Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

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 […]

TEHRAN, Oct. 26 (MNA) – Daily life continues smoothly across Iran after the country’s air defense force successfully intercepted Israeli aggression on military sites in Tehran, Ilam, and Khuzestan provinces in the early hours of Saturday. Explosions were reported in some parts of the Iranian capital a couple of hours after the midnight Friday, with […]

Türkiye’s seismic research vessel Oruç Reis has arrived off the coast of Somalia as it prepares to begin searching for oil and natural gas, a senior official announced on Friday, after the countries agreed on energy cooperation. Türkiye’s seismic research vessel Oruç Reis sails through the Bosporus, Istanbul, Türkiye, Oct. 5, 2024. (AA Photo) “Oruc […]

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday there was a real sense of urgency in getting to a diplomatic resolution to end the conflict in Lebanon between Israel and Iran-aligned Hezbollah, while calling for the protection of civilians. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Lebanese Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Azmi Mikati, […]

The first North Korean military units trained in eastern Russia have arrived in the combat zone, Kyiv reported on Thursday. North Korean soldiers were already spotted in Russia’s border region of Kursk on Wednesday, The Ukrainian Defence Ministry’s Main Directorate of Intelligence said. Copyright Ahn Young-joon/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved. According to Ukrainian […]

An international conference for Lebanon in Paris on Thursday raised $1 billion in pledges for humanitarian aid and military support, organizers said, with France urging Israel to heed the message to cease-fire and focus on diplomacy. Smoke billows over the UNESCO-listed port city of Tyre after Israeli strikes, southern Lebanon,Oct. 23, 2024. (Reuters Photo) “We […]

Ethiopia’s quest for an access to a sea has been the talk of the Horn of Africa States over the past year. This has caused relations between the coastal countries and Ethiopia to worsen and particularly between Somalia and Ethiopia whereas the latter has blatantly assaulted Somalia through an MoU which it has forced on […]

Since 1949, UNRWA has been the main organisation responsible for delivering humanitarian aid to Palestinians in occupied territories and providing services for Palestinian refugees in other countries. Copyright Khalil Hamra/AP The European Union has warned of “disastrous consequences” if Israel’s parliament passes a bill which would outlaw the UN agency for Palestinian refugees from operating […]