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On Tuesday, Americans vote in a crucial election for president, all House seats, and a third of the Senate. Euronews provides live results starting at midnight CET. On Tuesday, Americans head to the polls for one of the most pivotal elections in recent history, deciding the next US president, all 435 seats in the House […]

Turkey has ramped up its partnership with Somalia in recent months. It is helping Somalia defend its waters, and has signed a deal to explore for oil and gas off the east African nation’s coast. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. There have also been reports of advanced discussions to […]

Prospects of a ceasefire between Israel and its foes Hamas and Hezbollah ran aground on Friday as Israeli airstrikes killed at least 64 people in the Gaza Strip, according to medics in the Palestinian enclave, and battered Beirut’s southern suburbs. Palestinians watch as smoke rises following Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and […]

Local council elections would be held in June of next year, while federal parliament representatives, members of state legislatures, and presidents will be elected in Sept. 2025, says Presidency Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud BELEDWAYNE, Somalia Despite opposition from two states and former presidents, the Somalia Presidency announced on Thursday that political parties have reached […]

Mourning period Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez pledged the government’s full support to the areas affected by devastating floods, as he visited Valencia on Thursday. Copyright Alberto Saiz/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved. Scores of people have died after torrential rain caused the worst natural disaster in Spain in recent decades. Rescue workers in […]

Lebanon’s Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem speaks during an interview with Reuters in Beirut’s suburbs, June 6, 2022. (Reuters) Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said on Tuesday it had elected deputy head Naim Qassem to succeed slain secretary general Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air attack on Beirut’s southern suburb over a […]

The Israeli parliament on Monday approved a controversial bill banning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), considered a lifeline for Gaza, from operating on Israeli territory. A destroyed truck that was used by workers of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is loaded onto another […]

MOGADISHU, Somalia/ISTANBUL Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud officially inaugurated a welcoming ceremony on Friday for Türkiye’s seismic exploration vessel, Oruc Reis, as it docked at Mogadishu seaport for its mission to explore oil and natural gas off Somalia’s coast Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud attend […]

TEHRAN – As the sun rose over Iran, citizens scoured their cities for signs of damage from Israel’s early Saturday attacks. What they found was a visible absence of damage on the ground. “I was jolted awake twice last night,” said Ali, a young office worker, as he navigated the streets of central Tehran on […]

Thousands of security cameras have been installed across Somalia’s capital to monitor the movement of Al-Shabaab militants and reassure residents, but they have also made business owners fearful of reprisal attacks, Reuters has reported. A view of damage after a violent explosion occurred at a restaurant near the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia on […]