Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

As I approach the door to the public housing apartment in Northview Heights, delicious cooking smells mingle with the laughter of small children and adults. Stepping into the home of a local Somali Bantu refugee family, I find myself, for all intents and purposes, transported halfway around the world to Somalia. The stark concrete walls, […]

While commenting on the results of this year’s first ambassadorial meeting of the Russia-NATO Council, he said that “it is not possible to build confidence until NATO abandons its military domination policy.” “Representatives of NATO countries have emphasized the importance of the Vienna document on confidence-and security-building measures as well as other arms control mechanisms. […]

The employer made no reaction as she continued filming  Kuwaiti police have detained a woman for filming her Ethiopian maid falling from the seventh floor in an apparent suicide attempt without trying to rescue her, media and a rights group said Friday. The Kuwaiti woman filmed her maid land on a metal awning and survive, […]

Mogadishu – On the request of US African Command leaders, President Trump has relaxed the combat rules for US troops and operations within Somalia. The change in the rules will give generals more leeway in deciding when to launch attacks and also remove restrictions that were in place to prevent civilian deaths from US attacks. […]

Prime Minister Erna Solberg. Photo: Cornelius Poppe/NTB scanpix Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg will travel to China next week for talks with top leaders, her office said Friday, a visit expected to seal the two countries’ reconciliation after a deep freeze. China froze high-level ties with Norway after the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize […]

Shirqat (IraqiNews.com) Pro-Iraqi government paramilitary forces downed a drone guided by Islamic State militants in Salahuddin province on Friday. Al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units) said through its media service they brought down a drone guided by the militant group in Ein al-Baida village, south of the town of Shirqat. IS militants still pose a security […]

secret plan to allow North Korea to station a missile base in northern Kenya can be revealeA d today.            PHOTO | VLADIMIR NOVIKOV | AFP The base will house at least 40 inter-continental ballistic missiles capable of reaching European capitals. It is also believed that they will have the potential […]

The Mexico border wall was one of the most controversial elements of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, but that hasn’t stopped two German companies from registering an interest in building it. Speaking at campaign rallies last year Donald Trump, regularly told delighted supporters that he was going to build a “beautiful” wall along the US border […]

A SOUTH Korean court on Friday approved a warrant to arrest ousted president Park Geun-hye, the country’s first democratically elected leader to be thrown out of office, on accusations of bribery and abuse of power. Park can be held in a cell for up to 20 days while she is investigated over allegations that she colluded […]

China’s foreign ministry paints rosy picture for ties despite US president’s critical tweets Beijing is striking a cordial tone for the first summit between President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump next week, but defended China’s trade practices after Trump tweeted that the meeting would be “a very difficult one”. According to the tweets […]