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North Korea held a mass celebration for the scientists involved in carrying out its largest nuclear blast to date, with fireworks and a mass rally in Pyongyang. Citizens of the capital lined the streets Wednesday to cheer buses carrying the specialists into the city, and...

Voters in Kenya will head to the polls on October 17 after the Supreme Court annulled last month's election. But politics in Kenya often go hand in hand with ethnicity and tribal loyalties. Elections in Kenya have caused heightening and even incitement of these...

With the Turkey hosted international sanctioned talks between Somaliland and Somalia having stalled, banter over airspace administration is now being effected at the VOA Somali service. Representing the two formerly united countries that parted ways in 1991 at the the on air war of words...

Mass suspension due to complaints over judges' rulings apparently first step in new president's promised judicial reforms By Hassan Istiila MOGADISHU, Somalia Somalia's Chief Justice Ibrahim Iidle Saleeban on Tuesday suspended 18 judges in the capital Mogadishu, in response to public complaints about their rulings, according to...

By NATION TEAM More by this Author President Uhuru Kenyatta and his main rival Raila Odinga were on Tuesday locked in a fresh standoff over the date of the repeat presidential election. The National Super Alliance rejected the October 17 date announced by the Independent Electoral and...

This edition of the program is about US continued interventions in Somalia. It talks about recent killings of 10 innocent civilians, including 3 children, in Somalia at the hands of US soldiers. http://178.32.255.194/ptv//program/20170905/0905_aft.mp4 SOURCE:PRESSTV

  Antonio Guterres steps up pressure on authorities, warning of ethnic cleansing against Muslim minority in Rakhine state. The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of the risk of ethnic cleasing in Myanmar as he appealed to the country's authorities to end violence against Rohingya Muslims in...

Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban with FCO  The United Kingdom (U.K.) on Monday (September 4) renewed its travel advisory for Eritrea cautioning its citizens against all travel to borders of the country. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said nationals should avoid all travel within 25km of...

Malaysia and Turkey yesterday condemned escalating human rights violations targeting the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar's Rakhine state. Malaysia summoned Myanmar's ambassador U Sein Oo to the foreign ministry where Kuala Lumpur registered its "deep concern regarding the escalation of violence", warning that it could...

The president of Kenya has reacted to the Supreme Court’s annulment of his re-election by saying there’s a ‘problem’ with the judiciary which must be 'fixed'. Uhuru Kenyatta's also described the judges as crooks and thugs. His rival Raila Odinga - who complained last...