Venezuela’s Maduro in $1 billion gold battle
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro Reuters/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria By Reuters London’s High Court has rejected President Nicolas Maduro’s latest efforts to gain control of
Ethiopia says it killed Al-Shabab terrorist leaders Fu’ad Shongole, Abu Musab and Ubeyda
A photograph appear on the Internet: Al-Shabab terrorist leader Fu’ad Shongole The Ethiopian government has announced that three senior leaders of Al-Shabab terrorist group have been killed
Will Somalia’s above-ground risks blunt its E&P licensing prospects?
IHS Markit By Ida Hockerfelt Amid higher global oil prices and a sharpening focus on new oil and gas supply sources to offset dependence on Russia, East African frontier Somalia has a renewed
Somalia spy chief, president and Al-Shabab terrorists attack on a Somali town bordering Ethiopia
A Photograph appear on the Internet Somalia spy chief Mahad Salad is a member of Al-Shabab terrorist group and Somalia president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, according to sources Somali officials told
Russia destroys 359 air defense missile systems in Ukraine-official say
By Anadolu Agency Defense ministry spokesman says Ukrainian army has suffered ‘significant’ losses The Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday that since the beginning of its “military operation”
China’s Xi warns Biden over Taiwan, calls for cooperation
By The Associated Press President Xi JInping warned against meddling in China’s dealings with Taiwan during a phone call with his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, that gave no indication of progress
Congo oil blocks auction draws warnings of environmental catastrophe
By Reuters Licensing rights for 30 oil and gas blocks in the Democratic Republic of Congo went up for auction on Thursday, opening parts of the world’s second-biggest rainforest to drilling
Mozambican ex-minister gets 16 years jail for graft
Former minister Maria Helena Taipo By AFP Mozambique on Thursday sentenced a former minister to 16 years imprisonment for corruption, a striking sentence for the country that is still dealing
Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh failed to protect the public in Mogadishu
File Photo/Somali Times President Hassan Sheikh spoke about the insecurity in Mogadishu since he took office 15 May 2022. The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud,
Top US, Russian diplomats hold 1st call since start of Ukraine war
By Anadolu Agency US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke with his Russian counterpart on Friday for the first time in nearly six months to press Moscow to accept a US proposal for the
London’s High Court rules against Venezuela’s Maduro in $1 billion gold battle
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro Reuters/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria By Reuters London’s High Court has rejected President Nicolas Maduro’s latest efforts to gain control of
Ethiopia says it killed Al-Shabab terrorist leaders Fu’ad Shongole, Abu Musab and Ubeyda
A photograph appear on the Internet: Al-Shabab terrorist leader Fu’ad Shongole The Ethiopian government has announced that three senior leaders of Al-Shabab terrorist group have been killed
Will Somalia’s above-ground risks blunt its E&P licensing prospects?
IHS Markit By Ida Hockerfelt Amid higher global oil prices and a sharpening focus on new oil and gas supply sources to offset dependence on Russia, East African frontier Somalia has a renewed
Somalia spy chief, president and Al-Shabab terrorists attack on a Somali town bordering Ethiopia
A Photograph appear on the Internet Somalia spy chief Mahad Salad is a member of Al-Shabab terrorist group and Somalia president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, according to sources Somali officials told
Russia destroys 359 air defense missile systems in Ukraine-official say
By Anadolu Agency Defense ministry spokesman says Ukrainian army has suffered ‘significant’ losses The Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday that since the beginning of its “military operation”
China’s Xi warns Biden over Taiwan, calls for cooperation
By The Associated Press President Xi JInping warned against meddling in China’s dealings with Taiwan during a phone call with his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, that gave no indication of progress
Congo oil blocks auction draws warnings of environmental catastrophe
By Reuters Licensing rights for 30 oil and gas blocks in the Democratic Republic of Congo went up for auction on Thursday, opening parts of the world’s second-biggest rainforest to drilling