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A crowded GOP primary seems increasingly possible in 2024, as more Republicans are expected to emerge to face former President Donald Trump for the party’s nomination next year. Here is a closer look at six conservatives expected to give Trump a run for his money. THE DEBRIEF: DAVID MARK ON NIKKI HALEY’S CHANCES AGAINST TRUMP IN 2024 1. Ron DeSantis Florida Gov. […]

U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, a Democrat, leaves the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 2, 2023. House Republicans have since voted to oust Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee because of her past comments critical of Israel.   Somali Americans living in the United States have mixed reactions to the removal of congresswoman […]

Russians continue to memorialize the dozens of Ukrainians killed in last month’s Russian missile strike on the city of Dnipro — one of the deadliest single incidents of Moscow’s invasion — in what has evolved into a new nationwide form of anti-war protest. Flowers at the monument to Taras Shevchenko in St. Petersburg.Alexander Koryakov / Kommersant Makeshift […]

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed to defend the city of Bakhmut “for as long as we can,” while hosting European Union chiefs in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Friday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (centre) with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Kyiv.   –   Copyright  SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP or licensors Nearly a year […]

The big questions are: How many of them will the Ukrainian army get? How quickly can they get them? And how effectively can they use them for their expected offensive? A US M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) fires salvoes during exercises in Morocco last year. The United States has announced it will send […]

TİKA’s Coordinator in Somalia, stated that the Agency has been active in Somalia for nearly 11 years and has carried out projects and activities that touch every aspect of life Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) implemented the Social Space Project at the Somali (Ummadda) National University in Mogadishu. TİKA created a social space at […]

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched four strikes on enemy concentration areas and one strike on their anti-aircraft missile system position. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in an evening update published on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. It is noted that units of the rocket forces and artillery of […]

The Foreign Ministry summoned the Norwegian ambassador to Ankara on Thursday. A statement by the ministry said the envoy was summoned upon learning that a Quran burning would take place in the Nordic country on Friday. Far-right extremist Rasmus Paludan rants before burning the Quran, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo) “It was […]

QUESTION:  Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield is back in Washington and joins me now. Ambassador, thanks very much, welcome back to the NewsHour. What will the impact be if Somalia does not get the additional funding it needs ahead of what’s expected to be another failed rainy season in the coming months. AMBASSADOR LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD: We want to […]

The European Union’s top officials arrived in Kyiv on Feb. 2, to meet their Ukrainian counterparts ahead of a historic wartime summit taking place nearly a year after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L) pose for a photo with Ukrainian […]