Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

US institutions are with Doha and not easily influenced by political changes, a Qatari official is quoted as saying. A $12bn deal to buy US F-15 fighter jets shows Qatar has deep-rooted support from Washington, a Qatari official said on Thursday, Reuters news agency reported. Qatar is facing an economic and diplomatic boycott by Saudi […]

At least seven people were killed and another 66 injured in a blast at a kindergarten in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu on Thursday afternoon, local government said. The government in Feng county, where the explosion occurred around 4.50pm, said in a statement that initial information suggested no teacher or pupils were among the […]

MOGADISHU, Somali — At least 17 people were killed in the night-long siege of a popular Mogadishu restaurant by al-Shabab Islamic extremists that was ended Thursday morning by security forces. Somali survivors early described harrowing scenes in which attackers hunted down patrons of the popular Pizza House restaurant. The injured were taken by ambulances. Al-Shabab […]

The move comes after Iraq agreed to accept deportees as part of a deal removing it from Trump’s travel ban US immigration authorities have arrested and moved to deport 199 Iraqi immigrants, mostly from the Detroit area, in the last three weeks after Iraq agreed to accept deportees as part of a deal removing it […]

The 29 years since four-year-old French boy Grégory Villemin was drowned have been marked by revenge, dashed hopes, anonymous taunting phone calls, and mystery. The case, which has gripped France, once again dominated the headlines this week. Who’s Grégory Villemin? He was a four-year-old boy found drowned in the Vologne river near Docelles, in eastern […]

(IraqiNews.com) The paramilitary troops have confronted an attack by Islamic State militants using booby-trapped vehicles near Iraqi-Syrian borders. Ahmed Radi Nasrullah, deputy commander of the 13th brigade of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units) said in statements that troops “foiled a sudden attack by the militants on Wednesday.” “Infiltrating militants targeted our troops deployed on the […]

Man opens fire on employees inside a downtown package delivery facility before taking his own life. A driver armed with a handgun opened fire at a United Parcel Service Inc package-sorting center in San Francisco on Wednesday, killing three people before fatally shooting himself as officers closed in. Wednesday’s shooting prompted a massive police response […]

slamic clerics in Austria have produced a 9-point declaration, calling ISIS terrorists “black sheep” and urging fellow believers to play a greater role in society, days after Austria introduced a burqa ban and compulsory integration courses. 300 imams representing the mainstream Islamic Religious Authority of Austria unveiled a text that “condemns terrorist and extremist acts […]

ehicle explosion followed by gunfire heard outside a restaurant in the Somali capital A car bomb has detonated outside a restaurant in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing at least nine people and wounding several others, police said. Heavy gunfire followed the attack claimed by the armed group al-Shabab. Witnesses told Reuters news agency that the […]

German police admitted on Wednesday that they asked organizers to suspend the Rock am Ring festival earlier this month after two misspelled names led them to suspect radical Islamists were working there. The names belonged to two employees of a Frankfurt-based company that had been subcontracted to set up the stages at the festival. The […]