Latest NewsDubai’s dream shattered and mass exodus underway
Credit Photo. Reuters The Gulf’s commercial and tourist hub of Dubai is facing its biggest ever threat to its existence, after the escalating war between the United States, Israel and Iran
Read MoreRussian energy company Gazprom reports 12 attacks on TurkStream, Blue Stream facilities in 2 weeks
By Anadolu Agency Russian energy company Gazprom said on Wednesday that over the past two weeks, 12 attacks on its facilities that ensure export supplies via the TurkStream and Blue Stream gas
Read MoreMissing Kenyan student in UK found dead in river weeks after disappearance
An image of missing Kenyan student Edna Mmbali. Photo Edna Mmbali By Kenyans A Kenyan university student who had been reported missing in the United Kingdom has been found dead, weeks after her
Read MoreTurkey’s President Erdogan told Iran that violating its airspace cannot be excused for any reason
By Anadolu Agency Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone call Monday with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian to discuss recent regional developments, including the
Read MoreMojtaba Khamenei, son of Ali Khamenei, selected as Iran’s new supreme leader
By Xinhua News Agency Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Ali Khamenei, was selected as Iran’s new supreme leader, Iran’s Assembly of Experts announced on Sunday. In a statement, the assembly
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Dubai’s dream shattered and mass exodus underway
Credit Photo. Reuters The Gulf’s commercial and tourist hub of Dubai is facing its biggest ever threat to its existence, after the escalating war between the United States, Israel and Iran
Read MoreRussian energy company Gazprom reports 12 attacks on TurkStream, Blue Stream facilities in 2 weeks
By Anadolu Agency Russian energy company Gazprom said on Wednesday that over the past two weeks, 12 attacks on its facilities that ensure export supplies via the TurkStream and Blue Stream gas
Read MoreMissing Kenyan student in UK found dead in river weeks after disappearance
An image of missing Kenyan student Edna Mmbali. Photo Edna Mmbali By Kenyans A Kenyan university student who had been reported missing in the United Kingdom has been found dead, weeks after her
Read MoreTurkey’s President Erdogan told Iran that violating its airspace cannot be excused for any reason
By Anadolu Agency Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone call Monday with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian to discuss recent regional developments, including the
Read MoreMojtaba Khamenei, son of Ali Khamenei, selected as Iran’s new supreme leader
By Xinhua News Agency Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Ali Khamenei, was selected as Iran’s new supreme leader, Iran’s Assembly of Experts announced on Sunday. In a statement, the assembly
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Featured ArticlesDubai’s dream shattered and mass exodus underway
Credit Photo. Reuters The Gulf’s commercial and tourist hub of Dubai is facing its biggest ever threat to its existence, after the escalating war between the United States, Israel and Iran
Dubai’s dream shattered and mass exodus underway
Credit Photo. Reuters The Gulf’s commercial and tourist hub of Dubai is facing its biggest ever threat to its existence, after the escalating war between the United States, Israel and Iran
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKWoman rejected for settled status despite living in UK for 17 years
Dahaba Ali, 27, moved to the UK from the Netherlands aged 10. Photograph: Handout By Diane Taylor EU citizens’ rights campaigner and BBC journalist has bid turned down over insufficient proof A
Read MoreGovernment plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda branded ‘evil’ amid furious backlash
Priti Patel is met by delegates as she arrives in Rwanda / PA Evening Standard By David Bond Government plans to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing were described as “evil” on
Read MorePresident Farmajo appoints Somali ambassador to Djibouti to his closest friend Salad Jelle
Photo/Somali Times Somalia is world number one corrupt country, even to get a job is who you know. Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh has received credentials from the new Somali Ambassador
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Woman rejected for settled status despite living in UK for 17 years
Dahaba Ali, 27, moved to the UK from the Netherlands aged 10. Photograph: Handout By Diane Taylor EU citizens’ rights campaigner and BBC journalist has bid turned down over insufficient proof A
Read MoreGovernment plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda branded ‘evil’ amid furious backlash
Priti Patel is met by delegates as she arrives in Rwanda / PA Evening Standard By David Bond Government plans to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing were described as “evil” on
Read MorePresident Farmajo appoints Somali ambassador to Djibouti to his closest friend Salad Jelle
Photo/Somali Times Somalia is world number one corrupt country, even to get a job is who you know. Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh has received credentials from the new Somali Ambassador
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Blog PostsAl-Shabaab attacks Somali army base in Hilweyne, killing 5
Four civilians and a soldier were killed when heavily-armed al-Shabaab fighters attacked a Somali army base north of the capital, military sources and witnesses said Thursday. Witnesses said
UK’s winter election: What’s in it for markets?
