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Palestinian militants fired hundreds of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Wednesday, while Israel pressed ahead with a series of airstrikes that have killed 21 Palestinians, including three senior militants and at least 10 civilians. Rockets are fired from Gaza City toward Israel, on May 10, 2023. (AFP) Palestinian Israeli conflict As the […]

China and Canada are engaged in a rare, high-profile diplomatic row as Beijing declared a consul of the Consulate General of Canada in Shanghai as “persona non grata” on Tuesday and asked the Canadian diplomat to leave China before May 13, a necessary and legitimate countermeasure in response to the unreasonable move by the Canadian […]

Mogadishu – Jafar Ahmed, the Director of Revenue at Somalia’s Ministry of Finance, has tendered his resignation, amid concerns over alleged corruption practices and favoritism in the Ministry’s staff recruitment process. While Mr. Ahmed officially stated personal reasons for his departure, however, credible sources told Horn Examiner that his resignation is directly linked to the recent […]

Jury awards Carroll about $5m in damages in civil lawsuit accusing former president of sexual abuse and defamation. E Jean Carroll reacts as she exits a Manhattan federal court following the verdict in the civil case against former US President Donald Trump, in New York City, May 9 [Brendan McDermid/Reuters] Correction An earlier version of […]

Reports suggest the UK could be about to provide the first long-range strike capability that Kyiv needs – the Storm Shadow cruise missile. Storm Shadow cruise missile .Photo: Wikipedi President Zelensky has long-requested the provision of long-range weapons that would allow Ukraine to strike deep into Russian-occupied territory and a new report suggests those demands […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a combative speech Tuesday attacking the West and claiming that Russia’s future depended on the outcome of the war in Ukraine as he attended a slimmed-down military parade on Red Square to mark Victory Day. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Victory Day parade in Moscow.Gavriil Grigorov / TASS “Civilization again […]

May 8, 2023 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese Army’s Commander-in-Chief has expressed his support for a political resolution to the ongoing conflict with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), on the condition that it includes the withdrawal of the militiamen from residential areas and public facilities in Khartoum. Al-Burhan speaks to the Sudanese troops in Ad-Damazin on […]

Recent attacks on mosques in Minneapolis, in the Midwest U.S. state of Minnesota, have increased concerns by Somali American imams, mosque administrators and community activists about the safety of their congregations. FILE – Yusuf Abdulle, standing, director of the Islamic Association of North America, prays with fellow Muslims at the Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center in […]

Russia batters Ukraine ahead of Victory Day celebrations Moscow launched dozens of missiles and drones towards Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities on Sunday night, injuring at least five people. Ukrainian servicemen take part in military exercises outside Kyiv on May 3, 2023. –  Copyright  SERGEY SHESTAK/AFP or licensorsBy Euronews  with AP/AFP  • Russian missiles caused a huge fire at […]

In this period of moral crisis stemming from Russia’s war against Ukraine and so utterly “devoid of ambiguity,” maintaining neutrality is tantamount to complicity. John Carlin In its Sunday, 7 May, edition, La Vanguardia, a leading Spanish newspaper published in Barcelona, ran a very strong opinion piece by its contributor John Carlin paying homage to Ukraine […]