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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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Somaliland’s oldest statesman who became chief way before Elizabeth II was enthroned has died at 122
By Ismail Akwei Somaliland oldest statesman and chief of chiefs, Haji Abdikarim Hussein Yusuf, also known as Haji Warabe The self-declared state of Somaliland mourns its oldest statesman and
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Somali residents to help shape future of new community hub in Bethnal Green
The official opening of the Granby Hall community hub features a traditional music performance. Picture: Tower Hamlets Council A new community hub, with a focus on the borough’s Somali
Chinese family diagnosed with virus in UAE, first known cases in Middle East
A traveller wears a mask at the Dubai International Airport, after the UAE’s Ministry of Health and Community Prevention confirmed the country’s first case of coronavirus, in Dubai,
Whereabouts, Janan’s Jubbaland tells President Farmajo
Photo/ Somali Times Jubaland Government has demanded the Somali Federal Government explain the whereabouts of its Security Minister Abdirashid Janan following claims he escaped from custody
Turkish investments in Senegal to enhance ties with Africa
President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an (R) walks with Senegalese President Macky Sall while being honored by the Presidential Guard at the Palace of the Republic of Dakar, on his official visit to
Trump leaps into Middle East fray with plan that favors Israel and angers Palestinians
U.S. President Donald Trump applauds Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they deliver joint remarks to discuss a Middle East peace plan proposal in the East Room of the White
The latest in Mogadishu: Jubaland security minister escaped from prison
Photo/ Somali Times Jubaland security minister Abdirashid Janan who had been under arrest in Mogadishu has escaped from custody. Deputy Police Commissioner Zakia Hussein said in tweet Tuesday
Qatar: Not keen to renegotiate LNG contracts with India
Qatar Petroleum’s president and CEO, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi [qatarpetroleum/Twitter] Qatar is not willing to renegotiate prices under its long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) contracts with
Law loophole denies bank customers billions in relief
Central Bank of Kenya Kenya’s top lenders could be denying their customers close to Sh6.29 billion in loan interest reliefs after the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) lowered its benchmark rate in
Erdogan arrives in Senegal as part of Africa tour
Turkish president will meet with his Senegalese counterpart, hold joint news conference Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the Senegalese capital Dakar on Tuesday on the final stop
Erdoğan continues his ‘leader diplomacy’ during second stop on Africa trip, Gambia
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Gambian counterpart Adama Barrow attend a welcoming ceremony in capital Banjul, Gambia, Jan. 27, 2020. (AA Photo) Erdoğan’s 3-day diplomatic visit to