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By: Euronews To mark World Refugee Day, Euronews profiles two Somalis and traces their journeys from arrival in the Nordics to their breakthroughs as politicians. _In the Nordic region, the first Somalis arrived in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Later, as Somalia's civil war became more intense,...

By: Daily Sabah The number of foreigners visiting Turkey increased by 308.48% in May compared to the same month of the previous year, according to data released by the Culture and Tourism Ministry on Monday. The ministry revealed that some 3,824,555 people visited the country in...

By: Info Migrants Two private rescue ships, the Sea-Eye 4 and the Aita Mari, have carried out rescues relatively close to each other not too far off the Libyan and Tunisian coasts. Sea-Eye 4 rescued 63 migrants on Tuesday and Aita Mari carried out a...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), chairman and ranking member of the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, today applauded committee passage of their Somaliland Partnership Act,...

By: Aljazeera Anger is spreading in the Middle East over disparaging comments made by an official of India’s ruling party about the Prophet Muhammad, with various countries summoning New Delhi’s envoy and demanding a public apology. The United Arab Emirates – a close India ally –...

By:HOL Two Somali men were shot dead early Saturday morning by armed robbers in Strand, a seaside resort town in the Western Cape, South Africa. Abdirashid Ahmed Sheikh Muhudin and Mowlid Ahmed Adde were killed when armed robbers individually targeted their shops. The suspects managed to escape...

By: Al Arabiya English Saudi Arabia launched an electronic visa processing app for pilgrims planning to perform Umrah, Minister of Hajj Tawfiq bin Fawzan al-Rabiah said in a press conference on Thursday. The visa will be issued within 24 hours of applying, Saudi daily Okaz cited...

By:ASHARQ AL-WSAAT A delegation from Djibouti, led by Chairman of the Djibouti Ports and Free Zone Authority Aboubaker Omar Hadi, held talks with members of the Saudi business community at the Federation of Saudi Chambers in Riyadh on Tuesday. Discussions tackled the economic and investment opportunities...

By: Zakeriye Ahmed, Horn diplomat correspondent The US appoints Ambassador Michael A. Hammer (Mike) as a special envoy for the Horn of Africa, to replace David Satterfield, as the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on Wednesday. Ambassador Mike Hammer's appointment comes...

By:Ahram Egypt’s Public Prosecution ordered on Friday the release of a Somali girl pending investigation after police and medical examinations pointed to the plausibility of her argument of self-defence against a rape attempt by slain tuktuk driver. According to the prosecution, on 17 May, the prosecution...