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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

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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

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  • BP 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

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  • Iran 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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  • Venezuela 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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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

Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections

BP to sell 65% stake in Castrol to Stonepeak for $6 billion

Iran says missile program aimed at defending national sovereignty, non-negotiable

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Burundi opens crucial presidential election amid pandemic

The two main candidates in the poll are the ruling CNDD-FDD party’s Evariste Ndayishimiye, right, and Agathon Rwasa of the National Liberation Forces (FNL) party [Reuters/AP] A crucial

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Al-Shabaab now prefers Kenyans with criminal skills — UN report

Security footage shows Ali Salim Gichunge (left) and another attacker walking into the compound of the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi on January 15, 2019. Three Kenyan nationals and two Somalis linked

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Mandera County Governor Ali Roba says more than 50% of Kenya’s roads are controlled by Al-Shabaab

Two years have passed since Al-Shabaab attacked the Dusit D2 hotel in central Nairobi, killing 22 people. The anniversary comes as the town of Mandera in Kenya, on the Somali border, has seen an

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Iran will keep IAEA cameras turned off until nuclear deal is restored – Tasnim

Iran earlier reported turning of IAEA surveillance cameras: Reuters/Lisa Leutner By Reuters Iran will keep the UN nuclear watchdog’s cameras turned off until a 2015 nuclear deal is

IMF seeking Kenya amid growing concerns about money laundering by corruption networks

IMF headquarters in Washington, DC: Credit AFP/ Saul Loeb By Daily Nation The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants tighter checks on bank transactions in Kenya amid growing concerns about

Somalia’s president, prime minister failed to appoint a government

The Members of the People’s Assembly of the Federal Parliament of Somalia are having a meeting tomorrow at the headquarters of the People’s Assembly in Villa Hargeisa, following a

Bahrain member of ruling Al-Khalifa family has been dismissed for refusing to shake hands with Israeli ambassador

Shaikha Mai Bint Mohammed Al-Khalifa: Credit Wikipedia By Middle East Monitor A senior Bahraini official and member of the ruling Al-Khalifa family has been dismissed for refusing to shake hands

Three dead in graduation shooting at top Philippines university

Police arrested the suspect Chiao Tiao Yumol: Credit The Manila Times By Reuters Three people died in a shooting at a university graduation ceremony in the Philippines’ capital region on

Rise in Viagra sales worries northeast Somali politicians

By The African Exponent Use of Viagra over an extended period of time may increase the risk of psychological dependence. Politicians in the Puntland region of northern Somalia are alarmed by the

Daniel Moi and Rai families to pay widow Sh2bn for land grab

Former President Daniel arap Moi (left) Rai Group chairman Jaswant Rai By Daily Nation The family of former President Daniel arap Moi, who ruled Kenya for 24 years, and sugar baron Jaswant Rai,

Election observers arrive in Kenya as Ruto, Raila trade accusations

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission chairman Wafula Chebukati (centre) addresses journalists at the Bomas of Kenya about the transmission of election results and the commission’s

Ex-Somali spy chief Fahad Yasin advises president Hassan Sheikh

File Photo Somali Times/Former Somalia’s spy chief Fahad Yasin ”The Al-Shabab terrorist group cross the border and enter the neighboring country of Ethiopia with armed forces and

Saudi police arrest man who helped Israeli sneak into Mecca

By The Associated Press Police in Mecca say they have arrested a Saudi man who helped an Israeli-Jewish reporter sneak into Islam’s holiest city, defying a rule that only Muslims can enter the