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Donald Trump expected to consider recognizing Somaliland independence, former UK defense minister says

Donald Trump expected to consider recognizing Somaliland independence, former UK defense minister says

LONDON (Tribune News Service) — Donald Trump is expected to consider recognizing Somaliland as an independent country once he assumes office, according to the former U.K. defense secretary, it was reported on Tuesday. mSomalia, located on the Horn of Africa, is shown in this map produced by the CIA World Factbook. The  self-declared Republic of […]

US embassy in Kyiv shutters after ‘significant’ air attack threat By Tamsin Paternoster

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US embassy in Kyiv shutters after ‘significant’ air attack threat By Tamsin Paternoster

Warnings of a large air attack threat on the Ukrainian capital on Wednesday come a day after Ukraine used US-supplied ATACMS to strike Russian territory. Copyright AP Photo The US embassy in Kyiv has temporarily shuttered fearing an imminent “significant air attack” in the Ukrainian capital, according to a statement published on its website. “Out […]

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Opposition leader wins Somaliland presidential contest

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Opposition leader wins Somaliland presidential contest

The Somaliland electoral commission announced Tuesday that opposition leader Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi “Irro” defeated incumbent Muse Bihi Abdi for the presidency of the breakaway region located on the Horn of Africa. FILE – Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, center, casts his vote inside a polling station during the presidential election in Hargeisa, Somaliland, Wednesday, Nov. 13,2024.t Independent […]

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Israeli strikes rattle Beirut, as peace talks begin to take shape

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Israeli strikes rattle Beirut, as peace talks begin to take shape

Israeli airstrikes hit a central neighborhood in Beirut early Tuesday, near the Parliament, several embassies and the United Nations headquarters, killing at least five and injuring 31, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry and the National News Agency. Women walk past a damaged building in the aftermath of an Israeli strike in the Zuqaq al-Blat area, […]

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Zelenskyy says ‘missiles will speak for themselves’ as Biden OKs long-range use

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Zelenskyy says ‘missiles will speak for themselves’ as Biden OKs long-range use

The weapons are expected to be used in response to North Korea’s decision to send thousands of troops to Russia in support of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, according to one of the sources. Copyright Screenshot from AP video 4534131   By Euronews with AP Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken after a long-awaited decision came from Washington […]

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AP photographer captures moment bomb hits apartment building in Lebanon

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AP photographer captures moment bomb hits apartment building in Lebanon

As a bomb descended on a multi-story apartment building in Beirut’s Tayouneh area Friday, hundreds of onlookers gathered in the street at a traffic roundabout several hundred meters (yards) away. Smoke and flames erupt from a building hit in an Israeli airstrike in Tayouneh, Beirut, Lebanon, November 15, 2024. Hassan Ammar/AP Among them was an […]

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Two Somali Pirates Get 30 Years in Prison for Kidnapping a Journalist

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Two Somali Pirates Get 30 Years in Prison for Kidnapping a Journalist

Two Somali pirate leaders have been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for their role in kidnapping and holding an American journalist for ransom. File imagePublished Nov 14, 2024 3:05 PM by The Maritime Executive Abdi Yusef Hassan, 56, and Mohamed Tahlil Mohamed, 43, were arrested in the U.S. in 2018-19. Federal prosecutors charged them […]

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UN finds Israel’s actions in Gaza meet genocide criteria

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UN finds Israel’s actions in Gaza meet genocide criteria

Tel Aviv is using starvation as a method of war in Gaza, U.N. says Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, a special U.N. committee said Thursday, accusing the country of “using starvation as a method of war.” Palestinians inspect the damage following Israeli shelling at a camp housing internally displaced […]

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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy urges allies to act before North Korean troops reach the front

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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy urges allies to act before North Korean troops reach the front

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged its allies to stop “watching” and take steps before North Korean troops deployed in Russia reach the battlefield, and the country’s army chief warned that his troops are facing “one of the most powerful offensives” by Moscow since the all-out war started more than two years […]

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Vote counting underway in Somaliland after peaceful election By Mohamed Olad Hassan

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Vote counting underway in Somaliland after peaceful election By Mohamed Olad Hassan

washington — Polls have closed across Somaliland after presidential elections, and it appears Wednesday’s voting across the breakaway region has gone smoothly. People queue to cast their votes during the 2024 Somaliland presidential election at a polling station in Hargeisa, Somaliland, Nov. 13, 2024. The Somaliland National Electoral Commission (NEC) said polls closed across the […]

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