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Zeinab’s English teacher Abdiweli Mohammed Hersi teaches children at the school near a camp for internally displaced people from drought hit areas in Dollow, Somalia, April 3, 2017. Somalia’s al-Shabab militants are threatening to punish parents who send their children to Western-style schools and universities. In a 26-minute audio recording aired by Radio Andalus, al-Shabab’s […]

 Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed that he would take part in international forum “One Belt – One Way” which is expected to take place in China on May 14-15 of this year. At a meeting with chairman of the Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, Zhang Dejiang in the Kremlin, Putin pointed out […]

CHINA launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-1, into space yesterday, a crucial step for the country in building a space station by around 2022. Lifted by a Long March-7 Y2 carrier rocket, Tianzhou-1 roared into the air from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China’s Hainan Province last night. The cargo ship will […]

The killing of a police officer on the Champs Elysees on Thursday in what is being treated as a terrorist shooting is just the latest in a long line of attacks targeting France’s soldiers and police officers. Isis terror group have frequently called on their followers to attack soldiers and police in France, who they […]

Wednesday night activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali made an appearance on Fox News to discuss the horrific case of a Detroit doctor performing illegal female genital mutilation (FGM) on girls as young as six-years-old. Ali was a victim of the practice as a girl in Somalia and has dedicated her life to reforming Islam, specifically in […]

Sweden’s security police (Säpo) want the suspect in a terror trial related to a fire at a community centre in Malmö last year to be deported, as they consider him a security risk. The 30-year-old Syrian man is accused of terror offences for a fire which caused smoke damage to a Shia Muslim community centre […]

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis travelled on Thursday from Saudi Arabia to Cairo, where he is set to meet with Egyptian officials to continue boosting bilateral relations and discuss US support for Egypt’s counter-terrorism efforts after the election of President Donald Trump.  Mattis is expected to meet with Egypt’s Defense Minister Sedki Sobhy and President […]

North Korean state media warned the United States of a “super-mighty preemptive strike” after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the United States was looking at ways to bring pressure to bear on North Korea over its nuclear program. U.S. President Donald Trump has taken a hard line with North Korean leader Kim Jong […]

UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs says attack will not deter it from extending assistance to Somalia The UAE on Wednesday denounced an attack that took place on a convoy of the Emirates Red Crescent in the Somali capital city of Mogadishu. No human casualties were reported in the attack which local media described as a […]