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Guests visit the Chunhui Substation in downtown Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, Aug. 21, 2026. By Xinhua News Agency Young experts and scholars from the Asia-Pacific region
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By Anadolu Agency Iran warned Sunday that vessels failing to comply with its transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz could face fines, detention or seizure during subsequent crossings. The warning
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China’s tech city inspires youth discussions on Asia-Pacific’s green future
Guests visit the Chunhui Substation in downtown Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, Aug. 21, 2026. By Xinhua News Agency Young experts and scholars from the Asia-Pacific region
Read MoreOver 1,300 missing as death toll from flash floods on Nepal-China border rises to 180
By Anadolu Agency Search and rescue operations backed by helicopters and drones continued Thursday as the death toll from devastating flash floods along the Nepal-China border rose to 180, while
Read MoreUK urges Somalia’s outgoing president Hassan Sheikh to engage in inclusive political dialogue and election
File Photo/Somali Times UK urges Somalia’s outgoing President Hassan Sheikh to engage in inclusive political dialogue and election. Read: Jihadist turned Erdoğan asset in Speaker’s chair – poised
Read MoreKenyans in U.S. on high alert as Trump plans to revoke more visas
A photo collage of U.S. President Donald Trump and a U.S. visa, March 20, 2026. Photo White House, Canva By Kenyans The U.S. government is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up
Read MoreIran warns that ships violating Hormuz transit rules risk detention, seizure
By Anadolu Agency Iran warned Sunday that vessels failing to comply with its transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz could face fines, detention or seizure during subsequent crossings. The warning
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Featured ArticlesChina’s tech city inspires youth discussions on Asia-Pacific’s green future
Guests visit the Chunhui Substation in downtown Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, Aug. 21, 2026. By Xinhua News Agency Young experts and scholars from the Asia-Pacific region
China’s tech city inspires youth discussions on Asia-Pacific’s green future
Guests visit the Chunhui Substation in downtown Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, Aug. 21, 2026. By Xinhua News Agency Young experts and scholars from the Asia-Pacific region
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKSomalia to host high-level conference on security
Mogadishu, 4 December 2017 – A high-level meeting on security opens in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu to discuss a comprehensive approach to security in the country, as a follow-up to the London
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Read MoreChinese envoy calls for continued int’l support for Somalia
By Xinhua News Agency, China’s permanent representative to the UN Zhang Jun on Monday called for continued international support for Somalia’s efforts to achieve political stability,
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Somalia to host high-level conference on security
Mogadishu, 4 December 2017 – A high-level meeting on security opens in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu to discuss a comprehensive approach to security in the country, as a follow-up to the London
Read MoreSomalia’s Election Impasse: History Repeating Itself
File Photo/Somali Times By Talya Parker Somalia has found itself in a situation that is very familiar – an election impasse. Despite hopes of a smooth transition of power and a new election model
Read MoreChinese envoy calls for continued int’l support for Somalia
By Xinhua News Agency, China’s permanent representative to the UN Zhang Jun on Monday called for continued international support for Somalia’s efforts to achieve political stability,
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Blog PostsTerror probe opened after 2 wounded in Paris knife attack
French soldiers patrol after four people have been wounded in a knife attack near the former offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, Friday Sept. 25, 2020 in Paris. A police official said
Kenya, Chinese space station deal alarms US
Photo: Credit AFP SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft launched from Launch Complex 39A on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station.
Ilhan Omar compares Trump to Somali dictators and fears he will not leave office peacefully
Photo: Credit Pinterest President Donald Trump and Rep. Ilhan Omar. By Emma Colton Rep. Ilhan Omar compared President Trump’s administration to Somalian dictatorships she witnessed growing up.
Suspected extremists abduct 3 non-Muslims in Kenya’s north
Officials in Kenya say three non-Muslim bus passengers were abducted by suspected Islamic extremists in Kenya’s northern Mandera county that borders Somalia. Armed gunmen, believed to be
Why expanding the US drone war to Kenya is a dangerous idea
Photo: Credit Pinterest By Priyanka Motaparthy The U.S. military is seeking new authorities to expand its program of lethal drone strikes into Kenya, in order to target al-Shabab fighters in the
Prime Minister Roble issued a statement after meeting with a Wadajir party leader.
Photo/Somali Times The new Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble, addressed a special meeting with Abdirahman Abdishakur in his office today. Roble said in a
Matt Hancock says actual coronavirus cases likely to be as high as 10,000 a day
Health Secretary Matt Hancock (Image: PA) By Danya Bazaraa The Health Secretary said almost 10,000 people a day are contracting coronavirus and called on people to download the newly-released NHS
Asian shares fall as caution sets in after Wall St retreat
A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. Asian shares were mostly lower Thursday
US envoy to Israel says UAE will have to wait ‘six or seven years’ for F-35 jets
The UAE has long voiced interest in the F-35 jets and were promised a chance to buy them when agreeing to normalise ties with Israel (AFP/File photo) David Friedman told the Jerusalem Post that
Sudan denies holding Israel normalisation talks in UAE
Sudanese leader General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, 6 February 2020 [Twitter] The Sudanese Minister of Information and transitional government spokesman, Faisal Muhammad Saleh, yesterday denied media
Terror probe opened after 2 wounded in Paris knife attack
French soldiers patrol after four people have been wounded in a knife attack near the former offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, Friday Sept. 25, 2020 in Paris. A police official said
Kenya, Chinese space station deal alarms US
Photo: Credit AFP SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft launched from Launch Complex 39A on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station.
Ilhan Omar compares Trump to Somali dictators and fears he will not leave office peacefully
Photo: Credit Pinterest President Donald Trump and Rep. Ilhan Omar. By Emma Colton Rep. Ilhan Omar compared President Trump’s administration to Somalian dictatorships she witnessed growing up.
Suspected extremists abduct 3 non-Muslims in Kenya’s north
Officials in Kenya say three non-Muslim bus passengers were abducted by suspected Islamic extremists in Kenya’s northern Mandera county that borders Somalia. Armed gunmen, believed to be
Why expanding the US drone war to Kenya is a dangerous idea
Photo: Credit Pinterest By Priyanka Motaparthy The U.S. military is seeking new authorities to expand its program of lethal drone strikes into Kenya, in order to target al-Shabab fighters in the
Prime Minister Roble issued a statement after meeting with a Wadajir party leader.
Photo/Somali Times The new Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble, addressed a special meeting with Abdirahman Abdishakur in his office today. Roble said in a
Matt Hancock says actual coronavirus cases likely to be as high as 10,000 a day
Health Secretary Matt Hancock (Image: PA) By Danya Bazaraa The Health Secretary said almost 10,000 people a day are contracting coronavirus and called on people to download the newly-released NHS
Asian shares fall as caution sets in after Wall St retreat
A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. Asian shares were mostly lower Thursday
US envoy to Israel says UAE will have to wait ‘six or seven years’ for F-35 jets
The UAE has long voiced interest in the F-35 jets and were promised a chance to buy them when agreeing to normalise ties with Israel (AFP/File photo) David Friedman told the Jerusalem Post that
Sudan denies holding Israel normalisation talks in UAE
Sudanese leader General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, 6 February 2020 [Twitter] The Sudanese Minister of Information and transitional government spokesman, Faisal Muhammad Saleh, yesterday denied media