Latest NewsIran says no talks currently underway with US, warns nations that allow bases to be treated as enemies
By Anadolu Agency Iran is not currently engaged in any negotiations with the United States, a senior Iranian parliamentary official said Thursday, while warning that any country allowing its
Read MoreHassan Sheikh is using Somali troops to battle the leader of Southwest state
File Photo/Somali Times The Federal Government of Somalia has recently deployed special forces from the Haramad to areas in Southwest Somalia, at a time when the serious conflict between
Read MoreIsrael’s actions are dragging region toward a disaster: Turkish president
By Anadolu Agency Israel is led by a network that considers itself superior to others and is gradually dragging the region toward a disaster, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday.
Read MoreGulf states press US to neutralise Iran for good as Hormuz crisis deepens
Smoke rises in the Fujairah oil industry zone, caused by debris after interception of a drone by air defenses, according to the Fujairah media office, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in
Read MoreUS allies rebuff Trump’s request for support in Strait of Hormuz
By Reuters Several U.S. allies said on Monday they had no immediate plans to send ships to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, rebuffing a request by President Donald Trump for military support to keep
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Iran says no talks currently underway with US, warns nations that allow bases to be treated as enemies
By Anadolu Agency Iran is not currently engaged in any negotiations with the United States, a senior Iranian parliamentary official said Thursday, while warning that any country allowing its
Read MoreHassan Sheikh is using Somali troops to battle the leader of Southwest state
File Photo/Somali Times The Federal Government of Somalia has recently deployed special forces from the Haramad to areas in Southwest Somalia, at a time when the serious conflict between
Read MoreIsrael’s actions are dragging region toward a disaster: Turkish president
By Anadolu Agency Israel is led by a network that considers itself superior to others and is gradually dragging the region toward a disaster, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday.
Read MoreGulf states press US to neutralise Iran for good as Hormuz crisis deepens
Smoke rises in the Fujairah oil industry zone, caused by debris after interception of a drone by air defenses, according to the Fujairah media office, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in
Read MoreUS allies rebuff Trump’s request for support in Strait of Hormuz
By Reuters Several U.S. allies said on Monday they had no immediate plans to send ships to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, rebuffing a request by President Donald Trump for military support to keep
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Featured ArticlesIran says no talks currently underway with US, warns nations that allow bases to be treated as enemies
By Anadolu Agency Iran is not currently engaged in any negotiations with the United States, a senior Iranian parliamentary official said Thursday, while warning that any country allowing its
Iran says no talks currently underway with US, warns nations that allow bases to be treated as enemies
By Anadolu Agency Iran is not currently engaged in any negotiations with the United States, a senior Iranian parliamentary official said Thursday, while warning that any country allowing its
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKInt’l Campaign Formed to Try Saudi Crown Prince for Anti-Human Rights Crimes
European lawyers, human rights activists, academics and journalist have launched an international campaign to demand trial of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for anti-human rights crimes
Read MoreVote on virus rules could be flashpoint for UK PM Johnson
File- Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks during a press conference in London, Saturday Nov. 27, 2021, after cases of the new COVID-19 variant were confirmed in the
Read MoreBiden presidency: Relief for Africa, or less than it seems?
While US President Joe Biden has brought relief to ordinary Africans by lifting the harmful travel ban affecting Muslim and African countries, experts on the continent are skeptical over whether
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Int’l Campaign Formed to Try Saudi Crown Prince for Anti-Human Rights Crimes
European lawyers, human rights activists, academics and journalist have launched an international campaign to demand trial of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for anti-human rights crimes
Read MoreVote on virus rules could be flashpoint for UK PM Johnson
File- Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks during a press conference in London, Saturday Nov. 27, 2021, after cases of the new COVID-19 variant were confirmed in the
Read MoreBiden presidency: Relief for Africa, or less than it seems?
While US President Joe Biden has brought relief to ordinary Africans by lifting the harmful travel ban affecting Muslim and African countries, experts on the continent are skeptical over whether
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Blog PostsEthiopia violence death toll rises to 239
Photo: Credit AFP. Demonstrators chant from atop of a car during an Oromo community protest after the death of musician and activist Hachalu Hundessa on July 1, 2020 in St Paul, Minnesota. The
Two police were killed by a mine explosion and civilians were injured in Mogadishu.
