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Director of Radio Mogadisho Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled(Cabdulcasiis Afrika) A prominent Somali journalist who was a critic of the al-Shabab armed group has been killed by a suicide bomber as he was leaving a restaurant in the capital, Mogadishu, relatives and officials said. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the blast, which killed Radio Mogadishu director Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled, […]

MINSK, 22 November (BelTA) – Contact persons from the European Union who were supposed to cooperate with Belarus on the refugee crisis do not get in touch, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he received Grodno Oblast Governor Vladimir Karanik and President’s Aide – Inspector for Grodno Oblast Yuri Karayev on 22 November, BelTA has […]

Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson, left, and speaker of parliament Andreas Norlén, on Monday. Photo: Jonas Ekströmer/TT Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson will face her first big test on Wednesday, when parliament will vote on whether or not to confirm her as Sweden’s first female prime minister.  Andersson’s deadline to secure a deal with parliamentary […]

At least five people have been killed and more than 40 injured after an SUV plowed through a crowded Christmas parade in Wisconsin. The horrific incident was captured on numerous cameras and mobile phones, with footage showing onlookers screaming ‘Oh my God’ as dozens of people were struck by the vehicle in the city of […]

A general view of a deserted migrants’ camp near the checkpoint “Kuznitsa” at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021.   –   Copyright  Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA via AP Authorities in Belarus say the migrant camp on the border with Poland has been cleared, and its people have now been moved to a nearby shelter. Meanwhile, several […]

Police in Bunschoten, where an anti-coronavirus protest turned sour. ANP / Hollandse Hoogte / GinoPress Police were drafted in to quell trouble in The Hague and several smaller towns on Saturday night, in the wake of Rotterdam’s Friday night riots. In The Hague, mayor Jan van Zanen invoked his emergency powers in the Schilderswijk and […]

TEHRAN – The United States and its European allies have made extensive diplomatic efforts to ramp up pressure on Iran ahead of the resumption of the stalled Vienna talks. But these efforts could well backfire against the West and prompt Iran into drastically changing its calculus in terms of continuing the Vienna talks. Over the […]

People make their way through a flooded street following heavy rainfalls in Bangalore, India, Nov. 19, 2021. (EPA Photo)   The state has been hit by torrential downpours since Thursday, sparking massive floods in at least five districts. The death toll rose to 17 late Friday night after three people were killed when a building […]

Somalia’s “rapidly worsening” drought has left more than two million people facing severe food and water shortages, the United Nations has warned. Most berkads – small reservoirs – and shallow wells have dried up, leaving the communities to rely on boreholes [File: Feisal Omar/Reuters] The Horn of Africa is now “on the verge of a […]

 Police opened fire on protesters and seven people were injured in rioting that erupted in downtown Rotterdam around a demonstration against COVID-19 restrictions. this image taken from video, demonstrators protest against government restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, in Rotterdam, Netherlands.   –   Copyright  AP/AP  The Dutch city’s mayor called it “an orgy of violence.” […]