Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said Sunday it had killed more than 260 Houthi rebels in the past three days near the strategic city of Marib. “Thirty-six military vehicles were destroyed and more than 264” rebel fighters were killed in strikes in the past 72 hours in al-Jawba, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) south […]

The MP’s death has had an impact on a community that is already marginalised and fighting against negative perceptions Members of the Muslim community in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex pay their respects after the fatal stabbing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images  Deep in the sprawling Andover estate in Finsbury Park, north London, talk […]

Israeli soldiers take cover during clashes with Palestinians at a protest, in village of Kofr Qadom in the occupied West Bank, Aug. 17, 2018. (Reuters Photo)  Turkey on Saturday condemned Israel over approval of the construction of 3,100 new housing units in various Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank next week. “Unilateral and unlawful […]

This past August, my organization, Huqooq, proudly joined an appeal for Sudan’s transitional government to transfer former President Omar al-Bashir and the three other suspects for atrocities committed in Darfur to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face charges. We hope that these transfers will soon become reality for the Sudanese people. I work at Huqooq to […]

Over the next two weeks, two government agencies will have to decide whether newly released data from Pfizer-BioNTech is convincing enough to justify authorizing COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5 through 11. Because children are unlikely to become severely ill from COVID-19, vaccines have to be incredibly safe and have a significant impact on the pandemic to […]

Ongoing warfare in Marib, Al-Bayda, Shabwah and elsewhere in Yemen has created one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world, second only to the manmade famine caused by the Ethiopian government’s war in the Tigray. Fighters loyal to Yemen s Saudi-backed government man a position near the frontline facing Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the […]

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he visits a COVID-19 vaccination centre at Little Venice Sports Centre, in London, Oct. 22, 2021.   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Matt Dunham The British government’s scientific advisers urged the government on Friday to ensure coronavirus restrictions can be introduced rapidly, as the rate of new infections continues to grow. Britain has recorded an […]

IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES A new mutated form of coronavirus that some are calling “Delta Plus” may spread more easily than regular Delta, UK experts now say. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has moved it up into the “variant under investigation” category, to reflect this possible risk. There is no evidence yet that it causes worse illness. […]

Two leaders agree to resolve their differences after mediation talks Somalian President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo (R) and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble     MOGADISHU, Somalia  Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and his Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble reached agreements Thursday on most matters that had driven a wedge between them. “The President of the Federal Republic of […]

It was reported that the fire broke out due to violations in the technological process in a workshop of the Elastic plant © Russia Emergencies Ministry/TASS MOSCOW, October 22. /TASS/. The death toll in a gunpowder plant blast and fire in the Ryazan Region in central Russia has risen to 16 people and the bodies […]