Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

TEHRAN – A grand commemoration ceremony was held in a large Tehran venue on Wednesday, where thousands of civilians as well as several military and political officials gathered to announce they were not backing down against the Zionist regime. Israel killed some 935 people during its 12-day war against Iran. High-ranking military officials, nuclear scientists, […]

Atowering 5-meter (16-foot) metal fence slices through the eastern edge of Sinjil, a Palestinian town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Workers construct a fence, which was ordered by Israeli authorities, in Sinjil, occupied West Bank, Palestine, May 5, 2025. (Reuters Photo) Heavy steel gates and roadblocks seal off all but one narrow entry point, monitored […]

In Summary The launch followed a four-day training in Mogadishu where US experts trained Somali immigration officers on using the Personal Identification Secure Comparison and Evaluation System (PISCES), a US-developed biometric platform used at major entry points. This system allows Somali authorities to screen travellers in real time against global watchlists, detect identity fraud, and track […]

TEHRAN – A group of Sunni intellectuals and elites from across the Islamic Republic of Iran have issued a powerful statement addressed to leaders, scholars, and youth throughout the Islamic world, lauding Iran’s decisive victory over the United States and the Zionist regime and calling for broad Islamic resistance in the face of escalating Western […]

Nearly 100,000 Palestinians, around 4% of Gaza’s population, have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war on the territory, according to a report published Friday by the leading Israeli newspaper, Haaretz. A mourner reacts near the bodies of Palestinian children killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza City, Palestine, June 29, 2025. (Reuters Photo) Haaretz cited […]

The 27 leaders of the European Union have arrived in Brussels for what is expected to be a one-day summit with a heavy geopolitical flavour. The leaders are set to talk about the Israel-Iran conflict, the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the battered state of the transatlantic alliance in the […]

As Trump hits the Horn of Africa, experts caution against drone strikes, saying the US needs to invest in long-term peacebuilding. A US military plane conducts routine flight operations from aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman, in a handout picture released on February 1, 2025 [US Africa Command (AFRICOM) Public Affairs/Handout via Reuters] Mogadishu, Somalia […]

The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights on Wednesday said at least eight people were killed and more than 400 injured during protests across the country to mark the first anniversary of the Gen-Z demonstrations. The commission monitored the protests in at least 23 counties and reported that all eight deaths resulted from gunshot wounds. The […]

Israel continued its genocidal war on Gaza Wednesday, killing at least 79 Palestinians, including many seeking food aid, the local Health Ministry said. Mourners react during the funeral of Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, central Gaza, Palestine, June 25, 2025. (Reuters Photo) One of the sources on the ground told Türkiye’s […]