A broker looks at financial information on computer screens on the IG Index trading floor in London, Britain February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson Britain’s election on Thursday is widely
Turkey may tell US to withdraw from Incirlik, FM says
Credit: Anadolu Agency Turkey will consider requesting the U.S. to withdraw from Incirlik Air Base if Washington imposes sanctions on Ankara, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Wednesday. In
U.S. grounds Saudi pilots, halts military training after base shooting
Saudi Arabia Defense Attache Major General Fawaz Al Fawaz and his Embassy staff and other officials arrive to meet with the Saudi students who remain restricted to the Naval Air Station (NAS)
The latest in Mogadishu: SYL Hotel At least five people have been killed and more than 20 others injured
Photo/Somali Times At least five people have been killed and more than 20 others injured in a fierce gun battle between al-Shabaab and Federal Government in Mogadishu. Residents of the
Nobel peace laureate Abiy says militants, global powers threaten Horn of Africa
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali receives medal and diploma from Chair of the Nobel Committee Berit Reiss-Andersen during Nobel Peace Prize awarding ceremony in Oslo City Hall, Norway
Qatari PM attends Gulf summit but no mention of 2-1/2 year row
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud meets Qatar’s Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani during the Gulf Cooperation
Inter-clan clashes kill at least 20 in Somalia
At least 20 people have been killed and about 25 others injured on Monday in fierce fighting in the outskirt of Somalia’s central region of Mudug, an official said. Abdirahman Ali Diriye,
Debt forgiveness for Somalia would reward corruption, empower al-Shabaab
Photo/Somali Times When Somali Finance Minister Abdirahman Duale Beileh visited Washington for the annual meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund earlier this fall, he was all
President Farmajo has asked parliamentarians to extend in office
Photo/Somali Times /Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Mogadishu, Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has embarked on a campaign of parliamentarians, trying to prevent the passage
Al-Shabaab attacks Somali army base in Hilweyne, killing 5
Four civilians and a soldier were killed when heavily-armed al-Shabaab fighters attacked a Somali army base north of the capital, military sources and witnesses said Thursday. Witnesses said
UK’s winter election: What’s in it for markets?
A broker looks at financial information on computer screens on the IG Index trading floor in London, Britain February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson Britain’s election on Thursday is widely
Turkey may tell US to withdraw from Incirlik, FM says
Credit: Anadolu Agency Turkey will consider requesting the U.S. to withdraw from Incirlik Air Base if Washington imposes sanctions on Ankara, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Wednesday. In
U.S. grounds Saudi pilots, halts military training after base shooting
Saudi Arabia Defense Attache Major General Fawaz Al Fawaz and his Embassy staff and other officials arrive to meet with the Saudi students who remain restricted to the Naval Air Station (NAS)
The latest in Mogadishu: SYL Hotel At least five people have been killed and more than 20 others injured
Photo/Somali Times At least five people have been killed and more than 20 others injured in a fierce gun battle between al-Shabaab and Federal Government in Mogadishu. Residents of the
Nobel peace laureate Abiy says militants, global powers threaten Horn of Africa
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali receives medal and diploma from Chair of the Nobel Committee Berit Reiss-Andersen during Nobel Peace Prize awarding ceremony in Oslo City Hall, Norway
Qatari PM attends Gulf summit but no mention of 2-1/2 year row
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud meets Qatar’s Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani during the Gulf Cooperation
Inter-clan clashes kill at least 20 in Somalia
At least 20 people have been killed and about 25 others injured on Monday in fierce fighting in the outskirt of Somalia’s central region of Mudug, an official said. Abdirahman Ali Diriye,
Debt forgiveness for Somalia would reward corruption, empower al-Shabaab
Photo/Somali Times When Somali Finance Minister Abdirahman Duale Beileh visited Washington for the annual meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund earlier this fall, he was all
President Farmajo has asked parliamentarians to extend in office
Photo/Somali Times /Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Mogadishu, Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has embarked on a campaign of parliamentarians, trying to prevent the passage