Latest NewsAt Beijing auto show, rising fuel costs boost China’s NEV opportunity
People visit the booth of Li Auto during the 2026 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing, capital of China, April 26, 2026. Photographer Ju Huanzong By Xinhua News Agency Turmoil
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A woman walks past a billboard featuring an image of the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a building, amid a ceasefire between U.S. and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 27,
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File Photo Somali Times/ former Somalia spy chief Abdullahi Mohamed Ali The former head of the Somalia National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Abdullahi Mohamed Ali Sanbaloshe, has
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By Anadolu Agency More than 400,000 people are diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK, a record high that underscores growing pressure on the country’s health system, according to a new
Read MoreTrump safe after shooting at White House correspondents’ dinner, suspect in custody
Association dinner in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 25, 2026. Photographer Jonathan Ernst By Reuters President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were rushed out of the White House
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At Beijing auto show, rising fuel costs boost China’s NEV opportunity
People visit the booth of Li Auto during the 2026 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing, capital of China, April 26, 2026. Photographer Ju Huanzong By Xinhua News Agency Turmoil
Read MoreExclusive: US spy agencies examine how Iran would react to Trump declaring victory
A woman walks past a billboard featuring an image of the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a building, amid a ceasefire between U.S. and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 27,
Read MoreInternational intelligence agencies’ suspicions about Somalia
File Photo Somali Times/ former Somalia spy chief Abdullahi Mohamed Ali The former head of the Somalia National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Abdullahi Mohamed Ali Sanbaloshe, has
Read MoreUK cancer cases reach record 400,000 a year, report warns
By Anadolu Agency More than 400,000 people are diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK, a record high that underscores growing pressure on the country’s health system, according to a new
Read MoreTrump safe after shooting at White House correspondents’ dinner, suspect in custody
Association dinner in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 25, 2026. Photographer Jonathan Ernst By Reuters President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were rushed out of the White House
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Featured ArticlesAt Beijing auto show, rising fuel costs boost China’s NEV opportunity
People visit the booth of Li Auto during the 2026 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing, capital of China, April 26, 2026. Photographer Ju Huanzong By Xinhua News Agency Turmoil
At Beijing auto show, rising fuel costs boost China’s NEV opportunity
People visit the booth of Li Auto during the 2026 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing, capital of China, April 26, 2026. Photographer Ju Huanzong By Xinhua News Agency Turmoil
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKUS top diplomat Blinken to visit Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba hold a news conference following the U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Dialogue talks at the State Department in
Read MoreSomali President Hassan Sheikh involved in massive theft of public property
File Photo/Somali Times Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the UN described corruption as ‘insidious plague’ that has a wide range of corrosive effects on societies, it diverts
Read MoreKenya’s ex-sports minister to be charged over Rio Olympics graft
Kenya’s former sports minister will be charged in court in relation to the siphoning of funds meant for athletes who competed in the Olympics in Brazil two years ago, the chief prosecutor said on
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US top diplomat Blinken to visit Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba hold a news conference following the U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Dialogue talks at the State Department in
Read MoreSomali President Hassan Sheikh involved in massive theft of public property
File Photo/Somali Times Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the UN described corruption as ‘insidious plague’ that has a wide range of corrosive effects on societies, it diverts
Read MoreKenya’s ex-sports minister to be charged over Rio Olympics graft
Kenya’s former sports minister will be charged in court in relation to the siphoning of funds meant for athletes who competed in the Olympics in Brazil two years ago, the chief prosecutor said on
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Blog PostsImran Khan says no militant groups will be allowed to operate on Pakistani soil
