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By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and MAGGIE HABERMANJUNE 12, 2017 WASHINGTON — A longtime friend of President Trump said on Monday that Mr. Trump was considering whether to fire Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating possible ties between the president’s campaign and Russian officials. The...

Facebook has announced that it now has two billion monthly users. The company reached the milestone today, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealing the news in a post on his Facebook page. "As of this morning, the Facebook community is now officially 2 billion people!" he wrote. "We're...

Organization (FAO) recently declared that millions of citizens in the Horn of Africa face food shortages. Owing to a persistent lack of rainfall between October and December, as many as 12 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are in dire need of food...

Newspaper cites 10 current and former officials in report of serious intelligence breach caused either by a mole or hacking of covert communication system The Chinese government “systematically dismantled” CIA spying operations in the country starting in late 2010 and killed or imprisoned at least...

WASHINGTON, November 10, 2021 — The World Bank Group today announced the 21-month debarment of Africa Development Professional Group Ltd. (ADP), a company that provides consultancy and advisory services on management, investments, business solutions, corporate finance and business development, in connection with a fraudulent...

By James Loxton and Javier Corrales April 20 at 6:00 AM Anti-government protesters face tear gas in Venezuela   On April 19, opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro held the largest protest so far that month in Caracas. Footage showed them crossing a river to avoid tear...

Rebecca Samervel| Aug 2, 2017, 01:05 PM IST MUMBAI: A special court on Tuesday convicted 15 Somali pirates, nabbed in 2011, and sentenced them to seven years in jail. The accused who have spent six and a half years in jail will be deported to...

Mo Farah has announced that he wants to be known by a different name as he embarks on his road career. The four-time Olympic gold medallist, who brought the curtain down on his championship track career with a gold and a silver at the World...

Born and raised in Somalia, Abdulqafar Abdullahi’s life path was interesting, often exciting, but not always easy. After high school, he won a scholarship to an Indian university, where he earned both a Bachelor’s degree in economics and a Master’s degree in business administration. He...

President-elect Trump conceded for the first time that Russia was behind the hacking of Democratic institutions during the presidential election, saying at a news conference that, “I think it was Russia” — though a few minutes later he said perhaps it was another country. But...