Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

Robert Redfield told the Senate Appropriations Committee that wearing a mask could be more effective than a vaccine at keeping the pandemic at bay.  President Donald Trump on Wednesday twice contradicted his own CDC director — on mask-wearing and vaccine distribution — saying the country’s top public health official misspoke while testifying under oath before […]

The New Zealand economy sunk by a record amount in the three months to June as the country’s tough lockdowns hit demand and suppressed activity. Statistics NZ said on Thursday the economy contracted by 12.2% in the June quarter to be 12.4% smaller than it was at the end of June 2019. The decline covers […]

TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani has congratulated the Iranian people on the upcoming defeat of the United States to rigger the so-called snapback sanctions against the Islamic Republic. “In advance, I congratulate the Iranian nation on the upcoming Saturday and Sunday victory [of Iran] and the U.S.’s humiliating defeat,” Rouhani said during a cabinet session […]

People wait in a queue to register their names to have their nasal swab samples taken to test for COVID-19 at a government hospital in Jammu, India, Sept. 15, 2020. (AP Photo)  India’s total coronavirus cases passed 5 million on Wednesday, health ministry data showed, as the pandemic extends its grip on the vast country […]

M In this Feb. 17, 2011, file photo, hundreds of newly trained al-Shabab fighters perform military exercises in the Lafofe area some 18 km south of Mogadishu, in Somalia. (Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP Al-Shabab, an al-Qaida offshoot based in Somalia, is growing more emboldened in targeting U.S. troops, according to U.S. Africa Command’s director of intelligence Navy […]

President Donald Trump is cramming months of policy moves into the dwindling weeks before the fall election, with an eye toward boosting his faltering standing with critical voting blocs. In recent weeks, Trump has made pronouncements that ran the gamut from stoking the culture wars to pacifying a specific voting demographic. He banned federal agencies […]

Migrants from different nationalities rest on board the Spanish NGO Open Arms vessel off the Mediterranean Sea on Sept. 9, 2020. (AP Photo)  The U.N. migration agency said Tuesday that a boat carrying migrants bound for Europe capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, leaving at least two dozen people drowned or missing and presumed […]

President Donald Trump retweeted a xenophobic post about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Monday baselessly accusing the Muslim congresswoman, who was born in Somalia and became a U.S. citizen after arriving in the country as a refugee, of being “radicalized.” “One thing Somalia definitely doesn’t need is more Somalis radicalized in Minneapolis,” tweeted David Reaboi […]

Cost of pipeline repairs and management may soon hit N1 trillion. Photo; AA Nigeria’s cost of pipeline repairs and management may soon hit N1 trillion as facilities were damaged 9,420 times in five years, as vandals steal oil and gas. This sum and other recorded losses could build a refinery with the capacity to refine […]

President Donald Trump listens as California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a briefing at Sacramento McClellan Airport, California, Sept. 14, 2020, on western wildfires.   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Andrew Harnik With the smell of California wildfires in the air, President Donald Trump on Monday ignored the scientific consensus that climate change is playing a central role in historic West […]