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Pedestrians walk past the National Crime Agency (NCA) headquarters in London October 7, 2013. The new body has been launched to pursue organised criminals. Photographer Stefan Wermuth/File Photo
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UK crime agency alerts teachers on “sextortion” after rise in cases
Pedestrians walk past the National Crime Agency (NCA) headquarters in London October 7, 2013. The new body has been launched to pursue organised criminals. Photographer Stefan Wermuth/File Photo
Read MoreKenya delays schools reopening due to devastating floods
By Anadolu Agency The Kenyan Ministry of Education has announced a one-week delay in the reopening of schools across the country due to the severe flooding caused by heavy rains. In a statement
Read MoreUN refugee agency says 88,000 displaced in Somalia in 3 months
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A section of the attendees at the Invest Somalia Conference & Expo 2024 in Mogadishu By The East African Somalia has emerged as a new source of remittances for Kenya and Uganda, accounting
Read MoreRussia threatens West with severe response if its assets are touched
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Featured ArticlesUK crime agency alerts teachers on “sextortion” after rise in cases
Pedestrians walk past the National Crime Agency (NCA) headquarters in London October 7, 2013. The new body has been launched to pursue organised criminals. Photographer Stefan Wermuth/File Photo
UK crime agency alerts teachers on “sextortion” after rise in cases
Pedestrians walk past the National Crime Agency (NCA) headquarters in London October 7, 2013. The new body has been launched to pursue organised criminals. Photographer Stefan Wermuth/File Photo
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Police move detained demonstrators in the bed of a pick-up truck to a police station during a protest to demand the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
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By Anadolu Agency French Finance and Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire warned Tuesday that a complete cutoff of Russian gas exports to France combined with a difficult winter could impact the
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Haiti’s president alleges coup conspiracy, says 20 arrested
Police move detained demonstrators in the bed of a pick-up truck to a police station during a protest to demand the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
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By Anadolu Agency French Finance and Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire warned Tuesday that a complete cutoff of Russian gas exports to France combined with a difficult winter could impact the
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Al-Shabaab official escapes from Mogadishu’s central prison
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Jawahir Roble ‘going all out’ to blaze a trail as female Muslim referee
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Abdirahman Abdishakur says Somali spy chief Fahad Yasin is behind the attack on Mogadishu Central Prison
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Corrupted Awad, who is the Somali Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, appoints more embassy posts to one community
Photo/Somali Times Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Government of Somalia, Ahmed Isse Awad has made a series of appointments at a time when his government has been discredited,
Somalia: Gun battle in Mogadishu prison kills 11
Photo/Somali Times Security forces among casualties, officials say At least 11 people, including security forces and Somali-based al-Qaeda affiliated group al-Shabaab fighters, were killed, while
Mauritius oil disaster: Race to drain stricken ship before it splits in half
This photo provided by the French Defense Ministry shows oil leaking from the MV Wakashio, a bulk carrier ship that recently ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius, on Sunday. (EMAE via
Greece calls Turkey’s seismic survey in Mediterranean illegal
Turkish Naval Forces’s ship, is seen docked in Istanbul, Turkey on 5 October, 2018 [Muhammed Enes Yıldırım/Anadolu Agency] Turkey dispatched a vessel to conduct a seismic survey in a
7 feared dead as Al-Shabaab convict opens fire in Mogadishu prison
7 prison guards in Mogadishu’s Central Jail are feared dead after an inmate allegedly snatched a weapon from the guards and fired indiscriminately. Somali officials said the inmate, alleged to be
Hong Kong newspaper raided, tycoon detained under new law
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, right, who founded local newspaper Apple Daily, is arrested by police officers at his home in Hong Kong, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. Lai was arrested Monday on
Voters judge Omar’s mix of progressive politics, celebrity
Minneapolis voters line up to vote a day ahead of Minnesota’s Tuesday primary election on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, at the Minneapolis Election and Voters Services offices. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Al-Shabaab official escapes from Mogadishu’s central prison
At least 15 inmates who tried to escape from Mogadishu prison have lost their lives in clashes with prison guards. About four probation officers were also killed in the fighting in
Jawahir Roble ‘going all out’ to blaze a trail as female Muslim referee
Jawahir Roble wants to go to the top (Handout) The UK’s first female Muslim referee has set her sights on officiating in the Premier League. Jawahir Roble, 26, moved with her parents to Britain
Abdirahman Abdishakur says Somali spy chief Fahad Yasin is behind the attack on Mogadishu Central Prison
Wadajir party chairman Abdirahman Abdishakur said the attack on Mogadishu’s central prison was a plot by the security services. Abdirahman Abdishakur says the security services of supplying
Corrupted Awad, who is the Somali Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, appoints more embassy posts to one community
Photo/Somali Times Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Government of Somalia, Ahmed Isse Awad has made a series of appointments at a time when his government has been discredited,
Somalia: Gun battle in Mogadishu prison kills 11
Photo/Somali Times Security forces among casualties, officials say At least 11 people, including security forces and Somali-based al-Qaeda affiliated group al-Shabaab fighters, were killed, while
Mauritius oil disaster: Race to drain stricken ship before it splits in half
This photo provided by the French Defense Ministry shows oil leaking from the MV Wakashio, a bulk carrier ship that recently ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius, on Sunday. (EMAE via
Greece calls Turkey’s seismic survey in Mediterranean illegal
Turkish Naval Forces’s ship, is seen docked in Istanbul, Turkey on 5 October, 2018 [Muhammed Enes Yıldırım/Anadolu Agency] Turkey dispatched a vessel to conduct a seismic survey in a
7 feared dead as Al-Shabaab convict opens fire in Mogadishu prison
7 prison guards in Mogadishu’s Central Jail are feared dead after an inmate allegedly snatched a weapon from the guards and fired indiscriminately. Somali officials said the inmate, alleged to be
Hong Kong newspaper raided, tycoon detained under new law
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, right, who founded local newspaper Apple Daily, is arrested by police officers at his home in Hong Kong, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. Lai was arrested Monday on