Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

The United Nations has condemned the deadly bomb blasts at two educational institutions in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Wednesday, which killed at least six people and wounded nearly 20 others. Photo: UNAMA/Fardin WaeziA view of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The explosions took place at the all-boys Abdul Rahim Shahid high school and the nearby […]

President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he would authorize additional security assistance to Ukraine as Russia begins its new offensive in the southeastern part of the country known as the Donbas region. President Joe Biden’s statement that the White House is preparing a further round of assistance to Ukraine came as he disembarked Air Force […]

April 20 marks 56 days since Russia launched its brutal all-out war against Ukraine. Moscow’s unprovoked military aggression has already cost it approximately 19,900 servicemen and 5,260 units of weapons and other equipment, according to Ukraine’s government estimates. A young kid gives an offering of food to his mother grave as his younger brother and […]

MPs will be given a vote on whether to launch an investigation into claims that Boris Johnson misled Parliament over the partygate saga. Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle approved an unprecedented application from Labour and other opposition MPs, which allows them to table a motion for debate on Thursday. The PM is under growing pressure after police […]

  Moscow launched dozens of air strikes across eastern Ukraine overnight, its Defense Ministry said Tuesday, with Russia’s top diplomat acknowledging “another phase” of the conflict was beginning as fighting raged in the Donbas region. TASS Russia’s Defense Ministry said that “high-precision air-based missiles” had hit 13 Ukrainian positions in parts of the Donbas while […]

Several were injured after a motor attack targeted the area around Somalia’s parliamentary building as the country’s newly-elected politicians met for the second time on Monday. The attack was claimed by the terrorist group Al Shabaab, and aimed to hit parliament which is located in a heavily fortified compound in the capital Mogadishu. Several civilians […]

Fresh shelling from Ukrainian territory injured at least one resident of a Russian border region, the latest instance of intermittent attacks spilling over during Russia’s deadly invasion of Ukraine. Belgorod region-based social media accounts shared photographs of what they said were agricultural buildings allegedly destroyed in the attacks.      The Belgorod region has reported 12 incidents, […]

Germany has released nearly three billion euros ($3.2 billion) to acquire floating liquefied natural gas import terminals, the finance ministry said Friday, as it seeks to move away from dependence on Russian gas. A photo taken on April 5, 2022 shows the logo of Russian gas giant Gazprom’s German subsidiary Gazprom Germania on their headquarters […]

Editor’s Note: The Kyiv Independent isn’t revealing last name of the person interviewed for this story and the name of his native village for safety reasons.  Ukrainian farmer Ihor escaped the “living hell” of Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine in late March after he had spent a month in his occupied village in Kharkiv Oblast. […]