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TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the U.S. has “shot itself in the foot” by withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the JCPOA. “The U.S. has basically in my view shot itself in the foot by withdrawing from this agreement,” he told Bloomberg in an interview aired […]

About 50 people gathered in northeast Edmonton Friday to mourn and celebrate Hodan Nalayeh, the beloved Canadian-Somali journalist with roots in the city. (Jordan Omstead/CBC) Members of the Somali community in Edmonton organized a memorial Friday for the woman who dedicated her life to telling their stories. Local politicians, community leaders and high school friends were among […]

  A group of four terrorists including Mazlum Dağ, the assailant implicated in the killing of Turkish diplomat Osman Köse in Irbil, has been captured alive and detained in northern Iraq a statement from the Irbil Security Directorate said Saturday. The arrest by Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) internal security service Asayish reportedly took place on […]

m “I assured him that A$AP was not a flight risk and offered to personally vouch for his bail, or an alternative,” President Donald Trump wrote. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump on Saturday advocated for A$AP Rocky’s release from Swedish custody in a call with Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, saying he “personally” vouched […]

A man passes in front of the rubbles of the popular Medina hotel of Kismayo on July 13, 2019, a day after a suicide bomb and gun attack claimed by Al-Shabab militants targeted it. (AFP Photo) Somali forces Saturday morning ended an all-night siege on a hotel in the southern port city of Kismayo, in […]

Russian S-400 missile defense systems unloaded from a plane at Akinci Air Base, near Ankara, Turkey, July 12, 2019. ©  Turkish Defence Ministry via Reuters As Turkey beamed out images of Russian S-400 air defense systems being delivered, US lawmakers demanded immediate sanctions against Ankara, while the Pentagon and the State Department remained strangely silent. House Foreign […]

AA Photo The delivery process of Russian-made surface-to-air S-400 missile defense systems to Turkey has begun, the Defense Ministry said Friday. The first batch of S-400 parts started arriving Friday at Mürted Air Base, formerly called the Akıncı Air Base, near capital Ankara, the ministry said in a statement. Meanwhile, Russia’s federal service for military […]

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan “ultimately became a long running lame duck failure, leaving his Party in the lurch both as a fundraiser & leader,” President Donald Trump wrote. | Alex Wong/Getty Images   President Donald Trump late Thursday blasted former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan as a “lame duck failure” who lost the majority […]

Khat is a thriving business in Ethiopia. The country is the world’s biggest exporter for the amphetamine-like leaf. Despite health risks, trade is so lucrative that it is unlikely to slow down any time soon. Jarra Teklay Yohannes had had just settled down on the floor of his office in Awoday – a small, carpeted room […]