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
Read MoreTrump says US may exit Iran war soon as new attacks hit Gulf states and Iran
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
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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 WEEKPrime Minister Khayre met French Ambassador to Somalia
Mogadishu- The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia met French Ambassador to Somalia Mr Antoine Sivan and his delegation. The meeting held in the office of the Prime Minister,
Read MoreNew UK Ambassador in Somalia received a warm welcome
Photo/Somali Times The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Foreign Affairs of the Federal Government Somalia Ambassador Mohamed Ali Nur Haji today welcomed the newly appointed UK Ambassador Kate
Read MoreThe Ebola outbreak is “not under control” and has started to spread across the Democratic Republic of Congo
The World Health Organisation has described the Ebola outbreak in the DRC as sitting on an “epidemiological knife-edge”, as the virus ravages through the country. The government has confirmed
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Prime Minister Khayre met French Ambassador to Somalia
Mogadishu- The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia met French Ambassador to Somalia Mr Antoine Sivan and his delegation. The meeting held in the office of the Prime Minister,
Read MoreNew UK Ambassador in Somalia received a warm welcome
Photo/Somali Times The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Foreign Affairs of the Federal Government Somalia Ambassador Mohamed Ali Nur Haji today welcomed the newly appointed UK Ambassador Kate
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The World Health Organisation has described the Ebola outbreak in the DRC as sitting on an “epidemiological knife-edge”, as the virus ravages through the country. The government has confirmed
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Blog PostsUpper House Speaker says, ‘No meeting requested by Farmajo has been reported to us.’
Photo/Somali Times A statement from the Upper House said no meeting was reported after the Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo was scheduled to address the Somali Parliament tomorrow. The
The latest: Farmajo will address parliament tomorrow for a two year extension in office
Photo/Somali Times A message has been sent to the members of the Somali parliament informing them that President Farmajo will address tomorrow for a two year extension in office of the President
The latest from the Dhusamareb conference
Photo/Somali Times A meeting between federal, regional and Benadir leaders is still underway in Dhusamareb, the capital of Galmudug. The president of the Jubaland state of Somalia, Ahmed Madobe,
China conducts missile interception tests
China has conducted tests on missile interception equipment, the country’s Defense Ministry said in a statement. The statement said Chinese forces conducted a “land-based mid-course
Biden ending US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen
President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy, at the State Department, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By ELLEN KNICKMEYER President Joe Biden announced Thursday
US diplomat discusses Tigray with Ethiopian PM
Antony Blinken urges ‘full and unhindered humanitarian access to prevent further loss of life,’ says State Dept. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised the US’ concern Thursday about
Former Al-Shabaab commander and a current presidential candidate, Sheikh Sharif warned of a civil war in Somalia
Photo/Somali Times Former Al-Shabaab commander and a current presidential candidate Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, who is also the chairman of the Union of Opposition Candidates, today spoke
Three Urgent Questions Ahead of Somalia’s Parliamentary Elections
Photo/Somali Times By Jonathan Doernhofer On February 8, Somalia is scheduled to hold parliamentary and presidential elections following three decades of war, fragmentation and the painstaking
Farmajo missed five opportunities during his four years in office.
Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Abdullahu Farmajo missed out five opportunities during his four years in office. The five opportunities were for the benefit of the outgoing president,
Shell’s profit slumps in 2020 as the pandemic bites
Filled oil drums are seen at Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s lubricants blending plant in the town of Torzhok, north-west of Tver, November 7, 2014. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin By Ron Bousso, Shadia
Upper House Speaker says, ‘No meeting requested by Farmajo has been reported to us.’
Photo/Somali Times A statement from the Upper House said no meeting was reported after the Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo was scheduled to address the Somali Parliament tomorrow. The
The latest: Farmajo will address parliament tomorrow for a two year extension in office
Photo/Somali Times A message has been sent to the members of the Somali parliament informing them that President Farmajo will address tomorrow for a two year extension in office of the President
The latest from the Dhusamareb conference
Photo/Somali Times A meeting between federal, regional and Benadir leaders is still underway in Dhusamareb, the capital of Galmudug. The president of the Jubaland state of Somalia, Ahmed Madobe,
China conducts missile interception tests
China has conducted tests on missile interception equipment, the country’s Defense Ministry said in a statement. The statement said Chinese forces conducted a “land-based mid-course
Biden ending US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen
President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy, at the State Department, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By ELLEN KNICKMEYER President Joe Biden announced Thursday
US diplomat discusses Tigray with Ethiopian PM
Antony Blinken urges ‘full and unhindered humanitarian access to prevent further loss of life,’ says State Dept. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised the US’ concern Thursday about
Former Al-Shabaab commander and a current presidential candidate, Sheikh Sharif warned of a civil war in Somalia
Photo/Somali Times Former Al-Shabaab commander and a current presidential candidate Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, who is also the chairman of the Union of Opposition Candidates, today spoke
Three Urgent Questions Ahead of Somalia’s Parliamentary Elections
Photo/Somali Times By Jonathan Doernhofer On February 8, Somalia is scheduled to hold parliamentary and presidential elections following three decades of war, fragmentation and the painstaking
Farmajo missed five opportunities during his four years in office.
Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Abdullahu Farmajo missed out five opportunities during his four years in office. The five opportunities were for the benefit of the outgoing president,
Shell’s profit slumps in 2020 as the pandemic bites
Filled oil drums are seen at Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s lubricants blending plant in the town of Torzhok, north-west of Tver, November 7, 2014. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin By Ron Bousso, Shadia