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Somalia: Puntland forces plan to arrest Gen Jimale
File Photo/Somali Times There is currently a sense of security tension and conflicting military activities in the regions of Puntland, which are based on the political conflict between the
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By Anadolu Agency Uraloğlu told an AA correspondent that the transit fees to be collected from ships passing through the Turkish Straits without calling at any port, which are determined in
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By Xinhua News Agency The three-day Group of Seven G7 summit concluded Wednesday in Evian, France, amid visible divisions among member states, as leaders struggled to bridge differences on major
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By Anadolu Agency Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that the frigate Admiral Grigorovich fired warning shots after a British-flagged sailing yacht approached the warship in the
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Featured ArticlesSomalia: Puntland forces plan to arrest Gen Jimale
File Photo/Somali Times There is currently a sense of security tension and conflicting military activities in the regions of Puntland, which are based on the political conflict between the
Somalia: Puntland forces plan to arrest Gen Jimale
File Photo/Somali Times There is currently a sense of security tension and conflicting military activities in the regions of Puntland, which are based on the political conflict between the
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Ruto names former TV news anchor as State House spokesman
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Kenya seeking a near $1 billion loan from World Bank
Kenya is in advanced talks with the World Bank for “a fairly priced” loan of up to 100 billion shillings ($991.57 million), nearly half of its required external funding this fiscal year, a senior
Uhuru signals anti-terror sting operations
President Uhuru Kenyatta President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that security officers will mount sting operation to flush out Al Shabaab operatives in the North Eastern and Coastal regions which have
Khamenei: Iran gave U.S. ‘slap on face’, calls missile strikes ‘day of God’
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prays near the coffins of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi
Trump’s trial begins at the start of an election year
In this image from video, presiding officer Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts swears in members of the Senate for the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol
Charter plane crash-lands in Kajiado
Photo Credit/ Daily Nation/The aircraft belonging to Yellow Wings Air Services after the crash landing. A light aircraft en route to the Amboseli National Park on Thursday morning crash-landed at
Tourist visa scam traps Indian workers in abusive jobs in UAE
The scale of the problem is unknown as visit visas do not appear in Indian or UAE migration or employment records [File: Rabih Moghrabi/AFP] An increasing number of migrant workers hired on
Why al Shabaab is resurgent despite attempts to defeat it
Al Shabaab militants during training at an unidentified location in Somalia Failures in intelligence processing, corruption at the border and youth vulnerable to radicalisation have helped a
House votes to send Trump impeachment to Senate for trial
In this image from video, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks as the House of Representatives debates the impeachment managers resolution at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan.
Russia’s Putin warns of possible global war
President Vladimir Putin Russian president delivers annual address to country’s Federal Assembly The regional conflicts in the Middle East can transform into a global war, Russia’s
Kenya’s early oil pilot scheme suspended due to poor roads
A worker walks at a Tullow Oil explorational drilling site in Lokichar, Turkana County, Kenya, February 8, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner Kenya’s Tullow Oil has halted its early oil pilot scheme citing