Latest NewsOver 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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Over 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
Read MoreWhy do Western travel bans keep treating African nations like security threats while our leaders just watch?
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent A federal judge recently vacated a sweeping Trump administration policy that had suspended immigrant visa processing for citizens across 75 countries.
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Featured ArticlesOver 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
Over 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
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKBennett says Israel able to “act alone” against Iran over ship attack
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In an April 2, 2021, photo released by the U.S. Navy, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel cut in front of the U.S. Coast Guard ship USCGC Monomoy in the Persian Gulf. American and Iranian
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Bennett says Israel able to “act alone” against Iran over ship attack
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends a cabinet meeting at the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem, Sunday, August 1, 2021. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP) JERUSALEM (Reuters)
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Blog PostsEid under lockdown will be tough – but it can help us understand past hardships
My experience is of parents, siblings, in-laws, nieces and nephews all kissing, hugging and wishing each other eid mubarak. It has never crossed my mind to celebrate it without family.’ Eid
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Photo: Credit Reuters By Natasha Turak Almost half the restaurants and hotels surveyed by the Dubai Chamber expected to go out of business in the next month alone, with three-quarters of travel
The self-declared Somaliland government has threatened to take the case to the International Criminal Court (ICJ), ‘to seek the legal recognition cause,’ President Muse Bihi says.
Photo/Somali Times The self-declared Somaliland government has threatened to take the case to the International Criminal Court (ICJ), with President Muse Bihi speaking in public. Mr. Bihi told
Khashoggi family forgives their father’s killers
‘We the sons of martyr Jamal Khashoggi announce we forgive and pardon those who killed our father,’ son Salah says The family of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Friday they have
Tanzania says virus defeated through prayer, but fears grow
In this photo taken Monday, May 18, 2020, people use a hand-washing station installed for members of the public entering a market in Dodoma, Tanzania. As of late May 2020, the country’s number of
Kenya: State revenue to ‘fall Sh70bn on slowdown’
The Treasury is likely to net lower revenues in the three-month period between April and June, when the fiscal year ends, resulting from reduced economic activity including trade volumes.
UAE spends billions on failed regional military plans
Libyan Army enters downtown al-Asabaa Arab Gulf country aims to achieve political influence in region by arming allies in field, The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has spent tens of billions of
Iran MP: We have spent $30bn defending Assad, Syria must pay us back
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad (L) and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran on 25 February 2019 [Yousef Alhelou/Twitter] Iran has spent between $20-$30 billion in its Syria
UK’s COVID-19 tracking system under fire amid warning of second spike
UK National Health Service employee Anni Adams shows a smartphone displaying the new NHS app to trace contacts with people potentially infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) being
Somalia puts up oil blocks for initial bidding
Somalia has officially opened the first round of bidding for oil exploration, even as critics charged there was insufficient law to manage the programme. The country’s Ministry of Petroleum and
Eid under lockdown will be tough – but it can help us understand past hardships
My experience is of parents, siblings, in-laws, nieces and nephews all kissing, hugging and wishing each other eid mubarak. It has never crossed my mind to celebrate it without family.’ Eid
70% of Dubai companies expect to go out of business within six months due to coronavirus pandemic, survey says
Photo: Credit Reuters By Natasha Turak Almost half the restaurants and hotels surveyed by the Dubai Chamber expected to go out of business in the next month alone, with three-quarters of travel
The self-declared Somaliland government has threatened to take the case to the International Criminal Court (ICJ), ‘to seek the legal recognition cause,’ President Muse Bihi says.
Photo/Somali Times The self-declared Somaliland government has threatened to take the case to the International Criminal Court (ICJ), with President Muse Bihi speaking in public. Mr. Bihi told
Khashoggi family forgives their father’s killers
‘We the sons of martyr Jamal Khashoggi announce we forgive and pardon those who killed our father,’ son Salah says The family of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Friday they have
Tanzania says virus defeated through prayer, but fears grow
In this photo taken Monday, May 18, 2020, people use a hand-washing station installed for members of the public entering a market in Dodoma, Tanzania. As of late May 2020, the country’s number of
Kenya: State revenue to ‘fall Sh70bn on slowdown’
The Treasury is likely to net lower revenues in the three-month period between April and June, when the fiscal year ends, resulting from reduced economic activity including trade volumes.
UAE spends billions on failed regional military plans
Libyan Army enters downtown al-Asabaa Arab Gulf country aims to achieve political influence in region by arming allies in field, The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has spent tens of billions of
Iran MP: We have spent $30bn defending Assad, Syria must pay us back
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad (L) and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran on 25 February 2019 [Yousef Alhelou/Twitter] Iran has spent between $20-$30 billion in its Syria
UK’s COVID-19 tracking system under fire amid warning of second spike
UK National Health Service employee Anni Adams shows a smartphone displaying the new NHS app to trace contacts with people potentially infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) being
Somalia puts up oil blocks for initial bidding
Somalia has officially opened the first round of bidding for oil exploration, even as critics charged there was insufficient law to manage the programme. The country’s Ministry of Petroleum and