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The president of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmajo” Mohamed, the 9th elected president of this fragmented country, now has to navigate a complicated diplomatic dispute with UAE, a previously allied country. (Ilyas Ahmed/Wikimedia Commons /TRTWorld) The Gulf impasse caused political turmoil in the African country, with its central government aligning with Qatar and the federal states […]

US president Donald Trump during a joint press conference with Norwegian PM Erna Solberg at the White House in October 2017. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB scanpix Eighteen Republican lawmakers from the United States have sent a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee in which they recommend President Donald Trump for the 2019 Nobel Peace […]

Rudy Giuliani, who’s now working for President Donald Trump as a lawyer, made a pretty stunning revelation about the hush-money payment this week. | AP Photo Rudy Giuliani, who’s now working for President Donald Trump as a lawyer, made a pretty stunning revelation about the hush-money payment this week. | AP Photo It’s time for […]

Refugees are processed by the Canadian police after crossing illegally into Canada from the US [Christinne Muschi/Reuters] Montreal, Canada –Canadian and US officials have remained tight-lipped about possible plans to alter a bilateral agreement that would make it harder for asylum seekers to enter Canada from theUnited States. Earlier this week, Reuters news agency reportedthat Ottawa is seeking to […]

Hollyn Johnson/Tribune-Herald Smoke rises from Leilani Estates as residents evacuate Thursday evening. Mahalo to Blue Hawaiian Helicopters and Andrew Richard Hara. Gov. David Ige has signed an emergency proclamation after an eruption of lava forced the evacuation of Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens. The lava flow, which emerged from a fissure in Mohala Street between 150-200 […]

Twitter / Liveuamap MiddleEast A Russian military plane has reportedly crashed off the coast of Syria near a Russian air base, killing two pilots in what appears to be an accident. Russia leases the Khmeimim air base in the coastal Latakia province, where it maintains fighter jets and bombers involved in a nearly three-year military campaign in support of the Syrian […]

File Photo Twitter Inc urged its more than 330 million users to change their passwords after a glitch caused some of them to be stored in plain text on its internal computer system. The social network said it had fixed the glitch and that an internal investigation had found no indication passwords were stolen or […]

© Ludovic Marin, AFP | French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in New Caledonia’s capital Nouméa on May 3, 2018. French President Emmanuel Macron starts Thursday a highly symbolic visit to New Caledonia, a French territory in the South Pacific that is getting ready to vote on its independence.  The nickel-rich island, 1,200 km (750 miles) […]

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic reserves the right to respond should the US, as a party to the 2015 nuclear deal, withdraw from the agreement. In a video message posted on YouTube on Thursday, Zarif compared Tehran’s full commitment to its side of the bargain to Washington’s breach of the […]

© Damir Sagol / Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said he strongly supports denuclearization during a rare meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The diplomat is visiting Pyongyang after a landmark agreement between the two Koreas. “The denuclearization of the Korean peninsula is the firm position of the North Korean side,” Kim Jong-un told Wang Yi on […]