Photo Reuters Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said no militant group would be allowed to operate on Pakistani soil and carry out attacks abroad, days after his government began a
Asian shares tumble on poor Chinese trade data
Photo (AP) Shares tumbled Friday in Asia, led by sharp declines in Shanghai and Hong Kong, after China reported its exports plunged more than 20 percent in February from a year earlier. Selling
The Latest: House passes resolution condemning bigotry
Photo (AP) The Latest on House Democrats and Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments about Israel (all times local): 5:35 p.m. The House has passed a resolution condemning anti-Semitism, discrimination
Oil Companies Complicit In Fuelling Armed Conflict and Sponsoring Human Rights Abuses in South Sudan
If one could be wondering why conflict in oil-rich countries never ends, this can be directly linked to the operations of oil-producing companies. At the very core of these operations is an
Somalia, Kenya maritime dispute, Somalia territory is not negotiable
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is proposing that Kenya and Somalia deal with their sea boundary dispute as an independent issue, in order not to stall other projects affecting the three
US $400m Road project linking Ethiopia to Somalia’s Berbera Port kicks off
The government of Somalia and Ethiopia have launched a US $400m road project that will link Ethiopia’s border town of Togochale to Berbera Port in Somalia. Speaking during the launch ceremony,
Qatar Airways to Launch Direct Services to Lisbon, Malta, Rabat, Langkawi, Davao, Izmir and Mogadishu
Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Akbar Al Baker, announced seven upcoming additions to its rapidly-growing global network, at the ITB Berlin, the world’s largest international
Kenya, Somalia fail to settle border row
Kenya Thursday failed to reach an agreement with Somalia on how to settle a border dispute in a meeting Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed brokered to ease diplomatic tensions. Mogadishu, a
U.S. senators say Saudi crown prince has gone ‘full gangster’
Photo Reuters Retired General John Abizaid, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Saudi Arabia, defended the U.S.-Saudi relationship on Wednesday as lawmakers accused the kingdom
US trade gap jumped to 10-year high; record gap with China
Photo (AP) The U.S. trade deficit jumped nearly 19 percent in December, pushing the trade imbalance for all of 2018 to widen to a decade-long high of $621 billion. The gap with China on goods
Imran Khan says no militant groups will be allowed to operate on Pakistani soil
Photo Reuters Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said no militant group would be allowed to operate on Pakistani soil and carry out attacks abroad, days after his government began a
Asian shares tumble on poor Chinese trade data
Photo (AP) Shares tumbled Friday in Asia, led by sharp declines in Shanghai and Hong Kong, after China reported its exports plunged more than 20 percent in February from a year earlier. Selling
The Latest: House passes resolution condemning bigotry
Photo (AP) The Latest on House Democrats and Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments about Israel (all times local): 5:35 p.m. The House has passed a resolution condemning anti-Semitism, discrimination
Oil Companies Complicit In Fuelling Armed Conflict and Sponsoring Human Rights Abuses in South Sudan
If one could be wondering why conflict in oil-rich countries never ends, this can be directly linked to the operations of oil-producing companies. At the very core of these operations is an
Somalia, Kenya maritime dispute, Somalia territory is not negotiable
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is proposing that Kenya and Somalia deal with their sea boundary dispute as an independent issue, in order not to stall other projects affecting the three
US $400m Road project linking Ethiopia to Somalia’s Berbera Port kicks off
The government of Somalia and Ethiopia have launched a US $400m road project that will link Ethiopia’s border town of Togochale to Berbera Port in Somalia. Speaking during the launch ceremony,
Qatar Airways to Launch Direct Services to Lisbon, Malta, Rabat, Langkawi, Davao, Izmir and Mogadishu
Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Akbar Al Baker, announced seven upcoming additions to its rapidly-growing global network, at the ITB Berlin, the world’s largest international
Kenya, Somalia fail to settle border row
Kenya Thursday failed to reach an agreement with Somalia on how to settle a border dispute in a meeting Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed brokered to ease diplomatic tensions. Mogadishu, a
U.S. senators say Saudi crown prince has gone ‘full gangster’
Photo Reuters Retired General John Abizaid, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Saudi Arabia, defended the U.S.-Saudi relationship on Wednesday as lawmakers accused the kingdom
US trade gap jumped to 10-year high; record gap with China
Photo (AP) The U.S. trade deficit jumped nearly 19 percent in December, pushing the trade imbalance for all of 2018 to widen to a decade-long high of $621 billion. The gap with China on goods