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Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Dr Maryan Qasim on was on Wednesday involved in a bitter row with Amisom security at Aden Abdulle Airport over what she said was unfair treatment of her. The new Minister claims she had been blocked from attending a meeting with EU Ambassador to Somalia. “We are working […]

A suspect detained in connection with the bombing of the Borussia Dortmund team bus came to Germany from Iraq, where he supposedly led an Islamic State unit responsible for numerous abductions and killings, the Federal Prosecutor’sProsecutor’s Office said. The Federal Prosecutor’s Office (GBA) said in a statement on Thursday it has issued an arrest warrant […]

China has reportedly ordered its army to be on nationwide alert and deployed 150,000 troops to the North Korean border as a U.S. armada is on its way to Korea to possibly shut down Pyongyang’s nuclear program.According to China’s state-owned newspaper, Global Times, unconfirmed reports said that 150,000 troops including Chinese soldiers march during a […]

Moscow has vetoed a US-backed resolution condemning the Khan Shaykun incident on April 4 as a chemical attack while demanding that Syria open up its military bases to inspections. Russia, which has veto power as one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, was joined by Bolivia in voting down the resolution. […]

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, center, Somalia Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre, right , and Defense Minister Abdirashid Abdulahi Mohamed watch a military unit during celebrations marking the 57th anniversary since Somali military was founded, in Mogadishu, Somalia, April 12, 2017. Somali’s president vowed Wednesday that his administration will eradicate the terrorist militant group al-Shabab […]

The missile strike on Syria was a clear breach of international law, while Washington’s claim that Damascus carried out the chemical attack that the US used as its casus belli is yet to be proven by any hard evidence, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. TrendsSyria unrest, US missiles strike Syr “What was the reaction of […]

Police are investigating the veracity of two letters claiming responsibility for the explosive attack on the Borussia Dortmund team – one with possible links to Islamists, the other to the far left. Follow live updates here. Police are investigating three explosions against Borussia Dortmund’s team bus on Tuesday, which officials believe to have been a […]

Chinese naval forces may have captured Somali pirate leader Aw Koombe during the rescue of the bulker OS 35 last weekend. China claims that its forces were responsible for recovering the OS 35 – and has even omitted the assistance provided by the Indian Navy from official statements – but so far it has not taken credit for arresting any […]

MANILA: Nine people including four members of the Philippine security forces were killed on Tuesday (Apr 11) in clashes with 10 suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf kidnap group on the resort island of Bohol, authorities said. The incursion would be the first on a key Philippine tourist destination in recent years by the group […]