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U.S. special operations forces have killed a senior Islamic State group official and 10 other terrorist operatives in remote northern Somalia, the Biden administration announced Thursday.   A map of Somalia. The operation carried out on Wednesday targeted Bilal al-Sudani, a key financial facilitator for the global terrorist organization, in a mountainous cave complex. “This […]

A bipartisan trio of senators have called for the U.S. to bolster military support for Ukraine even more by sending ATCAMS long-range artillery systems and F-16 fighter jets. Photo:Wikipedia Welcoming President Biden’s recent announcement about the delivery of Abrams heavy tanks, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island), Lindsey Graham (R-Tennessee), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) said even […]

Russia on Thursday 26 Jan. launched yet another wave of cruise missile and kamikaze drone strikes at Ukraine’s civilian power grid, killing eleven people but losing most of weapons to dense Ukrainian air defenses. Workers repair power line following a Russian missile strike on the industrial zone of Kyiv on January 26, 2023, amid Russian […]

Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre met Wednesday with a delegation from the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), headed by the Regional Director for East and Southern Africa of Unicef Mohamed Fall. According to the Somali National News Agency, the Prime Minister and the Unicef delegation discussed important issues regarding the charitable activities of the […]

After weeks of indecision and “dithering”, Germany has given the go-ahead for the export of Leopard 2 heavy tanks to Ukraine. The move was announced on Wednesday 25. Jan and follows intense pressure on Berlin from its European and U.S. allies. Berlin will provide a company of 14 Leopard 2 A6 tanks from the Bundeswehr […]

At least six people were killed on Sunday in an attack by Al-Shabaab militants at the mayor’s office in central Mogadishu, police said. Police officers take up positions outside of the Mayor’s office where an ongoing gun battle erupted following a reported explosion, in Mogadishu, on January 22, 2023.    A suicide bomber set off […]

Russia has expelled Estonia’s ambassador from Moscow in a move against its “Russophobic” Baltic neighbor, Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced Monday as Tallinn pledged additional military aid to Ukraine. Estonian Embassy in Moscow.Estonian Embassy in Moscow.Moskva News Agency In a statement, the Russian ministry slammed Estonia’s announcement of the expulsion of 21 Russian diplomats and embassy staff to reach parity […]

Germany “will not stand in the way” of a Polish request to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine, the country’s Foreign Minister said on Sunday. Speaking after a Franco-German summit meeting in Paris, Annalena Baerbock said Poland was yet to make a formal request, despite indicating publicly that they would be willing to do so. This […]

New weapons for Kyiv will cause ‘global catastrophe’, warns Putin ally  A close ally of President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that delivering offensive weapons to Kyiv will lead to a world disaster by making arguments against using nuclear weapons untenable NATO military exercise ‘Iron Wolf 2022-II’ at a training range in Pabrade, north of […]

On Sunday, several countries worldwide continued to condemn Sweden allowing a politician to burn a copy of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, under police protection in Stockholm People protest Sweden in front of the Taksim Mosque in Istanbul, Türkiye, Jan.22, 2023 (AA Photo) With permission from the government, Rasmus Paludan, the leader of the Hard Line […]