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An ophthalmologist performs cataract surgery while an assistant hands him surgical instruments during a marathon event, in Tsakane, South Africa, Saturday, March 28, 2026. Photographer Kayleen
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‘Wow!’ The eye surgery marathon that restored sight for some South Africans
An ophthalmologist performs cataract surgery while an assistant hands him surgical instruments during a marathon event, in Tsakane, South Africa, Saturday, March 28, 2026. Photographer Kayleen
Read MoreGermany works to clarify new rules on fighting-age men leaving country
Soldiers of the Guard Battalion of the German army Bundeswehr stand in position on the day German Chancellor Friedrich Merz presents the Chancellor’s Ribbon of Honour to the Guard
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Read MoreWhite House seeks 1.5 trillion USD in defence spending in 2027 budget proposal
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier arrives in Split, Croatia, on March 28, 2026. Photographer Zvonimir Barisin By Xinhua News Agency The White House Office of Management and Budget on Friday
Read MoreChina desire UN Security Council to avoid backing unauthorized military operations in Middle East
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Featured Articles‘Wow!’ The eye surgery marathon that restored sight for some South Africans
An ophthalmologist performs cataract surgery while an assistant hands him surgical instruments during a marathon event, in Tsakane, South Africa, Saturday, March 28, 2026. Photographer Kayleen
‘Wow!’ The eye surgery marathon that restored sight for some South Africans
An ophthalmologist performs cataract surgery while an assistant hands him surgical instruments during a marathon event, in Tsakane, South Africa, Saturday, March 28, 2026. Photographer Kayleen
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKWitness: air strike kills dozens in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
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Witness: air strike kills dozens in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
File Photo: Credit Pinterest SU-27 of the Ethiopian Air Force. By Katharine Houreld An air strike killed dozens of people in a the town of Tagogon in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, an eyewitness and a
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Photo/Somali Times The four-year constitutional term of the Somali parliament has finally ended today, December 27, 2020. Debate and controversy over the overall election process have led to the
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Blog PostsAt Dubai airport, travelers’ eyes become their passports
A woman enters the face and iris-recognition gate to board a plane, during a media tour at Dubai Airport, in the United Arab Emirates, Sunday, March 7, 2021. Dubai’s airport, the world’s
Djiboutian dictator Ismail Guelleh never gave up power for running a fifth term
Photo: Credit Wikipedia dictator Ismail Omar Guelleh. Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh, who recently announced his candidacy for re-election next month, said he had decided to run for a
Said Deni orders 100 people arrested, mostly teenagers, none from the Mohamoud Salebaan community in Bosaso
File Photo/Somali Times More details are emerging from an operation by Puntland security forces last night in and around Bosaso. The operation was planned and carried out in the neighborhoods in
Egypt’s respect for Turkish continental shelf ‘important’
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Biden, Dems prevail as Senate OKs $1.9T virus relief bill
President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House, Saturday, March 6, 2021, in Washington. The Senate approved a sweeping pandemic relief package over Republican opposition
Turkey hands over military barracks to Somalia
As part of restructuring Somali army, barracks built by Turkey handed over to authorities, says National Defense Ministry Turkey on Saturday handed over military barracks to Somalia, according to
Travel industry bets on vaccine passports to draw Brits to the Mediterranean
Credit Reuters By Sarah Young, Clara-Laeila Laudette, Laurence Frost The race to roll out vaccination passports is spurring competition among travel companies and tourist destinations for the
Pakistani premier wins vote of confidence in Parliament
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday won a vote of confidence in the lower house of Parliament, the speaker said. Khan won 178 votes in the 341-seat National Assembly, well above the
Diplomats: UN fails to approve call to end Tigray violence
A medical clinic that was looted and vandalized in Zana, is seen in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. The United Nations in its latest humanitarian report on the
Mogadishu car bombing killed over 20 in a restaurant
Photo/Somali Times ”Mogadishu seaport restaurant Lul-Yemeni has twenty innocent people feared dead or injured after a car bomb blast has targeted a busy restaurant near the Mogadishu
At Dubai airport, travelers’ eyes become their passports
A woman enters the face and iris-recognition gate to board a plane, during a media tour at Dubai Airport, in the United Arab Emirates, Sunday, March 7, 2021. Dubai’s airport, the world’s
Djiboutian dictator Ismail Guelleh never gave up power for running a fifth term
Photo: Credit Wikipedia dictator Ismail Omar Guelleh. Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh, who recently announced his candidacy for re-election next month, said he had decided to run for a
Said Deni orders 100 people arrested, mostly teenagers, none from the Mohamoud Salebaan community in Bosaso
File Photo/Somali Times More details are emerging from an operation by Puntland security forces last night in and around Bosaso. The operation was planned and carried out in the neighborhoods in
Egypt’s respect for Turkish continental shelf ‘important’
Turkey’s historical, cultural common values with Egypt may bring new developments in coming days: Defense chief It is a very important development that Egypt has made a tender on
Biden, Dems prevail as Senate OKs $1.9T virus relief bill
President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House, Saturday, March 6, 2021, in Washington. The Senate approved a sweeping pandemic relief package over Republican opposition
Turkey hands over military barracks to Somalia
As part of restructuring Somali army, barracks built by Turkey handed over to authorities, says National Defense Ministry Turkey on Saturday handed over military barracks to Somalia, according to
Travel industry bets on vaccine passports to draw Brits to the Mediterranean
Credit Reuters By Sarah Young, Clara-Laeila Laudette, Laurence Frost The race to roll out vaccination passports is spurring competition among travel companies and tourist destinations for the
Pakistani premier wins vote of confidence in Parliament
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday won a vote of confidence in the lower house of Parliament, the speaker said. Khan won 178 votes in the 341-seat National Assembly, well above the
Diplomats: UN fails to approve call to end Tigray violence
A medical clinic that was looted and vandalized in Zana, is seen in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. The United Nations in its latest humanitarian report on the
Mogadishu car bombing killed over 20 in a restaurant
Photo/Somali Times ”Mogadishu seaport restaurant Lul-Yemeni has twenty innocent people feared dead or injured after a car bomb blast has targeted a busy restaurant near the Mogadishu