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Mogadishu (HOL) - Veteran Somali female musician, Khadija Abdullahi Dalees passed away on Monday in Toronto, Canada, Somali government confirmed. Confirming her death, Somali Information Minister, Abdirahman Omar Osman said Dalees was the first female singer heard on Radio Muqdisho in 1952. "I am extending condolence...

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...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek authorities have seized a Tanzanian-flagged ship heading for Libya and carrying materials used to make explosives, the coastguard said on Wednesday. The vessel was detected sailing near the Greek island of Crete on Saturday. Authorities found 29 containers carrying materials including...

President says that if legislation on libel was stronger 'you wouldn’t have things like that happen where you can say whatever comes into your head' President Donald Trump has hit out at “very weak” libel laws in the US as he branded an explosive new book detailing...

Barcelona (AFP) - Barcelona and Liverpool have agreed a deal in principle for Philippe Coutinho to move to the Spanish giants in a deal worth up to 160 million euros ($192 million), reports in Spain said Saturday. Barcelona-based Sport newspaper said Coutinho would join Barca this month on a contract for...

At least nine people have been killed overnight amid ongoing nationwide anti-government protests that began last week in various cities across Iran. Iranian state television confirmed on Tuesday that six demonstrators were killed during a raid on a police station in Qahdarijan. According to state media, the...

sraeli army detained 6,742 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank in 2017, according to data released by Palestinian organizations on Sunday. In a joint statement, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)-linked Palestinian Committee of Prisoners and Released Prisoners' Affairs, Palestinian Prisoners Committee,...

Value Added Tax (VAT) has been introduced in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for the first time. The 5% levy is being applied to the majority of goods and services. Gulf states have long attracted foreign workers with the promise of tax-free living. But governments...

Djibouti's ambassador to Ankara stressed the importance of strengthening military ties between the two countries and said the country is open to welcome a Turkish military base in its territories, which already hosts the U.S., Franch, Chinese and Japanese bases Djibouti is open to any...

Turkey and Sudan have agreed to establish a strategic cooperation council and to increase trade tries, sealing an "historic" visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Khartoum. Erdogan's arrived in the Sudanese capital on Sunday as part of a three-day trip that also includes stops in...