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  • US warns allies to prepare for possible Iran strikes, retaliation after elections, AP sources say

    By The Associated Press U.S. officials have told several Middle East countries and regional allies to be prepared for potential renewed military action against Iran after next week’s midterm

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  • Israeli opposition leader says Netanyahu’s political career is over

    By Anadolu Agency Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to retire from politics, saying voters had rejected his continued leadership and warning him

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  • What Lula’s reelection means for Brazil, Latin America

    By Xinhua News Agency Brazilian incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C), candidate of the ruling Workers’ Party, delivers a speech following his victory in the presidential runoff

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  • Former Somalia spy chief says i met leaders of Puntland, Jubaland, and Somaliland in the UAE

    File Photo/Somali Times Read: Eritrea reveals UAE’s alarming plans for Somalia The former Somalia spy chief of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Abdullahi Mohamed Ali

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  • Bus crash in Kenya kills 22 near the site of a previous fatal accident

    By The Associated Press A bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident

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US warns allies to prepare for possible Iran strikes, retaliation after elections, AP sources say

By The Associated Press U.S. officials have told several Middle East countries and regional allies to be prepared for potential renewed military action against Iran after next week’s midterm

Israeli opposition leader says Netanyahu’s political career is over

What Lula’s reelection means for Brazil, Latin America

Former Somalia spy chief says i met leaders of Puntland, Jubaland, and Somaliland in the UAE

EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEK

Woman running for Congress in Minnesota rejects anti-Semitism accusations

A Somali-American Muslim woman running to succeed Democratic Congressman Keith Ellison in Minnesota has pushed back against accusations of anti-Semitism over comments she made against Israel. In

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Somalia lawmakers called for dodgy President Hassan Sheikh to resign

File Photo/Somali Times There is a growing number of members of the Federal Parliament of Somalia who oppose the government led by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud. Read: James Swan has been

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Bomb explosion kills 6 in Somalia

At least six people, including Somali army soldiers, were killed, while eight others wounded in a bomb explosion aimed at targeting the convoy of the Lower Shabelle region’s governor and military

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Blog Posts

Jewish community helps reopen Somali Bravanese centre six years after arson

Cutting the ribbon for the new Somali-Bravanese community centre. Rabbis from across the religious spectrum are joined by faith minister Lord Younger, as the community rallies rounds its Muslim

At UN, Somalia’s President spotlights country’s progress, but cautions eradicating terrorism ‘will not be easy’

UN Photo/Laura Jarriel Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly’s General Debate. (26

Somali President Farmajo maintains ICJ will hear maritime case Somalia, Kenya

Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Farmaajo has said he and President Uhuru Kenyatta have agreed to let the ICJ resolve the maritime dispute. Farmajo made the announcement on Thursday,

President Uhuru Kenyatta maintains Kenya’s desire to negotiate oil fields with Somalia

Photo/Somali Times President Uhuru Kenyatta has maintained that Somalia should allow negotiations over the disputed oil field in the Indian Ocean. While making the appeal when he addressed the

Khashoggi murder ‘happened under my watch,’ Saudi crown prince tells PBS

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, September 18, 2019. Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS Saudi

Acting intel boss to speak; Dems call complaint ‘disturbing’

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the InterContinental Barclay New York hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York. (AP

PM Johnson goads opponents to call election as Brexit chaos deepens

Britain’s Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at the parliament, which reconvenes after the UK Supreme Court ruled that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s suspension of the

The Latest: UK chief attorney calls Parliament “a disgrace”

Britain’s Attorney General Geoffrey Cox arrives at 10 Downing Street, in London, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) The Latest on Britain’s impending departure from the

Johnson flies back to face UK parliament as Brexit chaos deepens

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 24, 2019. REUTERS/Eduardo

Somalia, Egypt and Kenya hold bilateral conference in New York

Photo/ Somali Times New York, Somalia, Egypt and Kenya hold bilateral conference talks in New York City with the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, Kenyan