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A leading Somaliland politician says his son, who joined the Islamic State militant group five years ago, was killed in Syria. Faysal Ali Warabe, leader of the UCID party who ran for president of the self-declared republic during the November 13 election, says his son...

RIYADH/JEDDAH: Minister of Hajj and Umrah Mohammed Salih Bentin on Thursday received Somali Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs Iman Abdullah Ali and his accompanying delegation in Jeddah. Bentin discussed strong bilateral relations and topics related to Somali pilgrims, briefing Ali on Saudi efforts to...

By:Shafaat Shahbandari, Staff Reporter Dubai: Competition at the 21st Dubai International Holy Quran Award (DIHQA) is heating up as the annual programme reaches the half-way mark. Several contestants, including Esmail Omar from Somalia, Magomedov Gadzhimurad from Russia and Naadih Abdul Hameed from Maldives, have made their...

World leaders, NGOs and fellow peace prize winners speak out over Aung San Suu Kyi's response to the Rohingya crisis. Myanmar's Nobel Peace Prize winning Aung San Suu Kyi is facing intense scrutiny over her response to the plight of her nation's Rohingya population. Almost 300,000...

Mr Slater said that he had to earn the trust of the monkeys over several days before venturing close enough to get the selfie A photographer has won a two-year legal fight against an animal rights group over a "monkey selfie" photograph. Naruto the macaque monkey...

By:Gulf Times Amir of Qatar His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met on Sunday at Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Majlis at the Amiri Diwan, with Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo. During the meeting, co-operation relations between the two countries and ways to develop...

Saudi and other Arab nations ask Qatar to shut Al Jazeera, close a Turkish base and scale down Iran ties within 10 days. Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries that have cut ties to Qatar have reportedly issued a list of demands to end a major...

By: TRT WORLD Türkiye's president has stressed that it is impossible for his country to remain silent in the face of provocations and threats to the status quo and spirituality of Jerusalem's Al Aqsa Mosque.

By :  The Peninsula President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has disclosed that Qatar has offered to act as a hub for Somali exports as the East African nation embarks on a journey of reconstruction and economic growth...

UAE ambassador to Russia Omar Ghobash has threatened further sanctions against Qatar amid a deepening rift among Gulf States. In an interview with the Guardian published on Wednesday, Ghobash said that a list of 13 demands conveyed to Qatar by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain...