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Turkish and US missions mutually restrict services, say they need to reassess each other's commitment to staff security. Turkey on Sunday suspended non-immigrant visa services at all Turkish diplomatic facilities in the United States, in a tit-for-tat move amid escalating tensions between the NATO allies. Just...

The U.S. ambassador to Somalia Stephen Schwartz has resigned, citing personal reasons, the embassy confirmed Friday. An emailed statement to VOA said the ambassador resigned September 29. It provided no further details. Schwartz was sworn in as the 13th United States ambassador to Somalia in June...

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said on Thursday that his country would exert utmost efforts for peace and stability in Somalia. "We have conducted comprehensive talks, the ultimate goal of which is to employ Sudan's potentialities to achieve peace, stability and unity in Somalia," said al-Bashir...

Google has built a pair of headphones that can translate foreign languages in real time. The Pixel Buds are like a real-world equivalent of the Babel fish, the famous fictional creature from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. They both translate and enable you to speak...

Turkish leader links Israel's Mossad to Kurdish referendum, while Iranian president blames 'foreign sectarian plot'. By:Ted Regencia   Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for "more decisive action" in response to the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG)'s attempt to split from Iraq, as he joined his Iranian counterpart...

Authorities in the Spanish region of Catalonia have launched a strike in protest against the central government's forceful opposition to the region's secession vote. Nearly 900 people were injured as hundreds of riot police attempted to shut down polling stations on October 1. Catalans held...

Horndiplomat-Political and military analyst, said that the Turkish military base which was opened a few days ago in Somalia, not for training, they "represent a clear threat to Saudi and Egyptian national security as well as Sudan and Yemen". Last Saturday, Turkey opened a military...

Turkey has opened its largest overseas military base in Somalia, cementing its relationship with the war-torn nation and strengthening its strategic place in the African continent. The $50 million base was opened on Saturday (Sept. 30) and will train more than 10,000 soldiers. The move...

Somalia’s president has condemned the violence in the US city of Las Vegas which led to the death of 59 people late on Sunday, Somalia’s local Garowe Online reported. Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo rejected the notion of violence and terrorism and passed condolences over to the...

More than 50 people were killed in the worst mass shooting in modern American history when a lone gunman opened fire into an outdoor country music festival from the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel on Sunday night, police said. More than 200 people...