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 Mohamed Mahamoud Sheik, who was murdered in August this year. Photograph: Handout Dozens of young people wearing white headbands took to the streets of Mogadishu this month. They walked through the city demanding justice for the young entrepreneur Mohamed Mahamoud Sheik. Sheik, a businessman known for bringing flowers to Somalia, was shot and killed on 2 […]

UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Secretary-General António Guterres. Condemning the escalation of violence in and around the Libyan capital, Tripoli, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on all parties to immediately cease hostilities and grant humanitarian relief to those in need. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Secretary-General Guterres raised particular alarm over the use of indiscriminate shelling […]

U.S. President Donald Trump and France’s President Emmanuel Macron at the G7 Summit in in Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada, June 8, 2018. © Leah Millis / Reuters Emmanuel Macron’s remark that Europe can’t rely on the US for security, along with hints at rapprochement with Russia, show a rift in EU-Washington ties – a relationship that’s […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday said that the U.S. dollar’s reign on global trade should come to an end by adopting trade with local currencies between countries. Speaking at Turkey-Kyrgyzstan Business Forum in Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, Erdoğan said that dependence on the U.S. dollar was becoming more of a burden each passing day instead […]

“I think the most important thing that the Democrats could do is allow Bob Mueller to complete his work,” said former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. | Alex Wong/Getty Images   Amid recent talk of possible impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, former Defense Secretary and CIA Director Leon Panetta is urging Democrats not to […]

The US military has made a final decision to cancel $300m in aid to Pakistan, the Pentagon says, citing Islamabad’s perceived failure to take decisive action against armed groups in the country. The Coalition Support Funds were part of a broader suspension in aid to Pakistan announced by President Donald Trump at the start of the year, […]

A Somali soldier walks near the wreckage of vehicles at the scene of the blast in Mogadishu (Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP) At least six people have been killed, including two children, after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle outside a district headquarters in Somalia’s capital. Captain Mohamed Hussein said the bomber tried to speed through […]

CHEMNITZ, Germany (Reuters) – Supporters and opponents of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s liberal immigration policy hold rival demonstrations on Saturday in the city of Chemnitz, where the fatal stabbing of a German man by two migrants sparked violent far-right protests. More than 1,200 policemen will keep watch over the rallies in the eastern city, where deep […]

A Palestinian man sits outside an aid distribution center run by United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip September 1, 2018. (Reuters Photo) Turkish Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned the U.S. over its decision to end funding for the UN Palestine refugee agency. “The decision of the […]

© Screenshot / Alex Baysha / YouTube A passenger recorded a short video after a Russian Boeing 737 slid off a runway in Sochi, crashing into a river and catching fire on both wings. “We crashed, but it’s OK, I guess,” a man can be heard calmly saying in a short clip recorded minutes after the […]