Latest NewsSomalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections
Photo Somali Times, Thursday December 25th 2025. Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections. ead: Somalia corrupt president Hassan
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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei is pictured during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Dec. 14, 2025. By Xinhua News Agency Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei
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By Anadolu Agency Venezuela has reached its goal of producing 1.2 million barrels of crude oil per day this year, despite intensifying US pressure and tanker seizures, said Vice President Delcy
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By Kenyans Kenya has taken a step toward strengthening defence manufacturing capacity following a high-level visit to Egypt by senior officials from the Directorate of National Security
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Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections
Photo Somali Times, Thursday December 25th 2025. Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections. ead: Somalia corrupt president Hassan
Read MoreBP to sell 65% stake in Castrol to Stonepeak for $6 billion
Castrol motor oil bottles are seen in this illustration taken June 19, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters BP, opens new tab has agreed to sell a 65% stake in its Castrol
Read MoreIran says missile program aimed at defending national sovereignty, non-negotiable
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei is pictured during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Dec. 14, 2025. By Xinhua News Agency Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei
Read MoreVenezuela reaches oil production target amid US pressure
By Anadolu Agency Venezuela has reached its goal of producing 1.2 million barrels of crude oil per day this year, despite intensifying US pressure and tanker seizures, said Vice President Delcy
Read MoreKenya seeks Egypt partnership to boost local defence manufacturing
By Kenyans Kenya has taken a step toward strengthening defence manufacturing capacity following a high-level visit to Egypt by senior officials from the Directorate of National Security
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Featured ArticlesSomalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections
Photo Somali Times, Thursday December 25th 2025. Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections. ead: Somalia corrupt president Hassan
Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections
Photo Somali Times, Thursday December 25th 2025. Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections. ead: Somalia corrupt president Hassan
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A parachutist performs during the Republic Day celebrations in Rome, Italy, June 2, 2025. Photographer Alberto Lingria By Xinhua News Agency As a trade deal between the United States and the
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By Anadolu Agency China reiterated its threat to use force against those attempting to separate Taiwan from Beijing, state-run media reported on Thursday. The comments by China’s ambassador
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Tunisian President Kais Saied raises his fist to bystanders as he stroll along the avenue Bourguiba in Tunis: Credit Associated Press By Reuters The U.S. deputy national security adviser met
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Italy’s exports under strain amid U.S. tariffs and currency headwinds
A parachutist performs during the Republic Day celebrations in Rome, Italy, June 2, 2025. Photographer Alberto Lingria By Xinhua News Agency As a trade deal between the United States and the
Read MoreChina reiterates threat of military action if anyone tries to separate Taiwan from Beijing
By Anadolu Agency China reiterated its threat to use force against those attempting to separate Taiwan from Beijing, state-run media reported on Thursday. The comments by China’s ambassador
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Iran has revealed a secret underground missile base used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s Aerospace Force. The base, which looks like an underground city with a network of long tunnels,
Turkish lira reverses gains as Erdoğan appoints party insider as finance chief
Turkey’s lira fell, partly reversing the biggest rally in two years on Monday, after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appointed party insider Lütfi Elvan to replace his son-in-law Berat Albayrak as
US urged to stop drone sales to UAE over civilian deaths in Yemen and Libya
The armed MQ-9B drones will be equipped with maritime radar and could be delivered in 2024 (Reuters/File photo) Amnesty International warns that Washington would be culpable for rising civilian
Treasury’s emergency loans at Central Bank of Kenya surge to Sh63 billion
The Treasury’s outstanding overdraft at the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) last week touched its highest level in more than six months, official data show, pointing to rising cash flow pressure amid
G20 urged to hold Saudi Arabia accountable over human rights abuses
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman speaks via video link during a virtual G20 summit on 26 October (File photo/Saudi Royal Court/AFP) Human Rights Watch calls on Riyadh to allow UN experts access
Why did Somaliland just suspend cooperation with the UN?
Photo/Somali Times/Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi. BY ROBERT KLUIJVER The government may be calling the UN’s bluff, but while it engages in this high stakes contest, many ordinary people are
Eritrea likely to join the Ethiopian Civil war in the Tigray region
Dictator Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki. According to sources In Eritrea told Somali Times Eritrea is involving civil war in Ethiopia The growing concern is the small country in northern
PM who won Nobel peace prize takes Ethiopia to brink of civil war
Photo: Credit Reuters Abiy Ahmed. Abiy Ahmed made his name as a reformer – but was there always an authoritarian waiting to come out? The beginning of the week saw Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister
France sees plunge in COVID cases as deaths pass 40,000
After staggering high on Saturday, numbers fall by nearly half at end of weekend France saw a sharp drop in coronavirus infections Sunday, a welcome respite after three days of watching numbers
Trump faces calls to work with Biden team on transition
President-elect Joe Biden gestures to supporters Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Donald Trump is facing pressure to
Iran reveals an underground missile city
Iran has revealed a secret underground missile base used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s Aerospace Force. The base, which looks like an underground city with a network of long tunnels,
Turkish lira reverses gains as Erdoğan appoints party insider as finance chief
Turkey’s lira fell, partly reversing the biggest rally in two years on Monday, after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appointed party insider Lütfi Elvan to replace his son-in-law Berat Albayrak as
US urged to stop drone sales to UAE over civilian deaths in Yemen and Libya
The armed MQ-9B drones will be equipped with maritime radar and could be delivered in 2024 (Reuters/File photo) Amnesty International warns that Washington would be culpable for rising civilian
Treasury’s emergency loans at Central Bank of Kenya surge to Sh63 billion
The Treasury’s outstanding overdraft at the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) last week touched its highest level in more than six months, official data show, pointing to rising cash flow pressure amid
G20 urged to hold Saudi Arabia accountable over human rights abuses
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman speaks via video link during a virtual G20 summit on 26 October (File photo/Saudi Royal Court/AFP) Human Rights Watch calls on Riyadh to allow UN experts access
Why did Somaliland just suspend cooperation with the UN?
Photo/Somali Times/Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi. BY ROBERT KLUIJVER The government may be calling the UN’s bluff, but while it engages in this high stakes contest, many ordinary people are
Eritrea likely to join the Ethiopian Civil war in the Tigray region
Dictator Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki. According to sources In Eritrea told Somali Times Eritrea is involving civil war in Ethiopia The growing concern is the small country in northern
PM who won Nobel peace prize takes Ethiopia to brink of civil war
Photo: Credit Reuters Abiy Ahmed. Abiy Ahmed made his name as a reformer – but was there always an authoritarian waiting to come out? The beginning of the week saw Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister
France sees plunge in COVID cases as deaths pass 40,000
After staggering high on Saturday, numbers fall by nearly half at end of weekend France saw a sharp drop in coronavirus infections Sunday, a welcome respite after three days of watching numbers
Trump faces calls to work with Biden team on transition
President-elect Joe Biden gestures to supporters Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Donald Trump is facing pressure to