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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
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
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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
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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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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 WEEKChairman of the Somali Electoral Commission says Farmajo rigging election can be corrected
File Photo Somali Times/ Chairman Somali Electoral Commission Mohamed Hassan Irro Chairman of the Somali Electoral Commission Mohamed Hassan Irro said the election is ongoing and will not be
Read MoreAt UN, Somalia’s President spotlights country’s progress, but cautions eradicating terrorism ‘will not be easy’
UN Photo/Laura Jarriel Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly’s General Debate. (26
Read MoreTop defense contractors keeping quiet amid Saudi Arabia uproar
Saudi Arabia has long been fertile territory for United States defense contractors, an oil-rich kingdom with an appetite for weapons. Since 1950, the country has spent nearly $90 billion on arms
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Chairman of the Somali Electoral Commission says Farmajo rigging election can be corrected
File Photo Somali Times/ Chairman Somali Electoral Commission Mohamed Hassan Irro Chairman of the Somali Electoral Commission Mohamed Hassan Irro said the election is ongoing and will not be
Read MoreAt UN, Somalia’s President spotlights country’s progress, but cautions eradicating terrorism ‘will not be easy’
UN Photo/Laura Jarriel Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly’s General Debate. (26
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Blog PostsSomalia renews the Albayrak company port agreement in Mogadishu.
Photo/Somali Times A five-day meeting between a delegation from the Federal Government and the Turkish company Albayrak, which operates the main port of Mogadishu, has finally reached an
‘Let’s roll’: London’s Heathrow urges testing at UK airports
People queue in line to check-in for a British Airways flight to Heathrow airport, Friday Aug.14, 2020 at Nice airport, southern France. British holidaymakers in France were mulling whether to
ENDING UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS IN SOMALIA
BY PAUL D WILLIAMS The United States has effectively been at war with the Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin (known as al-Shabaab) for well over a decade, but the costs and risks are rising and there
Kenya reveals Sh540bn nuclear power plant in Tana River
A Nuclear Power plant. Kenya is set to build a $5 billion (Sh540 billion) nuclear power plant on a site in Tana River County Kenya is set to build a $5 billion (Sh540 billion) nuclear power plant
Mali’s president and prime minister held by mutinous troops
Malian troops and citizens gather outside the private residence of Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in Bamako, Mali Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Mutinous soldiers surrounded the private
Israel opposes any F-35 sale to UAE despite their warming ties
Photo: Credit Associated Press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference, Jerusalem, Aug. 13, 2020. JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel would oppose any U.S. F-35
UAE-Israel agreement not directed at Iran, insists FM
Abu Dhabi’s agreement to normalise ties with Israel was a “sovereign decision” and was not “directed at Iran”, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash,
Sanbalolshe says Farmajo would be held accountable failure of Dhusamareb conference.
Photo/Somali Times Former National Security Agency and the intelligence Somalia Abdullahi Mohamed Ali said President Mohamed he prepared his plan failed of Dhusamareb conference elections
Yassin Juma: Here is my story of injustice in Ethiopia
Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma (left). Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma, whose real name is Collins Juma Osemo, has been in detention in Ethiopia for more than 47 days. He is due to appear in court
Somali State Minister of Agriculture was killed in Jowhar town.
Jowhar town, the administrative of Hir Shabelle region said that a minister was shot dead in the town. HirShabelle State Minister of Agriculture, Abdikadir Abukar Karani, was reportedly killed by
Somalia renews the Albayrak company port agreement in Mogadishu.
Photo/Somali Times A five-day meeting between a delegation from the Federal Government and the Turkish company Albayrak, which operates the main port of Mogadishu, has finally reached an
‘Let’s roll’: London’s Heathrow urges testing at UK airports
People queue in line to check-in for a British Airways flight to Heathrow airport, Friday Aug.14, 2020 at Nice airport, southern France. British holidaymakers in France were mulling whether to
ENDING UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS IN SOMALIA
BY PAUL D WILLIAMS The United States has effectively been at war with the Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin (known as al-Shabaab) for well over a decade, but the costs and risks are rising and there
Kenya reveals Sh540bn nuclear power plant in Tana River
A Nuclear Power plant. Kenya is set to build a $5 billion (Sh540 billion) nuclear power plant on a site in Tana River County Kenya is set to build a $5 billion (Sh540 billion) nuclear power plant
Mali’s president and prime minister held by mutinous troops
Malian troops and citizens gather outside the private residence of Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in Bamako, Mali Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Mutinous soldiers surrounded the private
Israel opposes any F-35 sale to UAE despite their warming ties
Photo: Credit Associated Press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference, Jerusalem, Aug. 13, 2020. JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel would oppose any U.S. F-35
UAE-Israel agreement not directed at Iran, insists FM
Abu Dhabi’s agreement to normalise ties with Israel was a “sovereign decision” and was not “directed at Iran”, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash,
Sanbalolshe says Farmajo would be held accountable failure of Dhusamareb conference.
Photo/Somali Times Former National Security Agency and the intelligence Somalia Abdullahi Mohamed Ali said President Mohamed he prepared his plan failed of Dhusamareb conference elections
Yassin Juma: Here is my story of injustice in Ethiopia
Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma (left). Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma, whose real name is Collins Juma Osemo, has been in detention in Ethiopia for more than 47 days. He is due to appear in court
Somali State Minister of Agriculture was killed in Jowhar town.
Jowhar town, the administrative of Hir Shabelle region said that a minister was shot dead in the town. HirShabelle State Minister of Agriculture, Abdikadir Abukar Karani, was reportedly killed by