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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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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
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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 WEEKSomali Americans, many who fled war, now seek elected office
Mana Abdi, 26, a Democratic candidate for state legislature, speaks with a reporter, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Lewiston, Maine. She is running unopposed. Her Republican opponent, who had posted
Read MoreMoscow imposes restrictions on movement of British diplomats in Russia
By Anadolu Agency The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday summoned UK charge d’affaires Tom Dodd and informed him of restrictions imposed on the movement of British diplomats in Russia. In
Read MoreBelgium Bans Religious Slaughtering Practices, Drawing Praise and Protest
A slaughterhouse in Brussels in 2017. Belgium will no longer grant religious exemptions to European Union laws that require animals to be rendered insensible before slaughtering.CreditCreditYves
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Somali Americans, many who fled war, now seek elected office
Mana Abdi, 26, a Democratic candidate for state legislature, speaks with a reporter, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Lewiston, Maine. She is running unopposed. Her Republican opponent, who had posted
Read MoreMoscow imposes restrictions on movement of British diplomats in Russia
By Anadolu Agency The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday summoned UK charge d’affaires Tom Dodd and informed him of restrictions imposed on the movement of British diplomats in Russia. In
Read MoreBelgium Bans Religious Slaughtering Practices, Drawing Praise and Protest
A slaughterhouse in Brussels in 2017. Belgium will no longer grant religious exemptions to European Union laws that require animals to be rendered insensible before slaughtering.CreditCreditYves
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Blog PostsArrests at London climate-change protests top 1,000
A climate change activist is detained during the Extinction Rebellion protest on Waterloo Bridge in London, Britain April 20, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson The number of environmental campaigners
Sri Lanka blames Islamists for Easter attacks as death toll hits 290
AFP / Jewel SAMAD Security personnel inspect St Sebastian’s Church in Negombo a day after it was hit in a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
U.S. prepares to end Iran oil waivers; Asian buyers to be hardest hit
Photo Reuters The United States is expected to announce on Monday that buyers of Iranian oil need to end imports soon or face sanctions, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters,
UN pays Sh3.75bn for Kenya troops in Somalia
The United Nations has resumed making refunds for Kenya troops in Somalia with a Sh3.75 billion pay in March, boosting Treasury’s cash reserves at the end of the third quarter of the current
World denounces deadly bombings in Sri Lanka
World leaders condemn bombings that hit churches and hotels, killing scores of civilians The international community has reacted to Sunday’s bombings in Sri Lanka, which left at least 185 people
Attacks on Sri Lanka hotels, churches kill 138 on Easter Sunday
Photo Bloomberg Multiple explosions rocked three churches and three luxury hotels in Sri Lanka during Easter Sunday mass, leaving at least 138 dead in the worst violence since the civil war ended
Pakistan calls on Iran to take action against militants
Gunmen that killed 14 personnel of Pakistan’s security forces came from Iran, says Foreign Minister Qureshi The gunmen, who killed 14 personnel of Pakistan’s security forces in the southwestern
Sudan investigating Bashir after large sums of cash found at home: source
Photo Reuters Sudan’s public prosecutor has begun investigating ousted President Omar al-Bashir on charges of money laundering and possession of large sums of foreign currency without legal
Bradley Welsh murder: Somali cocaine gang ‘linked’ to shooting in Edinburgh’s West End
Photo The Scotsman. A CRACK cocaine gang battling for control of Edinburgh’s drug market may have been involved in the shooting of Bradley Welsh, it is feared. As detectives issued a description
The Latest: Egypt begins vote on extending el-Sissi’s rule
The Latest on Egypt’s vote on a referendum potentially extending President el-Sissi’s rule to 2030 (all times local): 9 a.m. Egyptians have begun voting on constitutional amendments aimed at
Arrests at London climate-change protests top 1,000
A climate change activist is detained during the Extinction Rebellion protest on Waterloo Bridge in London, Britain April 20, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson The number of environmental campaigners
Sri Lanka blames Islamists for Easter attacks as death toll hits 290
AFP / Jewel SAMAD Security personnel inspect St Sebastian’s Church in Negombo a day after it was hit in a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
U.S. prepares to end Iran oil waivers; Asian buyers to be hardest hit
Photo Reuters The United States is expected to announce on Monday that buyers of Iranian oil need to end imports soon or face sanctions, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters,
UN pays Sh3.75bn for Kenya troops in Somalia
The United Nations has resumed making refunds for Kenya troops in Somalia with a Sh3.75 billion pay in March, boosting Treasury’s cash reserves at the end of the third quarter of the current
World denounces deadly bombings in Sri Lanka
World leaders condemn bombings that hit churches and hotels, killing scores of civilians The international community has reacted to Sunday’s bombings in Sri Lanka, which left at least 185 people
Attacks on Sri Lanka hotels, churches kill 138 on Easter Sunday
Photo Bloomberg Multiple explosions rocked three churches and three luxury hotels in Sri Lanka during Easter Sunday mass, leaving at least 138 dead in the worst violence since the civil war ended
Pakistan calls on Iran to take action against militants
Gunmen that killed 14 personnel of Pakistan’s security forces came from Iran, says Foreign Minister Qureshi The gunmen, who killed 14 personnel of Pakistan’s security forces in the southwestern
Sudan investigating Bashir after large sums of cash found at home: source
Photo Reuters Sudan’s public prosecutor has begun investigating ousted President Omar al-Bashir on charges of money laundering and possession of large sums of foreign currency without legal
Bradley Welsh murder: Somali cocaine gang ‘linked’ to shooting in Edinburgh’s West End
Photo The Scotsman. A CRACK cocaine gang battling for control of Edinburgh’s drug market may have been involved in the shooting of Bradley Welsh, it is feared. As detectives issued a description
The Latest: Egypt begins vote on extending el-Sissi’s rule
The Latest on Egypt’s vote on a referendum potentially extending President el-Sissi’s rule to 2030 (all times local): 9 a.m. Egyptians have begun voting on constitutional amendments aimed at