Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

   MOSUL — The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) resumed the western Mosul operation on early Thursday and managed to storm the city’s main airport and the nearby Ghazlani military base. Raid Jawdat Shakir, a commander from the Iraqi federal police told BasNews on Thursday the ISF including rapid response forces, federal police and anti-terrorism forces stormed […]

Targeted camps were located in areas opposite Mohmand and Khyber agencies. PHOTO: AFP ISLAMABAD: Following a sharp spike in terrorist attacks, Pakistan’s military announced on Wednesday the launch of a new nationwide military offensive, codenamed Radd-ul-Fasaad (suppressing mischief), with an aim to eliminate remnants of terrorists. The decision to mount the operation was taken at a […]

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has appointed a political newcomer as the prime minister just before he departed to Saudi Arabia for his first foreign trip since he was inaugurated. Somali-born Norwegian national Hassan Ali Khaire, the former executive Africa of the British energy explorer Soma Oil, was appointed as the new […]

Handout pictures released yesterday by the Royal Malaysian Police in Kuala Lumpur show location image or CCTV footage (top row) and passport style photos (bottom row) of North Korean nationals (from left) Ri Ji U, aged 30; North Korean airline employee Kim Uk Il, 37; and diplomat Hyon Kwang Song, 44. They are wanted for […]

The SM-3 flies at a speed of Mach 14 and has a range of 600 miles. From Poland it can hit targets in the skies over the European part of Russia. Source: Reuters In early February, the U.S. Navy destroyer USS John Paul Jones successfully tested the new Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) Block IIA interceptor […]

President promises improvements but asks for patience as the country grapples with threats and a humanitarian crisis. Somalia’s new President, Mohamed Abdullahi, has been inaugurated in the capital Mogadishu, promising to restore dignity to the troubled Horn of Africa nation but warning it will take another two decades to “fix” the country. Somalia’s new President, […]

It’s highly unlikely we’re alone in the universe, NASA experts are saying, and we may be close to finding alien life. In fact, it may happen in the next two decades. NASA held a panel discussion at the agency’s Washington headquarters on Monday, where space experts talked about the search for Earth-like planets that host […]

A senator elicited unexpected debate in the Senate when he referred to US President Donald Trump as a “rogue leader” before a visiting delegation from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Elgeyo-Marakwet senator Kipchumba Murkomen said this when he welcomed the delegation seated at the Speaker’s gallery. “As the US President is a rogue […]

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak estimated the potentials of contracts for production and exploration of oil and gas in Iran, which are open to Russian companies, at around $20 billion. “Our companies have a particular interest in specific fields. In general, we estimate that the potential of the deals in this area can be estimated […]