Latest NewsWhite 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
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White 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
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday urged the UN Security Council not to support unauthorized military operations in the Middle East, warning that continued conflict could lead to
Read MoreDjibouti dictator Ismail Omar Guelleh campaigning for re-election
Ismail Omar Guelleh, is well-known to Djiboutians. He has, after all, been in power since May 1999, the year he succeeded his uncle, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, for whom he was in charge of national
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Members of the Iranian Red Crescent Society work at the site of a reported strike amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, near Hosseinieh Azam Zanjan Mosque in Zanjan, Iran, in this screen grab
Read MoreRwanda’s open door-is the visa policy paying off?
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Featured ArticlesWhite 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
White 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
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKAU signs deal with Somalia for Amisom to remain beyond 2021
Somalia Defence Defence minister Hassan Said Samantar and acting AU director of Conflict Management Directorate Fiona Lortan sign an agreement during the closing of a two-day meeting in
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File Photo Somali Times/Somali chief of army forces commander General Odowa Yusuf Rage Somali chief of army forces commander General Odowa Yusuf Rage ordered the troops to be on high alert,
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Somali-American businessman Bashir Mohamed. The widow of the late Somali-American businessman Bashir Mohamud Mohamed has alleged foul play in the property left by her late husband. According to
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AU signs deal with Somalia for Amisom to remain beyond 2021
Somalia Defence Defence minister Hassan Said Samantar and acting AU director of Conflict Management Directorate Fiona Lortan sign an agreement during the closing of a two-day meeting in
Read MoreSomali chief of army forces ordered the troops to be on high alert
File Photo Somali Times/Somali chief of army forces commander General Odowa Yusuf Rage Somali chief of army forces commander General Odowa Yusuf Rage ordered the troops to be on high alert,
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Blog PostsSaudi women’s rights activist Hathloul freed from jail, relatives say
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Toyota to add electric, plug-in hybrid vehicles next year
A Toyota corporate logo appears on a screen as a visitor watches a video showing the assembly line procedures of a Toyota Motor Corp.’s plant at the automaker’s exhibition hall in
Turkey, US conduct joint maritime drill in Black Sea
Training enhances cooperation, interoperability between Turkish, US naval forces, says National Defense Ministry Turkish and US naval forces conducted a joint maritime exercise in the Black Sea,
UAE’s Anwar Gargash removed in cabinet reshuffle
Gargash served as minister of state for foreign affairs since 2008 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, with Anwar Gargash being removed from his post as a
Violations against women in Egypt repeatedly sexually assaulted in Al-Qanater Prison.
Political prisoner and journalist Solafa Magdy [maitelsadany/Twitter] Violations are continuing against women in Al-Qanater prison, reports rights organisation We Record, since Amr Hisham took
What is the Garowe conference announced by President Farmajo?
File Photo/Somali Times The outgoing President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo convened a meeting on Election Heads of State and the Benadir region. ”The
Revealed: Sh10bn State bailout of Kenya Airways
The Treasury offered Kenya Airways a further Sh10 billion in a secret bailout despite having publicly stated it would reject the national carrier’s request for funds to avoid collapse amid the
UN urges Somali leaders to quickly agree on elections
File Photo/Somali Times By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council called on Somalia’s federal government and regional states Tuesday to urgently resume talks and agree
President Farmajo convenes another meeting of Benadir and regional leaders
Photo/Somali Times The president of Somalia’s federal government Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has again convened a meeting of Benadir and regional leaders in Garowe. The meeting is said to be
Prime Minister Roble plans to present in parliament a one year extension for Farmajo
Photo/Somali Times Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble plans to present a surprise plan to parliament tomorrow with a new type of election and a one year extension for President Mohamed
Saudi women’s rights activist Hathloul freed from jail, relatives say
Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul is seen in this undated handout picture. Marieke Wijntjes/Handout via REUTERS By Ghaida Ghantous Prominent women’s rights activist Loujain
Toyota to add electric, plug-in hybrid vehicles next year
A Toyota corporate logo appears on a screen as a visitor watches a video showing the assembly line procedures of a Toyota Motor Corp.’s plant at the automaker’s exhibition hall in
Turkey, US conduct joint maritime drill in Black Sea
Training enhances cooperation, interoperability between Turkish, US naval forces, says National Defense Ministry Turkish and US naval forces conducted a joint maritime exercise in the Black Sea,
UAE’s Anwar Gargash removed in cabinet reshuffle
Gargash served as minister of state for foreign affairs since 2008 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, with Anwar Gargash being removed from his post as a
Violations against women in Egypt repeatedly sexually assaulted in Al-Qanater Prison.
Political prisoner and journalist Solafa Magdy [maitelsadany/Twitter] Violations are continuing against women in Al-Qanater prison, reports rights organisation We Record, since Amr Hisham took
What is the Garowe conference announced by President Farmajo?
File Photo/Somali Times The outgoing President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo convened a meeting on Election Heads of State and the Benadir region. ”The
Revealed: Sh10bn State bailout of Kenya Airways
The Treasury offered Kenya Airways a further Sh10 billion in a secret bailout despite having publicly stated it would reject the national carrier’s request for funds to avoid collapse amid the
UN urges Somali leaders to quickly agree on elections
File Photo/Somali Times By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council called on Somalia’s federal government and regional states Tuesday to urgently resume talks and agree
President Farmajo convenes another meeting of Benadir and regional leaders
Photo/Somali Times The president of Somalia’s federal government Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has again convened a meeting of Benadir and regional leaders in Garowe. The meeting is said to be
Prime Minister Roble plans to present in parliament a one year extension for Farmajo
Photo/Somali Times Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble plans to present a surprise plan to parliament tomorrow with a new type of election and a one year extension for President Mohamed