Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

A genetic repair system activated by light turns out to exist in everything from germs to animals – except for mammals and eyeless cavefish in Somalia Eyeless fish that evolved for three million years inside caves in Somalia are an unlikely crutch for the theory that early mammals weathered the dinosaur age by going nocturnal. […]

Washington Post, AP report US intelligence officials concluded Mohammed bin Salman ordered killing of Jamal Khashoggi. The CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, US media reported on Friday, a finding that contradicts Saudi government assertions that he was not involved .According to the Washington Post, […]

An undated picture released by North Korea’s KCNA news agency on November 16, 2018 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and officials oversee the test of a new “ultramodern” weapon © AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS The race is on to identify a mysterious weapon developed by North Korea after the country announced the successful test […]

  Authorities said late Thursday the death toll from California’s Camp Fire has risen to 63, bringing the statewide count to 66. In addition, more than 600 people have now been reported missing, according to the Butte County Seriff’s Office.  Despite the grim update, cooler weather helped fire crews gain ground Thursday against the nation’s deadliest wildfire […]

Concern over waning stimulus and rising rates has some of President Donald Trump’s advisers scrambling to avoid other problems to soothe jittery investors. | Richard Drew/AP Photo President Donald Trump, already in a grumpy post-midterm mood, faces a growing list of economic problems that could irritate him even more next year. Chief among them is […]

  The Somali capital Mogadishu and neighbouring areas were deeply shaken by a string of bomb car attacks on Friday, 9 November 2018, near a well-known hotel and the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) police headquarters. The bombings killed and wounded dozens of people, mostly civilians, in this latest episode in the long train of terrorist […]

President Moon Jae-in and US Vice President Mike Pence hold a meeting in Singapore on Thursday. Yonhap SINGAPORE – President Moon Jae-in and US Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday stressed the need for cooperation on North Korean issues, and the US requested Moon play a bigger role in aiding communication among concerned parties, Cheong […]

Putin, Trump to discuss INF Treaty on sidelines of G20 summit — Kremlin MOSCOW, November 15. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said among the key issues on the agenda of a possible Russian-US summit will be the fate of the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and […]

Raab said he could not “reconcile the terms of the proposed deal” [Henry Nicholls/Reuters] Dominic Raab has resigned as UK’s Brexit Secretary over the proposed EU withdrawal agreement in a huge blow to British Prime Minister Theresa May. “I regret to say that, following the Cabinet meeting yesterday on the Brexit deal, I must resign,” Raab said on […]