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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
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China 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
Read MoreRwanda’s open door-is the visa policy paying off?
Photo by Tobias Doering / Unsplash By The African Exponent According to the Africa Visa Openness Index 2025, Rwanda is ranked the most visa‑open country in Africa, maintaining this position since
Read MoreNew Beijing-Helsinki direct route launched to boost China-Finland ties
Zeng Yongchao, executive vice president of China Southern Air Holding Company, speaks at a promotion event hosted by China Southern Airlines for the new Beijing-Helsinki direct route in Helsinki,
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Featured ArticlesChina 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
China 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
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as he chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office December 15, 2019. Gali Tibbon/Pool via REUTERS Israel’s embattled Prime
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Somali foreign minister arrives in Khartoum
Khartoum -A delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Government of Somalia Mr. Ahmed Isa Awad has arrived in Sudan’s capital Khartoum
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Biden brushes off Trump not recognizing his victory
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Safaricom borrows Sh24bn as corona cuts profit
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Farmajo is following the footsteps of dictator Siad Barre over the election in 2021.
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‘True’ UK coronavirus death toll hits 65,200 as weekly Covid-19 deaths pass 1,000 for first time since June
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Why Saudis delay congratulating to Joe Biden?
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The crown prince said in a television interview that
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
Egypt’s president in Greece on 1st visit since maritime deal
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, left, and his Egyptian counterpart President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi review the Greek Presidential guard before their meeting in Athens, Wednesday, Nov.
Arrested Ethiopian journalist due to false news
Medihane Ekubamichael The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Ethiopian authorities to immediately release broadcast journalist Bekalu Alamrew, who was arrested on November 7 and has not
Bahrain’s long-serving prime minister dies at age 84
In this Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, Bahrain’s Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa greets Britain’s Prince Charles in Manama, Bahrain. Prince Khalifa, one of the world’s
Biden brushes off Trump not recognizing his victory
‘I just think it’s an embarrassment, quite frankly,’ says president-elect US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday dismissed incumbent Donald Trump’s hitherto refusal to
Safaricom borrows Sh24bn as corona cuts profit
Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa. Safaricom borrowed additional short-term bank loans amounting to Sh24.7 billion in the half year ended September when its net profit dropped six percent due to removal
Farmajo is following the footsteps of dictator Siad Barre over the election in 2021.
Photo/Somali Times President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo’s administration was ‘carelessly’ handling issues about the elections, noting it could be a recipe for civil war. “Villa Somalia
‘True’ UK coronavirus death toll hits 65,200 as weekly Covid-19 deaths pass 1,000 for first time since June
Photo: Credit Evening Standard By Harriet Brewis More than 65,200 deaths involving Covid-19 have now occurred in the UK, with the number of weekly coronavirus-related deaths exceeding 1,000 for
Why Saudis delay congratulating to Joe Biden?
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The crown prince said in a television interview that
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