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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
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Covid-19 Myths and Misconceptions in Africa
Coronavirus The emergence and spread of the coronavirus in Africa have been accompanied by misinformation. Since the news of Covid-19 first broke a few months ago, people all over Africa and the
Read MoreWheat prices in Africa up 60% due to Russia-Ukraine war: AfDB
By Anadolu Agency The Russia-Ukraine war has disrupted wheat exports, driving wheat prices up by 60% in Africa, the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) said Tuesday, warning that the
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Iran’s Minister of Defence: ‘We will work to increase the destructive capacity of missile warheads’
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China’s Wuhan, where the coronavirus emerged, begins to lift its lockdown
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Civil rights leader, MLK aide Joseph Lowery dies at 98
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Turkey cancels all int’l flights amid COVID-19 outbreak
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British PM Johnson tests positive for coronavirus
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson applauds outside 10 Downing Street during the Clap For Our Carers campaign in support of the NHS, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
U.S. increases support for Taiwan, China threatens to strike back
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the coronavirus task force daily briefing as Vice President Mike Pence stands by at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan
Al-Shabaab leaders split over funds control
Infighting among the top leadership of Somali-based militia Al-Shabaab over finances is threatening to split the group, an intelligence report seen by the Nation shows. Late last month, the
Kenya: Public debt now hits new high of Sh6.3trn
The total public debt has hit Sh6.3 trillion as both domestic and external liabilities rose. The most updated figures on domestic debt show that it stood at Sh3.043 trillion as of March 13, the
UK’s death toll from coronavirus rises to 1,019
Total of 260 people die in country in past 24 hours, says Department of Health With 260 new deaths in the U.K. in the past 24 hours, the death toll in the country has reached 1,019, according to
Iran’s Minister of Defence: ‘We will work to increase the destructive capacity of missile warheads’
Iranian Defence Minister Amir Khatami [Wikipedia] The minister of defence and support of the Iranian Armed Forces, Brigadier Amir Hatami, announced in a statement that major defence gear will be
China’s Wuhan, where the coronavirus emerged, begins to lift its lockdown
People wearing face masks wait for a subway train on the first day the city’s subway services resumed following the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Wuhan of Hubei
Civil rights leader, MLK aide Joseph Lowery dies at 98
In this Aug. 12, 2009, file photo, President Barack Obama presents a 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom to the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery n the East Room of the the White House in Washington. Lowery,
Turkey cancels all int’l flights amid COVID-19 outbreak
Turkey will suspend all international flights as part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday as the country’s death toll from the pandemic
Is Somali government declaring the right number of confirm coronavirus patients?
Photo/Somali Times The Somali government is not exactly declaring the right number of confirm coronavirus patients The Somali government announced measures to reduce the potential spread of the
British PM Johnson tests positive for coronavirus
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson applauds outside 10 Downing Street during the Clap For Our Carers campaign in support of the NHS, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
U.S. increases support for Taiwan, China threatens to strike back
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the coronavirus task force daily briefing as Vice President Mike Pence stands by at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan
Al-Shabaab leaders split over funds control
Infighting among the top leadership of Somali-based militia Al-Shabaab over finances is threatening to split the group, an intelligence report seen by the Nation shows. Late last month, the
Kenya: Public debt now hits new high of Sh6.3trn
The total public debt has hit Sh6.3 trillion as both domestic and external liabilities rose. The most updated figures on domestic debt show that it stood at Sh3.043 trillion as of March 13, the