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By Anadolu Agency Iran warned Sunday that vessels failing to comply with its transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz could face fines, detention or seizure during subsequent crossings. The warning
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Iran warns that ships violating Hormuz transit rules risk detention, seizure
By Anadolu Agency Iran warned Sunday that vessels failing to comply with its transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz could face fines, detention or seizure during subsequent crossings. The warning
Read MoreWhy do Western travel bans keep treating African nations like security threats while our leaders just watch?
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent A federal judge recently vacated a sweeping Trump administration policy that had suspended immigrant visa processing for citizens across 75 countries.
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Read MoreUS says it will impose ‘toughest sanctions in history’ on Iran
A woman walks by a mural depicting Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a street in Tehran, Iran, August 13, 2026. Photographer Majid Asgaripour By Reuters U.S. Treasury
Read MoreUkraine’s anticorruption agencies uncover criminal network in presidential office, parliament
By Anadolu Agency Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) said Thursday they uncovered an alleged criminal organization
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Featured ArticlesIran warns that ships violating Hormuz transit rules risk detention, seizure
By Anadolu Agency Iran warned Sunday that vessels failing to comply with its transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz could face fines, detention or seizure during subsequent crossings. The warning
Iran warns that ships violating Hormuz transit rules risk detention, seizure
By Anadolu Agency Iran warned Sunday that vessels failing to comply with its transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz could face fines, detention or seizure during subsequent crossings. The warning
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The Ministry of Health has deployed teams of technical personnel on a nationwide household survey and testing for HIV and AIDS. This follows the launch of Kenya Population based HIV Impact
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Kenya Countrywide household HIV and AIDS survey commences
The Ministry of Health has deployed teams of technical personnel on a nationwide household survey and testing for HIV and AIDS. This follows the launch of Kenya Population based HIV Impact
Read MoreJubaland is a budding rose of democracy, shield it from thorns
President of the Somali Federal State of Jubaland. Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe It is now official. Ahmed Mohamed Islam “Madobe” is the President of the Somali Federal State of Jubaland. Madobe won
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File Photo/Somali Times The governor of the committee for the resolution of disputes and the approval of members of the Puntland parliament, Ishak Ahmed Hassan, called the announced list of the
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China welcomes the U.S. decision of suspending the tariff hike of goods imported from China, said the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council on Saturday. The Chinese tariff authority said
Kenya should let the ICJ settle its maritime dispute with Somalia
The last three weeks have witnessed a strange diplomatic spat between Kenya and Somalia. The Kenyan government summoned back its ambassador from Mogadishu and kicked out the Somali ambassador,
Why embracing indigenous languages could have major benefits for Kenya
Early education based on a child’s mother tongue gives them a head start in their literacy and language learning. /THE CONVERSATION Kenya is a multilingual country with over 42 different
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The United States military on Friday said it had killed 26 fighters with the al-Shabab extremist group with an airstrike in central Somalia, after a pair of strikes earlier this week killed 55.
Fund raiser launched to quell blaze on Africa’s second highest peak – Mount Kenya
Mount Kenya Trust, MKT, has launched an appeal for funds to help arrest spreading fires on the slopes of the famed Mount Kenya. The trust, an organization dedicated to helping preserve and
Somali forces still fighting al-Shabab in overnight attack
Gunfire continued midday Friday in Somalia’s capital as security forces fought with al-Shabab extremists holed up in a building hours after a car bombing in Mogadishu left at least 18 dead, with
Battle rages in Mogadishu as hotel attack death toll nears 30
Heavy gunfire rang out across central Mogadishu on Friday as Somali troops battled to dislodge Islamist insurgents holed up next to a hotel they bombed the previous evening, and as the death toll
Islamist bomb targets Mogadishu hotel, killing at least 10
A suicide car bombing targeting a Mogadishu hotel by the Islamist group Al Shabaab on Thursday killed at least 10 people and destroyed buildings in the Somali capital’s busiest street, police
Denmark Refuses to Rule Out Deporting Somalis by Force
The Danish government has refused to rule out forced deportations of Somalians without the right to stay in the country, although Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has said he would rather they
Computers may beat doctors at predicting heart failure
Heart failure is a disease that affects millions of people worldwide. Research led by a team at Imperial College London and the Medical Research Council is trying to use computers to predict the
China welcomes U.S. decision of suspending China tariff hike
China welcomes the U.S. decision of suspending the tariff hike of goods imported from China, said the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council on Saturday. The Chinese tariff authority said
Kenya should let the ICJ settle its maritime dispute with Somalia
The last three weeks have witnessed a strange diplomatic spat between Kenya and Somalia. The Kenyan government summoned back its ambassador from Mogadishu and kicked out the Somali ambassador,
Why embracing indigenous languages could have major benefits for Kenya
Early education based on a child’s mother tongue gives them a head start in their literacy and language learning. /THE CONVERSATION Kenya is a multilingual country with over 42 different
US military says airstrike in Somalia kills 26 al-Shabab
The United States military on Friday said it had killed 26 fighters with the al-Shabab extremist group with an airstrike in central Somalia, after a pair of strikes earlier this week killed 55.
Fund raiser launched to quell blaze on Africa’s second highest peak – Mount Kenya
Mount Kenya Trust, MKT, has launched an appeal for funds to help arrest spreading fires on the slopes of the famed Mount Kenya. The trust, an organization dedicated to helping preserve and
Somali forces still fighting al-Shabab in overnight attack
Gunfire continued midday Friday in Somalia’s capital as security forces fought with al-Shabab extremists holed up in a building hours after a car bombing in Mogadishu left at least 18 dead, with
Battle rages in Mogadishu as hotel attack death toll nears 30
Heavy gunfire rang out across central Mogadishu on Friday as Somali troops battled to dislodge Islamist insurgents holed up next to a hotel they bombed the previous evening, and as the death toll
Islamist bomb targets Mogadishu hotel, killing at least 10
A suicide car bombing targeting a Mogadishu hotel by the Islamist group Al Shabaab on Thursday killed at least 10 people and destroyed buildings in the Somali capital’s busiest street, police
Denmark Refuses to Rule Out Deporting Somalis by Force
The Danish government has refused to rule out forced deportations of Somalians without the right to stay in the country, although Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has said he would rather they