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Mogadishu, 16 February 2017 – Somalia is destined for a brighter future following the successful conclusion of the 2016 electoral process, the Special Representative of the African Union Commission Chairperson (SRCC) for Somalia Ambassador Francisco Madeira has said. Ambassador Madeira said he witnessed the exercise in various voting centres, in different parts of the country, […]

  A handout picture released on February 15, 2017 by Norfolk museums service shows curators posing by a giant Tricolour flag at St Andrew’s Hall in Norwich in October 2016. (AFP) French flag the size of a tennis court, captured by the British in 1800, will be unfurled at a British castle this year in […]

Vague allegations and scant details from anonymous sources complicate verification of serious claims. Russian ships in the Caspian Sea firing Kalibr missiles at targets in Syria. Sea-launched missiles are not prohibited by INF. Russian Ministry of Defense Yuri Smityuk / TASS Russia has allegedly deployed a new weapons system that American officials believe violates a […]

Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel stand guard near the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle at Sriharikota, in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. (AP File Photo) India has successfully put a record 104 satellites from a single rocket into orbit on Wednesday in the latest triumph for its famously frugal space program. Celebrations erupted […]

Homs, SANA- Army units established full control over Hayyan gas factory in the eastern countryside of Homs province after targeting ISIS terrorist organization. A military source told SANA Tuesday that the army units in cooperation with the supporting forces carried out, during the past few hours, a wide-scale military operation and established full control over Hayyan gas field after eliminating the latest […]

FILE – President Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo stands to salute troops during a street parade to celebrate independence day for the breakaway Somaliland nation from Somalia in the capital, Hargeysa, Officials in Somalia and breakaway Somaliland took bribes in exchange for authorizing a United Arab Emirates military base in the port city of Berbera, according to […]

President Erdoğan met with Saudi King Salman in Riyadh Tuesday to discuss regional issues as well as the future of economic partnership. President Erdoğan was warmly received by King Salman upon his arrival in Riyadh on Monday night. In addition to an intense political and economic agenda, the two leaders are expected to focus especially […]

[PHOTO: COURTESY] Eight Iranian girls who disguised themselves as boys to attend a football match despite an official ban were prevented from entering the stadium, an official was quoted as saying Tuesday Iran argues that its ban on women attending football matches in the same stadiums as men is necessary to protect them from lewd […]

Seoul – The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has been assassinated in Malaysia, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday. The agency quoted a Seoul government source as saying Kim Jong-Nam was killed on Monday. The source gave no further details. Officials in Seoul were not immediately available for comment. The 45-year-old […]

ISLAMABAD – Seasoned diplomat Tehmina Janjua on Monday became the first woman foreign secretary of Pakistan as Islamabad aims to improve ties with the United States and defuse tensions with India. Incumbent foreign secretary Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry is set to fly to Washington to replace Jalil Abbas Jilani as ambassador. “The prime minister has been […]