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Somalia sacked Army Chief, Major-General Odawaa Yusuf Rageh, on Monday, amid political tensions in the country’s central Hiran region, which is also the epicentre of fighting against the Al-Shabaab terror group, Anadolu Agency reports. the new Chief  Ibraahim Sh. Muxyadiin Caddoow             Sacked Army Chief, Major-General Odawaa Yusuf  Genral The decision to fire […]

The destruction of the Kakhovka dam and subsequent flooding in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region narrows Kyiv’s options on the battlefield as it pushes to retake territories occupied by Russia during its 15-month invasion, experts told The Moscow Times. Kherson, Ukraine.Handout / Latin America News Agency via Reuters Connect Despite hindering the strategic plans of both sides, […]

Rescue crews are searching the Atlantic Ocean after the sudden disappearance of a Titanic tourist sub. A Titanic wreck tourist submersible has gone missing in the Atlantic ocean.   –  Copyright  Oceangate expeditions   A submersible used to take tourists to the wreck of the Titanic has vanished in the Atlantic Ocean. The sudden disappearance has sparked […]

Türkiye has strongly condemned the Israeli military raid on the occupied West Bank’s Jenin that killed five Palestinians on Monday. Family members of the slain Palestinians react at a hospital in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, Palestine, June 19, 2023. (AFP Photo) “We strongly condemn the attack by Israeli forces today in Jenin of the […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday met with Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates as the latter has been paying a highly-anticipated visit to China hot on the heels of other US business icons, and during the trip he also met with other high-level officials, with both sides expressing willingness to join hands to solve […]

Sudan’s warring generals agreed a new 72-hour ceasefire from Sunday, US and Saudi mediators said, after fighting intensified with deadly air strikes in Khartoum and an exodus of wounded from Darfur over the border into Chad. An aerial view of the black smoke and flames at a market in Omdurman, KhartoumNorth, Sudan, on May 17, […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan invited Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to visit Türkiye soon, Ambassador Salih Mutlu Şen, who currently serves as Türkiye’s charge d’affaires in Cairo, said. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shakes hands with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (L) during their meeting at the opening ceremony of the World Cup in Doha, Qatar, Nov. […]

Ukrainian counteroffensive inches forward amid vicious fighting Parts of Ukraine are witnessing “extremely fierce battles” on Thursday as Kyiv’s troops push into Russian-occupied territory, according to the Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister. Ukrainian soldiers firing rockets near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region on June 13, 2023.   –  Copyright  ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP or licensorsBy Euronews  with AFP/AP  •  Updated: 15/06/2023 – 09:51 Hanna Maliar […]

Kenya first sent troops into Somalia in 2011 to combat al-Shabab and is now a major contributor of troops to an African Union military operation against the group [File: Njeri Mwangi/Reuters] Eight Kenyan police officers were killed when their vehicle was destroyed by an improvised explosive device in a suspected attack by Somalia-based rebel group […]