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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
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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
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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The call scheduled on Wednesday would be the first conversation between Biden, as US president, and King Salman [File: Fahad Shadeed/Reuters] Report warns the imminent release of ‘explosive’ US
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Somalia: Al-Shabaab attacks UN compound in capital
Halane compound also houses EU, African Union facilities, as well as embassies of countries including US, UK A heavily fortified compound in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu was attacked by al-Shabaab
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Traders at the Muthurwa market in Nairobi counting money on March 19, 2020 after the day’s sale By PAUL WAFULA The Kenyan shilling has taken a major hit from the coronavirus pandemic. In
US to send senior official to Saudi Arabia for months to help stabilise oil markets
Oil tanker at a port [REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo] The United States believes Saudi Arabia’s flooding of oil markets compounds the coronavirus-caused global economic crash and intends to send a
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Indonesia’s red cross member wearing a protective suit sits before spraying disinfectant to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a prison complex in Jakarta, Indonesia,
Africa, Latin America fragile targets for coronavirus spread
In this photograph taken Thursday March 19, 2020, residents of Abidjan, Ivory coast, wear masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus as they walk along a street. Some countries around the
Italian death toll overtakes China’s as virus spreads
Medical personnel at work in the intensive care unit of the hospital of Brescia, Italy, Thursday, March 19, 2020. Italy has become the country with the most coronavirus-related deaths, surpassing
Coronavirus pandemic: Experts say Somalia risk greater than China
Photo/Somali Times Outbreak be could worse in Somalia than anywhere else if nothing is done before it spreads, medical experts warn. The coronavirus pandemic could kill more people in Somalia
Wall Street swings up and down as volatility retains grip
This Jan. 31, 2020 file photo shows a sign for Wall Street in New York. Stock markets were largely subdued Thursday, March 19, after days of massive volatility, as investors digested new
UK puts military on standby as coronavirus shuts down swathes of London
General view of the deserted area around the Winston Churchill statue and Big Ben in Westminster as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in London, Britain, March 19, 2020.
Somalia: Clashes between Foreign Minister Awad and State Minister Abdulkadir Kheir
Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu- A major dispute broke out between Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad and State Minister Abdikadir Ahmed Kheir, in a series of conflicting letters. These
Somalia: Al-Shabaab attacks UN compound in capital
Halane compound also houses EU, African Union facilities, as well as embassies of countries including US, UK A heavily fortified compound in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu was attacked by al-Shabaab