Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

ADDIS ABEBA – President Donald Trump’s decision to pull U.S. troops out of Somalia in the waning days of his presidency triggered dismay on Saturday from some Somalis, reports Reuters news agency on Saturday. They are now appealing to the incoming U.S. president, Joe Biden, to reverse the decision. “The U.S. decision to pull troops […]

TEHRAN – The machine gun that targeted Marty Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was controlled online and artificial intelligence technology was used in it, the Deputy Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has said. “The satellite machine gun was controlled online and there were no terrorists at the scene,” Brigadier General Ali Fadavi said while addressing […]

This is not two sovereign states fighting against each other. This is a faction of the government running a region in Ethiopia that has decided to undertake hostilities against the central government.”The conflict between Tigray Region special forces and the Ethiopian National Defense Force, which began in the Tigray area in northern Ethiopia on November […]

In this file photo, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, personal attorney to US President Donald Trump, speaks about the 2020 US presidential election results during a news conference in Washington, D.C. on November 19, 2020. © Jonathan Ernst, Reuters In this file photo, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, personal attorney to US […]

  Saudi Arabia’s former ambassador to the US Prince Turki al-Faisal Al Saud criticized Israel on Sunday at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Manama Dialogue in Bahrain, where Israel’s foreign minister opposed his remarks.Prince Turki, who began his speech by saying his comments reflected his personal view, criticized Israel’s actions toward the Palestinian people, describing […]

US public health officials are calling on drugmakers to release detailed information on the side effects of their coronavirus vaccines after participants in trials complained of high fever, body aches, headaches and exhaustion. Dr Sandra Fryhofer of the American Medical Association fears that as both Pfizer’s and Moderna’s vaccines need to be taken in two […]

Turkey is well on its way to becoming design and manufacturing center for all kinds of engines, especially in aviation, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said as the country moved closer to mass producing local turboshaft helicopter engines. The turboshaft TEI-TS1400 engine is seen on the sidelines of a ceremony in the central province of Eskişehir, […]

U.S. President Donald Trump campaigned in Georgia on Saturday for two Republican senators at a rally that some in his party feared could end up hurting, not helping, their chances by focusing on his efforts to reverse his own election defeat.In his first rally appearance since he lost to Democrat Joe Biden in the Nov. […]

Saudi Arabia remains open to fully normalize ties with Israel on the condition of Palestinian statehood, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Saturday.Following the UAE and Bahrain’s decision to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel, there has been broad speculation that Saudi Arabia would soon follow . But for the Kingdom, Palestinian statehood […]

A large-scale vaccination campaign began in Moscow on Saturday, with thousands signing up for shots online. Frontline workers were given priority. People have to sign up online before receiving the first dose of the Sputnik V vaccine at one of the city’s 70 clinics. The vaccine consists of two separate injections, the second dose must […]