Third hijacking attempt off Somalia seen signaling return of piracy
The brief hijacking of a Lebanese-registered ship has drawn attention to the resurgence of piracy off the coast of Somalia, after five years of inactivity.
Pirates boarded the OS 35, a cargo ship, Saturday evening but then abandoned it Sunday before naval forces rescued the...
Somaliland and Taiwan inked Medical Cooperation Agreement
By: Horndiplomat Staff writer
In order to deepen bilateral medical cooperation, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Jaushieh Joseph Wu and Liban Yusuf Osman, Acting Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development of the Republic of Somaliland co-signed the...
K’Naan wraps HBO series pilot set in Somali community
By JEFF BAENEN
Rapper K'Naan has faced backlash over the pilot of his HBO Show Mogadishu, Minnesota.
MINNEAPOLIS—For Somali-Canadian rapper K’naan, the story he is trying to tell in his proposed HBO series Mogadishu, Minnesota is one he has lived: an immigrant coming to America and...
The UK remains deeply concerned by recent tensions between Somaliland and Puntland.”UK Minister of Foreign and Commonwealth
Horndiplomat-The UK Minister of State Commonwealth and UN Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon in this week Speaking of UK's Parliament says his government deeply concerned the recent tensions between Somaliland and Puntland .
Question by The Marquess of Lothian Asked on Foreign and Commonwealth Office
To ask Her Majesty's Government...
Cairo’s ‘Summit for Peace’ ends without any breakthrough on Gaza ceasefire
By: TRT WORLD
Cairo's "Summit for Peace" was meant to be a diplomatic breakthrough towards a ceasefire in Gaza, but its failure revealed what one analyst called the "fault lines" between Muslim, Arab countries and Western states on the...
Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh confirms he will step down
Leader of 22 years announces on state television that he has decided to relinquish power.
Gambia's Yahya Jammeh confirms he will step down
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh, who for weeks had refused to step down after losing the recent election, has confirmed that he has decided...
Kenya’s high court declares government order to close world’s biggest refugee camp “Dadaab”
Kenya's high court declares government order to close world's biggest refugee camp "null and void".
Kenya's high court has said it would be unconstitutional to close the world's biggest refugee camp, which houses more than 200,000 people who have fled war in neighbouring Somalia.
In a...
Barack Obama vows retaliation against Russia for meddling in US elections
WASHINGTON
President Barack Obama said Thursday the United States will retaliate against Russian hacking aimed at interfering in the US election.
"I think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections that we need to take action,"...
TCG Anadolu: Türkiye’s largest warship and world’s first drone carrier
By: TRT WORLD
Türkiye's largest warship and the world's first unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) carrier, have been delivered to the country's navy on Monday.
The move, which will bolster Turkish naval capacities, also...
Bangladesh:Missing Somali students surrender to Dhaka police
These students told the police that they went into hiding after not being able to pay their tuition fees
Six Somali students, presumed to be missing for a year, surrendered at a police station in Dhaka on Monday. The students submitted a bond to the...