Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

When hearing about women’s rights in the Muslim world, the assumed story is often exclusively one of oppression, marginalisation and lack of power. However, many often forget that eight countries have had Muslim women as their head of state. This is compared to the fact that neither of the two major US parties – Democrats […]

According to The Wall Street Journal, the anxious attitude of politicians in the US and Europe is beginning to change. Many Russian media outlets have picked up the pseudosensation. The authoritative US-based publication wrote in a recent article that President Donald Trump was supportive of NATO during his speech in front of Congress the week before. The Trump […]

• North Korea ‘training to strike United States military bases in Japan’ • Four ballistic missiles were fired by North Korea on Monday which came very close to U.S. ally Japan • United Nations Security Council to hold meeting to discuss additional measures following the launch PYONGYANG, North Korea – State media in Pyongyang reported […]

Somalia’s new president is criticizing the revised U.S. travel ban, telling journalists that “definitely” he would prefer it be lifted and reminding the United States that it has a large Somali community. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, who holds both U.S. and Somali citizenship after having lived for many years in the United States, spoke on […]

 Abdul-Ghani al-Assadi, commander of Iraq’s anti-terrorism forces. Archival photo. Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi government forces recaptured 60 percent of the western side of Mosul since oeprations to clear the region from the Islamic State began in February, according to the commander of the army’s Counter-Terrorism Force. Abdul-Ghani al-Assadi said in statements quoted by Iraqi news websites […]

(File) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, uses binoculars to look at the South’s territory from an observation post. Pic: AP. NORTH KOREA used anti-aircraft guns to execute five senior security officials after they allegedly made false reports that left the regime’s supreme leader “enraged”, South Korea’s spy agency said earlier this week.An Associated Press (via […]

 Secretary-General Antonio Guterres makes emergency visit as worsening drought leaves 6.2 million hungry. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres makes emergency visit as worsening drought leaves 6.2 million hungry. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived in Somalia on an emergency visit aimed at drumming up support for an effort to avert a famine that could affect 6.2 […]

 Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Muhammad Ali Karim is an Iraqi-Kurdish sniper and soldier in the Peshmerga forces fighting the extremist Islamic State in Iraq, and due to his extraordinary courage and daring, he is known as Captain Rambo. Muhammad killed 260 militants and is considered a threat to the Islamic State group, so it placed a large […]

Women makeup close to 44 per cent of Emirates’ workforce. As we ring in the International Women’s Day this week, Dubai-based carrier Emirates gave wings to two female pilots to fly the iconic Emirates Airbus A380. On board to fly from Dubai to Veinna were Captain Nevin Darwish from Egypt and First Officer Alia Al Muhairi […]

Mogadishu, 6 March 2017 – Somalia has made significant progress in enhancing the status of women, Lydia Wanyoto, the deputy AU Special Representative for Somalia said today. Wanyoto commended the Federal Government of Somalia for supporting the women’s cause and ensuring greater political participation for women in the recently concluded elections. She was addressing journalists […]