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MClan elders will now pick legislators in September, who will then vote for a president on the new date, Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble was quoted as saying by the state news agency [File: Feisal Omar/REUTERS]   After months of deadlock, political leaders in Somalia have agreed that the country’s long-delayed presidential election will be […]

Of all the natural disasters that can strike at life on Earth, it is asteroid strikes that have the potential to wipe out life as we know it. Just as the dinosaurs met their fate with the help of a large asteroid some 66 million years ago, humanity would be in serious trouble if a […]

  The conflict in Tigray has dragged on for nearly eight months [File: Ben Curtis/AP Photo] Tigrayan fighters have reportedly taken control of more territory in the embattled northern Ethiopian region of Tigray, a day after regaining the regional capital, Mekelle, from retreating federal government forces and pledging to drive all “enemies” out. The military advances and rhetoric […]

A picture taken on June 16, 2021 in Brussels shows the screen of a mobile phone bearing a EU Digital Covid certificate. Photo: Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP From Thursday July 1st the EU’s much talked about Covid certificates will come into use. How do you get one and will they really make travel around Europe […]

TEHRAN – In what appeared to be a concerted campaign of turning up the heat ahead of the potentially last round of nuclear talks in Vienna, the United States initiated a series of targeted measures against Iran possibly to pressure it into giving more concessions in the thorny issues that the negotiating parties have so […]

Iraqi mourners attend the funeral of a fightrer of Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary alliance following US air strikes on the Syrian-Iraqi border, on June 28, 2021 in the northern Nineveh province. © Zaid Al-Obeidi, AFP Pro-Iranian militias exchanged fire with a US-led coalition in eastern Syria Monday, a war monitor and the coalition said, in an escalation after deadly […]

The Helsinki councillor will replace Left Alliance party colleague Paavo Arhinmäki, the party’s nomination for Helsinki Deputy Mayor. Helsinki city councillor and incoming Member of Parliament Suldaan Said Ahmed of the Left Alliance Party. Image: Mårten Lampén / Yle Helsinki city councillor Suldaan Said Ahmed (Left) will become Finland’s first Somali-background Member of Parliament when he replaces outgoing […]

Ethiopia’s government says it has accepted a unilateral ceasefire in its Tigray region after nearly eight months of deadly conflict [File: Ben Curtis/AP Photo]  Ethiopia’s government declared a unilateral ceasefire in its northern Tigray region after rebel fighters retook Mekelle, the regional capital, following nearly eight months of conflict that the United Nations says has […]

Turkish counterterrorism units enter a home during raids in an unspecified location in this undated file photo. (AA Photo)  Turkish security forces detained 26 foreign nationals as part of operations against the Daesh terrorist group in the capital Ankara early Monday. The intelligence unit of Ankara Police found out that 30 suspects, including 28 Iraqi […]

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, who lost a confidence vote last week, faces a stark choice Monday; call snap elections or resign and trigger the search for a successor. The Social Democrat leader — a master of consensus for some, a dull and visionless party man for others — has had seven […]