Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

12:30 At least 138 people were killed while many others were injured in the six explosions today, National Hospital Director Anil Jasinghe said. He said 49 people were killed in Colombo, 62 in Negombo and 27 in Batticaloa. In Colombo, over 200 were injured, while 110 injured in Negombo. Dr. Jasinghe said 67 were injured […]

Al-Bashir’s family said the former president had been moved to Kobar prison in Khartoum [File: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters] Sudan‘s public prosecutor has begun investigating deposed President Omar al-Bashir on charges of money laundering and possession of large sums of foreign currency without legal grounds, a judicial source told Reuters news agency on Saturday. The source said that […]

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will not step down from his role in the negotiations with North Korea, despite calls from Pyonyang for him to step aside and let someone “more mature” take over. “Nothing’s changed. We’re continuing to work to negotiate. I’m still in charge of the team,” Pompeo said in Washington, at […]

FILE PHOTO © Reuters / Rick Wilking US authorities are warning wannabe vigilantes against taking the law into their own hands after an armed militia group detained over 300 migrants earlier this week at the Mexican border in what they claimed was a citizen’s arrest. “These individuals should not attempt to exercise authority reserved for […]

Trump (L) and Haftar The White House said on Friday that President Donald Trump spoke by phone to Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar and discussed “ongoing counterterrorism efforts” by the leader of a military assault on the capital of Libya in opposition to the country’s internationally recognized government. A White House statement said Trump “recognized Field […]

Libyan protesters attend a demonstration to demand an end to the Khalifa Haftar’s offensive against Tripoli [Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters] Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, on Friday after US President Donald Trump praised Libya’s Khalifa Haftar amid a military assault by the renegade general to seize the capital. A White House statement said […]

The mother of one of the two Canadian women detained in Somaliland since January is pleading with the government in Canada to secure their release. Maymona Abdi, 28, and Karima Watts, 23, were arrested by police in January in Hargeisa, the most populous city in Somaliland. They face the prospect of 40 lashes each as […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. / AFP-Yonhap North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will come to Russia later this month to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the Kremlin. This will be Kim’s first visit to Russia after seizing power in December 2011. It fuels speculation that the North is […]

Police secure the area where a journalist was fatally shot amid rioting overnight in the Creggan area of Derry (Londonderry) in Northern Ireland on April 19, 2019. (AFP Photo) Police secure the area where a journalist was fatally shot amid rioting overnight in the Creggan area of Derry (Londonderry) in Northern Ireland on April 19, […]

Abdirahman Abdullahi Mohamed (pictured), 42, from Northolt, west London has today been jailed for 15 months after he was found with a stash of Islamic State propaganda Abdirahman Abdullahi Mohamed, 42, kept Islamic State propaganda on laptop The father-of-two from Northolt, west London claimed it was for his research But prosecutors said it showed he clearly had terrorist sympathies at […]