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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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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 WEEKSomalia’s president, the PM, failed to protect displaced families in Southern Mudug recaptured by Al-Shabab
File Photo/Somali Times Thousands of displaced families have been recaptured by Al-Shabab in Southern Mudug. Read: Why is Somalia an unfortunate country Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh
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Photo: Credit Pinterest President Donald Trump and Rep. Ilhan Omar. By Emma Colton Rep. Ilhan Omar compared President Trump’s administration to Somalian dictatorships she witnessed growing up.
Read More‘Work from home’ – Johnson starts shutting down Britain again as COVID-19 spreads
Photo: Credit Reuters British Prime Minister Boris Johnson LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell people on Tuesday to work from home where possible and will
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Somalia’s president, the PM, failed to protect displaced families in Southern Mudug recaptured by Al-Shabab
File Photo/Somali Times Thousands of displaced families have been recaptured by Al-Shabab in Southern Mudug. Read: Why is Somalia an unfortunate country Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh
Read MoreIlhan Omar compares Trump to Somali dictators and fears he will not leave office peacefully
Photo: Credit Pinterest President Donald Trump and Rep. Ilhan Omar. By Emma Colton Rep. Ilhan Omar compared President Trump’s administration to Somalian dictatorships she witnessed growing up.
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Blog PostsTurkey makes ‘serious investments’ in F-35 project
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Turkey arrests suspected spies for UAE, investigating Khashoggi link
Turkey has arrested two suspects who confessed to spying on Arab nationals for the United Arab Emirates, and is investigating whether the arrival in Turkey of one of them was related to the
Journalist shot dead in Northern Ireland rioting
A car burns after petrol bombs were thrown at police in the Creggan area of Londonderry, in Northern Ireland, Thursday, April 18, 2019. (Niall Carson/PA via AP) The dissident republican group,
Mother urges federal government to secure release of two Canadian women detained in Somaliland
The mother of one of the two Canadian women detained in Somaliland since January is pleading with the government in Canada to secure their release. Maymona Abdi, 28, and Karima Watts, 23, were
UK detectives to help probe Sh21bn Arror, Kimwarer dams scam
The British government has seconded its detectives to probe the Sh21 billion Arror and Kimwarer dams scandal. Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji made the revelation Thursday during a
Africa’s ‘Mueller’ Report Is Happening Soon
If African leaders do not want to have a ‘Mueller’ check, they can expect such brutal ousters and checks of inglorious dimensions. The world has been constantly hit by the possible
Somalia, Egypt sign three agreements on enhanced ties
Somali Federal Government Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr. Ahmed Issa Awad, with Egyptian Foreign Minister Shoukry in Cairo on Thursday. The dialogue is focused
150 missing after shipwreck in eastern Congo
Photo Reuters About 150 people are missing after a boat sunk on a lake in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, President Felix Tshisekedi said on Tuesday. “I am very saddened by the shipwreck of
Uganda’s top court upholds ruling on extending president’s rule
Photo Reuters Uganda’s supreme court on Thursday backed constitutional changes that allow long-ruling President Yoweri Museveni to extend his time in office. A 4-3 majority decision affirming the
Global stocks sink after Wall Street declines
Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 18, 2019. Asian stocks fell Thursday after Wall
Turkey makes ‘serious investments’ in F-35 project
Foreign minister says Turkey is partner of F-35, already pays around $1.2B for project Turkey is a partner of the project that developed the U.S. F-35 fighter jet and made “serious
Turkey arrests suspected spies for UAE, investigating Khashoggi link
Turkey has arrested two suspects who confessed to spying on Arab nationals for the United Arab Emirates, and is investigating whether the arrival in Turkey of one of them was related to the
Journalist shot dead in Northern Ireland rioting
A car burns after petrol bombs were thrown at police in the Creggan area of Londonderry, in Northern Ireland, Thursday, April 18, 2019. (Niall Carson/PA via AP) The dissident republican group,
Mother urges federal government to secure release of two Canadian women detained in Somaliland
The mother of one of the two Canadian women detained in Somaliland since January is pleading with the government in Canada to secure their release. Maymona Abdi, 28, and Karima Watts, 23, were
UK detectives to help probe Sh21bn Arror, Kimwarer dams scam
The British government has seconded its detectives to probe the Sh21 billion Arror and Kimwarer dams scandal. Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji made the revelation Thursday during a
Africa’s ‘Mueller’ Report Is Happening Soon
If African leaders do not want to have a ‘Mueller’ check, they can expect such brutal ousters and checks of inglorious dimensions. The world has been constantly hit by the possible
Somalia, Egypt sign three agreements on enhanced ties
Somali Federal Government Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr. Ahmed Issa Awad, with Egyptian Foreign Minister Shoukry in Cairo on Thursday. The dialogue is focused
150 missing after shipwreck in eastern Congo
Photo Reuters About 150 people are missing after a boat sunk on a lake in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, President Felix Tshisekedi said on Tuesday. “I am very saddened by the shipwreck of
Uganda’s top court upholds ruling on extending president’s rule
Photo Reuters Uganda’s supreme court on Thursday backed constitutional changes that allow long-ruling President Yoweri Museveni to extend his time in office. A 4-3 majority decision affirming the
Global stocks sink after Wall Street declines
Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 18, 2019. Asian stocks fell Thursday after Wall