Latest NewsIran 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.
Read MoreThousands flee years long drought in Somalia as hunger deepens and aid shrinks
File Photo Somali Times/Former Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh and one of his wives By The Associated Press After nearly two weeks on the road with her five children, Luul Mohamed finally
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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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.
Read MoreThousands flee years long drought in Somalia as hunger deepens and aid shrinks
File Photo Somali Times/Former Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh and one of his wives By The Associated Press After nearly two weeks on the road with her five children, Luul Mohamed finally
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
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKSuicide 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
Read MoreDutch-Somali man who stabbed commuters in UK gets minimum 11 year term
A video screen grab shows the moment that Mahdi Mohamud began to stab unsuspecting victims at a Manchester, Britain, trains station. BBC A U.K. judge has sentenced a man who screamed
Read MoreTurkey seizes $1 billion of counterfeit money headed for Africa
File Photo Reuters By Reuters Turkish security forces seized $1 billion of counterfeit money in Istanbul and arrested six people involved in the operation, including one Ghanian and three Swedish
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Suicide 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
Read MoreDutch-Somali man who stabbed commuters in UK gets minimum 11 year term
A video screen grab shows the moment that Mahdi Mohamud began to stab unsuspecting victims at a Manchester, Britain, trains station. BBC A U.K. judge has sentenced a man who screamed
Read MoreTurkey seizes $1 billion of counterfeit money headed for Africa
File Photo Reuters By Reuters Turkish security forces seized $1 billion of counterfeit money in Istanbul and arrested six people involved in the operation, including one Ghanian and three Swedish
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Blog PostsChinese ‘Ivory Queen’ smuggler sentenced to 15 years jail in Tanzania
Chinese businesswoman Yang Feng Glan, dubbed the “Ivory Queen”, sits inside the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Emmanuel
Flynn pushed to share nuclear tech with Saudis, report says
Photo (AP) Senior White House officials pushed a project to share nuclear power technology with Saudi Arabia despite the objections of ethics and national security officials, according to a new
Burundi calls for urgent summit over Amisom troops pullout
President Pierre Nkurunziza has called for the African Union to urgently convene a meeting of the countries contributing troops to the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) to review the
Spectrum weighs in Somalia-Kenya diplomatic row
Federal Government of Somalia, hosted a successful promotion of the Somalia Offshore Round at the Somalia Oil and Gas Conference. During this successful promotion, no exploration blocks were
‘1,000 terrorists returned to Tunisia in 7 years’
Tunisia’s Center for Global Security Studies said Monday that 1,000 “terrorists” had returned to the country from conflict zones from 2011 to October 2018. Mokhtar Ben Nasr,
Kenya’s options thin in ocean boundary duel with Somalia
Let’s today spare a thought for the people of Migingo Island on Lake Victoria. They have been condemned for a decade and more to life under Ugandan armed occupation while the authorities in
Kenya Embarrasses Itself In Border Dispute As Somalia Responds To Threats With Class
Kenya issued a harshly worded statement and expelled the Somali envoy over a border row. Somalia, however, responded with exemplary diplomacy, leaving Kenya with an egg on its face. Tensions are
Somalia President receives warm welcome in Burundi
The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, met with Burundian H.E. President Pierre Nkurunziza at the airport . President Mohamed and Burundi’s
Kenya gives terms to resolve ocean dispute
Kenya has issued three conditions for a diplomatic resolution to the maritime dispute with neighbouring Somalia. Nairobi wants Mogadishu to immediately withdraw a map, which was displayed at an
Seven lawmakers quit UK Labour Party citing Brexit ‘betrayal’, anti-Semitism
Britain’s Labour Party MPs Ann Coffey, Karin Smyth, Chris Leslie, Chuka Umunna, Gavin Shuker and Luciana Berger leave a joint news conference after their announcement they are leaving the
Chinese ‘Ivory Queen’ smuggler sentenced to 15 years jail in Tanzania
Chinese businesswoman Yang Feng Glan, dubbed the “Ivory Queen”, sits inside the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Emmanuel
Flynn pushed to share nuclear tech with Saudis, report says
Photo (AP) Senior White House officials pushed a project to share nuclear power technology with Saudi Arabia despite the objections of ethics and national security officials, according to a new
Burundi calls for urgent summit over Amisom troops pullout
President Pierre Nkurunziza has called for the African Union to urgently convene a meeting of the countries contributing troops to the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) to review the
Spectrum weighs in Somalia-Kenya diplomatic row
Federal Government of Somalia, hosted a successful promotion of the Somalia Offshore Round at the Somalia Oil and Gas Conference. During this successful promotion, no exploration blocks were
‘1,000 terrorists returned to Tunisia in 7 years’
Tunisia’s Center for Global Security Studies said Monday that 1,000 “terrorists” had returned to the country from conflict zones from 2011 to October 2018. Mokhtar Ben Nasr,
Kenya’s options thin in ocean boundary duel with Somalia
Let’s today spare a thought for the people of Migingo Island on Lake Victoria. They have been condemned for a decade and more to life under Ugandan armed occupation while the authorities in
Kenya Embarrasses Itself In Border Dispute As Somalia Responds To Threats With Class
Kenya issued a harshly worded statement and expelled the Somali envoy over a border row. Somalia, however, responded with exemplary diplomacy, leaving Kenya with an egg on its face. Tensions are
Somalia President receives warm welcome in Burundi
The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, met with Burundian H.E. President Pierre Nkurunziza at the airport . President Mohamed and Burundi’s
Kenya gives terms to resolve ocean dispute
Kenya has issued three conditions for a diplomatic resolution to the maritime dispute with neighbouring Somalia. Nairobi wants Mogadishu to immediately withdraw a map, which was displayed at an
Seven lawmakers quit UK Labour Party citing Brexit ‘betrayal’, anti-Semitism
Britain’s Labour Party MPs Ann Coffey, Karin Smyth, Chris Leslie, Chuka Umunna, Gavin Shuker and Luciana Berger leave a joint news conference after their announcement they are leaving the