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
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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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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
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People watch the first truck, from Estonia, entering the Eurotunnel terminal Friday, Jan.1, 2021 in Coquelles, northern France. Eleven months after Britain’s formal departure from the EU,
Read MoreBlack Lives Matter protesters topple slave trader Edward Colston statue, kneel on its neck & throw it in Bristol river
The statue has now been chucked in the riverCredit: SWNS:South West News Service By Holly Christodoulou The Sun newspaper BLACK Lives Matter protesters have pulled down a statue of a 17th Century
Read MoreFormer Somali president Sheikh Sharif said “We cannot allow Farmajo to destroy our country
Photo/Somali Times Former Somali president Sheikh Sharif Mogadishu, The former president of the federal republic of Somalia Sheikh Sharif, who addressed at the press conference held in Mogadishu
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Quiet New Year gives breathing room after UK-EU Brexit split
People watch the first truck, from Estonia, entering the Eurotunnel terminal Friday, Jan.1, 2021 in Coquelles, northern France. Eleven months after Britain’s formal departure from the EU,
Read MoreBlack Lives Matter protesters topple slave trader Edward Colston statue, kneel on its neck & throw it in Bristol river
The statue has now been chucked in the riverCredit: SWNS:South West News Service By Holly Christodoulou The Sun newspaper BLACK Lives Matter protesters have pulled down a statue of a 17th Century
Read MoreFormer Somali president Sheikh Sharif said “We cannot allow Farmajo to destroy our country
Photo/Somali Times Former Somali president Sheikh Sharif Mogadishu, The former president of the federal republic of Somalia Sheikh Sharif, who addressed at the press conference held in Mogadishu
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Blog PostsExclusive: U.S. in direct contact with Venezuelan military, urging defections – source
Photo Reuters The United States is holding direct communications with members of Venezuela’s military urging them to abandon President Nicolas Maduro and is also preparing new sanctions aimed at
New Zealander freed after arrest in Kenya, near Somalia
A Kenyan court has freed a New Zealander held in police custody for several days on suspicion of links with extremism. Sulub Warfaa, 36, spoke to journalists outside the court in Garissa, in
Princess’s run for prime minister shocks Thai politics
Photo (AP) The older sister of the king of Thailand said Friday she will run for prime minister in elections next month, upending the palace’s decades-long tradition of eschewing politics and
Senate expects Trump’s decision on Khashoggi probe
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce a decision on Friday whether Saudi Arabia’s crown prince was responsible for the death of a Saudi journalist killed in Istanbul. In a letter
Somali Petroleum minister denies oil blocks sell
Somalia’s petroleum ministry is being accused of attempting to illegally auction off the country’s oil blocks, the upper house of parliament has noted. The petroleum minister, Abdirashid Mohamed
Images suggest Iran launched satellite despite US criticism
Iran appears to have attempted a second satellite launch despite U.S. criticism that its space program helps the country develop ballistic missiles, satellite images released Thursday suggest.
Indonesia finds 193 Bangladeshis locked up in shop house
Photo Reuters Indonesian police found 193 Bangladeshis locked up in a shop house after human traffickers had lured them with the promise of getting them to Malaysia, an immigration official said
Noordin Haji focuses on 5 banks, officials in Sh8bn NYS scam
Kenya’s top public prosecutor says he is focusing on five banks and bank officials linked to shady transactions involving Sh8 billion looted from the National Youth Service. Mr Noordin Haji on
German antitrust watchdog restricts Facebook’s data gathering
Germany’s antitrust watchdog on Thursday announced a crackdown on Facebook’s data collection practices after ruling the world’s largest social network abused its market
German factory production slips, raising new economic fears
German factory production declined unexpectedly in December, increasing concerns about the weakening of Europe’s largest economy. The Federal Statistical Office said Thursday industrial
Exclusive: U.S. in direct contact with Venezuelan military, urging defections – source
Photo Reuters The United States is holding direct communications with members of Venezuela’s military urging them to abandon President Nicolas Maduro and is also preparing new sanctions aimed at
New Zealander freed after arrest in Kenya, near Somalia
A Kenyan court has freed a New Zealander held in police custody for several days on suspicion of links with extremism. Sulub Warfaa, 36, spoke to journalists outside the court in Garissa, in
Princess’s run for prime minister shocks Thai politics
Photo (AP) The older sister of the king of Thailand said Friday she will run for prime minister in elections next month, upending the palace’s decades-long tradition of eschewing politics and
Senate expects Trump’s decision on Khashoggi probe
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce a decision on Friday whether Saudi Arabia’s crown prince was responsible for the death of a Saudi journalist killed in Istanbul. In a letter
Somali Petroleum minister denies oil blocks sell
Somalia’s petroleum ministry is being accused of attempting to illegally auction off the country’s oil blocks, the upper house of parliament has noted. The petroleum minister, Abdirashid Mohamed
Images suggest Iran launched satellite despite US criticism
Iran appears to have attempted a second satellite launch despite U.S. criticism that its space program helps the country develop ballistic missiles, satellite images released Thursday suggest.
Indonesia finds 193 Bangladeshis locked up in shop house
Photo Reuters Indonesian police found 193 Bangladeshis locked up in a shop house after human traffickers had lured them with the promise of getting them to Malaysia, an immigration official said
Noordin Haji focuses on 5 banks, officials in Sh8bn NYS scam
Kenya’s top public prosecutor says he is focusing on five banks and bank officials linked to shady transactions involving Sh8 billion looted from the National Youth Service. Mr Noordin Haji on
German antitrust watchdog restricts Facebook’s data gathering
Germany’s antitrust watchdog on Thursday announced a crackdown on Facebook’s data collection practices after ruling the world’s largest social network abused its market
German factory production slips, raising new economic fears
German factory production declined unexpectedly in December, increasing concerns about the weakening of Europe’s largest economy. The Federal Statistical Office said Thursday industrial