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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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By The Associated Press Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has now spread to four other countries, including two where it’s active. It has spread farther across Africa than any
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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
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
Read MoreWhat to know about the Ebola outbreak that has spread from Congo to 4 other countries
By The Associated Press Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has now spread to four other countries, including two where it’s active. It has spread farther across Africa than any
Read MoreFighting in Yemen continues as Britain plans to help defend Saudi Arabia
By Xinhua News Agency Fighting between Yemen’s Houthis and government forces continued on Tuesday, while the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis traded fresh strikes and Britain announced
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Featured ArticlesBus 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
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
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKUS removes military assets from Saudi Arabia, Gulf: Report
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Israel’s President Isaac Herzog, left, shakes hands with United Arab Emirates ambassador to Israel Mohamed Al Khaja during the opening ceremony for the new UAE Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel,
Read MoreSuicide bomber strikes at the Hotel Lido beach in Mogadishu.
Photo/Somali Times A car bomb has exploded in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. The blast, which was heard throughout Mogadishu, was reported to have taken place at the Lido Beach hotel in
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US removes military assets from Saudi Arabia, Gulf: Report
The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz transits Strait of Hormuz on 18 September (AFP photo/US Navy) By Middle East Eye Patriot anti-missile batteries, an aircraft carrier and surveillance systems are
Read MoreUAE sentences Israeli woman to death, testing new ties
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog, left, shakes hands with United Arab Emirates ambassador to Israel Mohamed Al Khaja during the opening ceremony for the new UAE Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel,
Read MoreSuicide bomber strikes at the Hotel Lido beach in Mogadishu.
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The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani issued Sunday Decree No. 17 of 2019 on ratifying a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in the health field between the governments of the State of
Wounds of Garissa Attack, Four Years On
Kenya Should Review Counter-Terror Tactics to Address Abuse Four years ago this month, gunmen attacked Kenya’s Garissa University, killing at least 147 people, most of them students. It was one
Thousands of Sudanese press on with rally outside army HQ
Protesters run for cover from teargas outside the military headquarters in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on April 7, 2019 AFP Sudanese police fired tear gas Sunday at thousands of protesters who
Netanyahu pledges to ‘extend sovereignty’ to West Bank settlements after vote
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Saturday to “extend sovereignty” to settlements in the occupied West Bank if he wins the upcoming general election. Asked in an
Pakistan says India preparing another attack this month
Photo Reuters Pakistan has “reliable intelligence” that India will attack again this month, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Sunday, as tension over a February standoff between the
Djibouti needed help, China had money, and now the U.S. and France are worried
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Trump trying to make case for Jewish voters to back 2020 bid
LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Donald Trump is trying to make the case for Jewish voters to back his re-election as he takes a victory lap with Republican donors in Las Vegas. Trump was scheduled to
Governor Deni says “We respect the DP World Bosaso Port agreement
Bosaso, Somali Times Puntland Governor Said Abdullahi Deni speaks at the signing of the P & O Port under the DP World Company to manage the port of Bosaso. Speaking at the ceremony, Governor
Eritrea Foreign Minister Arrives in Somali Capital
The Minister of foreign affairs of Eritrea, Osman Saleh Mohammed and his accompanying delegation which included the presidential adviser, Mr. Yemane Gabreab arrived in Mogadishu today and were
South Africa permanently withdraws its ambassador from Israel
International Relations Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says withdrawing SA ambassador is just ‘stage one’ in downgrading relations with Tel Aviv. The South African government has implemented what
Amir issues a number of decrees
The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani issued Sunday Decree No. 17 of 2019 on ratifying a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in the health field between the governments of the State of
Wounds of Garissa Attack, Four Years On
Kenya Should Review Counter-Terror Tactics to Address Abuse Four years ago this month, gunmen attacked Kenya’s Garissa University, killing at least 147 people, most of them students. It was one
Thousands of Sudanese press on with rally outside army HQ
Protesters run for cover from teargas outside the military headquarters in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on April 7, 2019 AFP Sudanese police fired tear gas Sunday at thousands of protesters who
Netanyahu pledges to ‘extend sovereignty’ to West Bank settlements after vote
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Saturday to “extend sovereignty” to settlements in the occupied West Bank if he wins the upcoming general election. Asked in an
Pakistan says India preparing another attack this month
Photo Reuters Pakistan has “reliable intelligence” that India will attack again this month, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Sunday, as tension over a February standoff between the
Djibouti needed help, China had money, and now the U.S. and France are worried
By Nizar Manek The African nation is tiny, poor, strategically located—and deeply in debt to Beijing. Inside the carriages on the 10-hour rail journey through land-locked Ethiopia into the tiny
Trump trying to make case for Jewish voters to back 2020 bid
LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Donald Trump is trying to make the case for Jewish voters to back his re-election as he takes a victory lap with Republican donors in Las Vegas. Trump was scheduled to
Governor Deni says “We respect the DP World Bosaso Port agreement
Bosaso, Somali Times Puntland Governor Said Abdullahi Deni speaks at the signing of the P & O Port under the DP World Company to manage the port of Bosaso. Speaking at the ceremony, Governor
Eritrea Foreign Minister Arrives in Somali Capital
The Minister of foreign affairs of Eritrea, Osman Saleh Mohammed and his accompanying delegation which included the presidential adviser, Mr. Yemane Gabreab arrived in Mogadishu today and were
South Africa permanently withdraws its ambassador from Israel
International Relations Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says withdrawing SA ambassador is just ‘stage one’ in downgrading relations with Tel Aviv. The South African government has implemented what