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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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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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Japanese 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes are displayed in this illustration taken October 20, 2026. Photographer Kim Kyung-Hoon/Illustration By Reuters The euro headed for a moderate weekly
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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
Read MoreFormer 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
Read MoreBus 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
Read MoreTop 10 biggest defense budgets in Africa in 2026
By The African Exponent 5 Key Facts Algeria is Africa’s biggest military spender by a huge margin. It spent $25.4 billion in 2025, which is more than the other nine countries on this list
Read MoreEuro set for weekly drop, yen eyes biggest gain since early September
Japanese 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes are displayed in this illustration taken October 20, 2026. Photographer Kim Kyung-Hoon/Illustration By Reuters The euro headed for a moderate weekly
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Featured ArticlesWhat 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
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
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKThe latest: Farmajo will address parliament tomorrow for a two year extension in office
Photo/Somali Times A message has been sent to the members of the Somali parliament informing them that President Farmajo will address tomorrow for a two year extension in office of the President
Read MoreHundreds detained without trial in Uganda in new wave of repression
Ugandan opposition activists stand in the dock in the general military court martial in Makindye, a suburb of Kampala, on 17 May. Photograph: Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters By Jason Burke, Samuel Okiror
Read MoreDozens of civilians, 12 U.S. troops killed in bloodbath at Kabul airport
Smoke rises from a deadly explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. Two suicide bombers and gunmen have targeted crowds massing near the Kabul airport, in the
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The latest: Farmajo will address parliament tomorrow for a two year extension in office
Photo/Somali Times A message has been sent to the members of the Somali parliament informing them that President Farmajo will address tomorrow for a two year extension in office of the President
Read MoreHundreds detained without trial in Uganda in new wave of repression
Ugandan opposition activists stand in the dock in the general military court martial in Makindye, a suburb of Kampala, on 17 May. Photograph: Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters By Jason Burke, Samuel Okiror
Read MoreDozens of civilians, 12 U.S. troops killed in bloodbath at Kabul airport
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Blog PostsJulian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks in British jail for skipping bail
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves Southwark Crown Court after being sentenced in London, Britain, May 1, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was sentenced to 50
Somali special Forces capture Barire town
Mogadishu, Somali Armed Forces on Wednesday morning captured the strategic town of Barire in Lower Shabelle. During the 7:30am operation, the brave Somali forces successfully liberated the town
New Zealand media to avoid ideology at mosque shooting trial
Photo (AP) New Zealand’s major media organizations pledged Wednesday not to promote white supremacist ideology when covering the trial of the man charged with killing 50 people at two mosques.
UK invests in renewable energy in Somaliland to address high costs of electricity
The UK-funded Energy Security and Resource Efficiency in Somaliland (ESRES) programme is giving more people across Somaliland access to affordable, clean and renewable energy. Through a phased
‘I got HIV and hepatitis C from contaminated blood but told not to tell anyone – even my family’
by Paul Gallagher Derek Martindale was diagnosed with HIV in 1985, aged 23, given a year to live and told not to tell anyone about his condition. Derek Martindale told the inquiry that his
Kismayo Airport Renamed to Honour Somalia’s Anti-colonialism Hero
The renaming of the airport in honour of Sayid Mohamed was greeted with joy by many Somalis on social media who hailed Sayid Mohamed as a revolutionary. Kismayo Airport will from now henceforth
Iran designates as terrorists all U.S. troops in Middle East
Photo Reuters Iranian President Hassan Rouhani signed a bill into law on Tuesday declaring all U.S. forces in the Middle East terrorists and calling the U.S. government a sponsor of terrorism.
‘Europeans should admit Turkey’s economic success’
Turkey is becoming one of world’s largest economies, and we should be pleased at its success, says former German president. Turkey is becoming one of the world’s largest economies, and this
Suspected explosive device found, man arrested in New Zealand’s Christchurch
Police officers and vehicles are seen behind police cordon, in Christchurch, New Zealand in this still image taken from video April 30, 2019. TVNZ via Reuters TV New Zealand police said on
We will not enter into any alliance against Qatar and Turkey: Somali FM
Somalia’s Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad yesterday stressed that his country will not enter into any alliance or bloc of any kind against Qatar and Turkey. Due to this, he said, a territorial
Julian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks in British jail for skipping bail
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves Southwark Crown Court after being sentenced in London, Britain, May 1, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was sentenced to 50
Somali special Forces capture Barire town
Mogadishu, Somali Armed Forces on Wednesday morning captured the strategic town of Barire in Lower Shabelle. During the 7:30am operation, the brave Somali forces successfully liberated the town
New Zealand media to avoid ideology at mosque shooting trial
Photo (AP) New Zealand’s major media organizations pledged Wednesday not to promote white supremacist ideology when covering the trial of the man charged with killing 50 people at two mosques.
UK invests in renewable energy in Somaliland to address high costs of electricity
The UK-funded Energy Security and Resource Efficiency in Somaliland (ESRES) programme is giving more people across Somaliland access to affordable, clean and renewable energy. Through a phased
‘I got HIV and hepatitis C from contaminated blood but told not to tell anyone – even my family’
by Paul Gallagher Derek Martindale was diagnosed with HIV in 1985, aged 23, given a year to live and told not to tell anyone about his condition. Derek Martindale told the inquiry that his
Kismayo Airport Renamed to Honour Somalia’s Anti-colonialism Hero
The renaming of the airport in honour of Sayid Mohamed was greeted with joy by many Somalis on social media who hailed Sayid Mohamed as a revolutionary. Kismayo Airport will from now henceforth
Iran designates as terrorists all U.S. troops in Middle East
Photo Reuters Iranian President Hassan Rouhani signed a bill into law on Tuesday declaring all U.S. forces in the Middle East terrorists and calling the U.S. government a sponsor of terrorism.
‘Europeans should admit Turkey’s economic success’
Turkey is becoming one of world’s largest economies, and we should be pleased at its success, says former German president. Turkey is becoming one of the world’s largest economies, and this
Suspected explosive device found, man arrested in New Zealand’s Christchurch
Police officers and vehicles are seen behind police cordon, in Christchurch, New Zealand in this still image taken from video April 30, 2019. TVNZ via Reuters TV New Zealand police said on
We will not enter into any alliance against Qatar and Turkey: Somali FM
Somalia’s Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad yesterday stressed that his country will not enter into any alliance or bloc of any kind against Qatar and Turkey. Due to this, he said, a territorial