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File Photo/Somali Times By MP Dr Abdillahi Hashi Abib Factual and detailed report is submitted by a “whistle-blower” licensed commercial pilot actively flying into and out of Aden Adde
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Exclusive: NISA armed takeover of Mogadishu International Airport-pilots demand ICAO emergency audit and actions
File Photo/Somali Times By MP Dr Abdillahi Hashi Abib Factual and detailed report is submitted by a “whistle-blower” licensed commercial pilot actively flying into and out of Aden Adde
Read MoreThe end: US loses all faith in Somalia’s corrupt tyrant former President Hassan Sheikh
Photo Somali Times/Former president Hassan Sheikh By MP Dr Abdillahi Hashi Abib The United States just dropped a brutal bombshell on July 1, 2026: international support is finished until Somali
Read MoreDollar heads for weekly drop as jobs data dims Fed hike bets
U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken March 24, 2026. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters The U.S. dollar fell towards its biggest weekly loss in 12 weeks on Friday
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By The Associated Press U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on Italy’s premier have had an unintended consequence. After Trump questioned Italy’s reliability as a wartime ally and claimed
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A cargo train runs along a freight rail line in Lodz, Poland, June 25, 2026. Photographer Yue Yuanyuan By Xinhua News Agency More than a decade ago, Filip Grzelak spent Christmas night at a
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Featured ArticlesExclusive: NISA armed takeover of Mogadishu International Airport-pilots demand ICAO emergency audit and actions
File Photo/Somali Times By MP Dr Abdillahi Hashi Abib Factual and detailed report is submitted by a “whistle-blower” licensed commercial pilot actively flying into and out of Aden Adde
Exclusive: NISA armed takeover of Mogadishu International Airport-pilots demand ICAO emergency audit and actions
File Photo/Somali Times By MP Dr Abdillahi Hashi Abib Factual and detailed report is submitted by a “whistle-blower” licensed commercial pilot actively flying into and out of Aden Adde
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKForex deposits drop after demonetisation
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Forex deposits drop after demonetisation
CBK governor Patrick Njoroge Foreign currency deposits held by commercial banks declined by Sh12.9 billion last November, the second month after Central Bank of Kenya’s (CBK) demonetisation drive
Read MoreEthiopia blocks Kenya from accessing plane crash scene
Government will now rely on Somalia report to find out what caused accident that left four Kenyans dead. Cargo aircraft registered in Kenya as 5Y-AXO was reportedly shot down by a rocket missile.
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Somalia has officially opened the first round of bidding for oil exploration, even as critics charged there was insufficient law to manage the programme. The country’s Ministry of Petroleum and
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EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT – A dead body hangs from a crane in the main square of Herat city in western Afghanistan, on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2021. A witness told The Associated Press that the
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A Somali military court on Thursday sentenced two foreigners 15 years in prison for being members of al-Shabab. The court sentenced the two men, both British and Malaysian, after they were found
Taiwan asks to join trade group, says China might interfere
File – In this Aug. 6, 2015, file photo, fishing boats are secured in a port during foul weather in Yilan County, northeastern Taiwan. Taiwan has applied to join an 11-nation Pacific trade
Taliban hang body in public; signal return to past tactics
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT – A dead body hangs from a crane in the main square of Herat city in western Afghanistan, on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2021. A witness told The Associated Press that the
The latest suicide car bombing rocks in Mogadishu
Multiple people were killed in Somalia’s capital on Saturday after a suicide car bombing that targeted a security checkpoint near the presidential palace, police said. According to Anadolu
Britain expected to ease visa rules as truck driver shortage bites
Lorries are seen at an HGV parking, at Cobham services on the M25 motorway, Cobham, Britain, August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/File Photo Reuters By Michael Holden Britain is expected to
Is it a bluff? Some in Hungary and Poland talk of EU pullout
FILE – In this May 21, 2017 file photo, supporters of Hungary’s political opposition display a banner during an anti-government protest, at Budapest University of Technology and
German millionaires rush assets to Switzerland ahead of election
Women relax on the banks of Lake Zurich on a sunny spring day, as the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues, in Zurich, Switzerland March 23, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann. Reuters By
Dutch court rules boy can receive coronavirus jab despite father’s objection
By Anadolu Agency Boy petitioned court to visit seriously ill grandmother after receiving vaccine A court in the Netherlands ruled in favor of a 12-year-old boy to get the coronavirus vaccine
Chinese banks try to calm fears about developer’s debts
The Evergrande headquarters, left, stands in Shenzhen, China, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. Seeking to dispel fears of financial turmoil, some Chinese banks are disclosing what they are owed by a real
Examining Extremism: Harakat al Shabaab al Mujahideen (al Shabaab)
Center for Strategic and International Studies By Jake Harrington, Jared Thompson The resumption of U.S. airstrikes in Somalia in July 2021 after a six-month pause under the Biden administration
Somalia’s military court sentences two foreigners Al-Shabab terrorist to 15 years in prison
A Somali military court on Thursday sentenced two foreigners 15 years in prison for being members of al-Shabab. The court sentenced the two men, both British and Malaysian, after they were found
Taiwan asks to join trade group, says China might interfere
File – In this Aug. 6, 2015, file photo, fishing boats are secured in a port during foul weather in Yilan County, northeastern Taiwan. Taiwan has applied to join an 11-nation Pacific trade