Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court   on Friday ruled that disqualification of lawmakers  under Article 62(1) (f) of the Constitution   disqualification is permanent. Nawaz Sharif and  Jahangir Khan Tareen were also disqualified under the same provision of the  constitution. A five-member larger bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar,  announced the reserved […]

As a part of Orphan Solidarity Days, a Turkish humanitarian agency went to Somalia, which suffers from famine and drought, to respond to the needs of the hundreds of orphans of the country Support for Somalia from the Turkish government and nongovernmental organizations continue without a respite. The latest humanitarian project was recently launched by […]

Budget director Mick Mulvaney is developing a proposal, expected to be released around May 1, to re-open the $1.3 trillion omnibus package. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on March 23 after signing the spending bill, vowing never to support another piece of legislation like that again. […]

Kollegah and Farid Bang. Photo: DPA The awarding of the most prestigious prize in German pop music to two rappers who made fun of Holocaust victims has been described by an influential Jewish organization as “a scandal.” At the annual Echo Awards on Thursday evening the rappers Kollegah and Farid Bang were awarded the best […]

FILE PHOTO: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin talks to U.S. President Donald Trump © Carlos Barria / Reuters The US and Russia can find a way out of the deadlock in Syria if they talk to each other, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova believes, but should Washington launch an attack, Moscow will stand by its […]

Photo: AFP  French rail workers were to begin another two-day rolling strike on Thursday evening which will hit services across the country. But President Emmanuel Macron has vowed he will not back down. French rail passengers will suffer a sixth day of strikes on Friday, the national rail operator SNCF has warned, urging people to […]

S. President Donald Trump said Thursday the National Security Council would meet and that decisions on Syria will be made “soon.” Sources had indicated earlier in the day that the council would meet Thursday afternoon to make decisions regarding Syria. The meeting will take place in the wake of Trump’s tweet warning Russia to “get […]

An S-400 air defence missile system is deployed for a combat duty at the Hmeymim airbase. © Dmitriy Vinogradov / Sputnik With the US and Russia engaged in a public row over the consequences of a possible American attack against Syria, the capabilities that Moscow has to respond to it are a major question. Washington threatened […]

The UAE has trained hundreds of troops since 2014 [Feisal Omar/Reuters] Somalia said it seized several bags of money containing $9.6m in cash from a plane arriving from the UAE. Somalia has disbanded a United Arab Emirates programme to train some of its troops in a new sign of rising tensions in bilateral relations. The […]

© Stringer, AFP | Syran army tanks enter a suburb of Douma, in eastern Ghouta, on February 18, 2018 Syrian government forces have raised their flag over the last rebel bastion in eastern Ghouta, taking full control of the town of Douma as insurgents withdraw, Russian news agencies reported Thursday, in a major victory for […]