Photo/Somali Times At least two police have been killed and three others injured in a land mine explosion in Somalia. The explosion happened in Hodan district, At least two police were killed and
UK to resume Saudi arms sales after year-long hiatus
Britain announced on Tuesday that it will resume arms sales to Saudi Arabia a year after the court of appeal declared the UK government acted unlawfully by selling arms to the kingdom without
Foreign trawlers, illegal fishing, staff shortage deny Somalia $300m in revenue
Photo: Credit AFP After sharks are captured off the coast of Somalia, their meat is salted, sun-dried and transported overland to Kismayo for export to Mombasa, Kenya, the main market in East
At libel trial, Depp blasts Amber Heard’s ‘sick’ abuse claim
Actor Johnny Depp leaves the High Court in London, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. The libel case by Depp against a British tabloid newspaper started Tuesday over a 2018 article that branded him violent
Tear gas, arrests as Kenyans protest police brutality
A Kenyan policeman running to arrest a protester slips and falls over just as he reaches him, before proceeding to arrest him, during a demonstration in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, July 7,
Kenya-U.S. trade talks to come against growing Chinese influence
Editor’s note: Stephen Ndegwa is a Nairobi-based communication expert, lecturer-scholar at the United States International University-Africa, author and international affairs columnist. The
Somali Foreign Minister warns Taiwan and Somaliland
Photo/Somali Times The Somali government reiterated its commitment to maintaining China’s independence and territorial integrity, as Taiwan, Somaliland, has established diplomatic relations
Qassem Soleimani’s killing by US drone strike was ‘unlawful’, says UN expert
The attack on Soleimani’s convoy as it left Baghdad airport violated the UN Charter, Agnes Callamard wrote in her report (AFP) The January US drone strike in Iraq that killed top Iranian
Kenya: Vehicle imports jump 16 percent in first quarter
The value of imported cars in the first quarter of 2020 increased by 16.86 percent, new data shows. The report by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics shows Sh22.24 billion vehicles were imported
Ethiopia violence death toll rises to 239
Photo: Credit AFP. Demonstrators chant from atop of a car during an Oromo community protest after the death of musician and activist Hachalu Hundessa on July 1, 2020 in St Paul, Minnesota. The
Two police were killed by a mine explosion and civilians were injured in Mogadishu.
Photo/Somali Times At least two police have been killed and three others injured in a land mine explosion in Somalia. The explosion happened in Hodan district, At least two police were killed and
UK to resume Saudi arms sales after year-long hiatus
Britain announced on Tuesday that it will resume arms sales to Saudi Arabia a year after the court of appeal declared the UK government acted unlawfully by selling arms to the kingdom without
Foreign trawlers, illegal fishing, staff shortage deny Somalia $300m in revenue
Photo: Credit AFP After sharks are captured off the coast of Somalia, their meat is salted, sun-dried and transported overland to Kismayo for export to Mombasa, Kenya, the main market in East
At libel trial, Depp blasts Amber Heard’s ‘sick’ abuse claim
Actor Johnny Depp leaves the High Court in London, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. The libel case by Depp against a British tabloid newspaper started Tuesday over a 2018 article that branded him violent
Tear gas, arrests as Kenyans protest police brutality
A Kenyan policeman running to arrest a protester slips and falls over just as he reaches him, before proceeding to arrest him, during a demonstration in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, July 7,
Kenya-U.S. trade talks to come against growing Chinese influence
Editor’s note: Stephen Ndegwa is a Nairobi-based communication expert, lecturer-scholar at the United States International University-Africa, author and international affairs columnist. The
Somali Foreign Minister warns Taiwan and Somaliland
Photo/Somali Times The Somali government reiterated its commitment to maintaining China’s independence and territorial integrity, as Taiwan, Somaliland, has established diplomatic relations
Qassem Soleimani’s killing by US drone strike was ‘unlawful’, says UN expert
The attack on Soleimani’s convoy as it left Baghdad airport violated the UN Charter, Agnes Callamard wrote in her report (AFP) The January US drone strike in Iraq that killed top Iranian
Kenya: Vehicle imports jump 16 percent in first quarter
The value of imported cars in the first quarter of 2020 increased by 16.86 percent, new data shows. The report by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics shows Sh22.24 billion vehicles were imported