Israel to shut down Al-Jazeera’s Jerusalem office Storyline:National News, World Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to shut down the Jerusalem office of the Al-Jazeera’s news network, he said Thursday. “I have instructed [law enforcement] to close Al-Jazeera’s Jerusalem office because… 2 mins read
3 mins read Storyline:Business, World Lagarde: US-based IMF may move HQ to China IMF chief Christine Lagarde says the International Monetary Fund may move its headquarters to Beijing in a decade if China and other big emerging markets continue to grow. In 10…
3 mins read Storyline:National News, World Egypt: No compromise in dispute with Qatar Foreign Minister tells EU’s Mogherini that Qatar must accept in full demands by Egypt, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Egypt has said that the four Arab states will accept no…
5 mins read Storyline:Science & Tech, World US Muslim groups welcome changes to Google results Queries about Islam and Muslims on the world’s largest search engine have been updated amid public pressure to tamp down alleged disinformation from hate groups. However, activists who have worked…
5 mins read Storyline:Science & Tech Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam a threat to downstream Nile states, including Egypt The government of Ethiopia is currently constructing the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Once complete, the dam will be the largest hydropower facility in Africa (about 6,000 MW) – nearly triple…
6 mins read Storyline:National News, World Senate advances on healthcare, with dramatic return by McCain U.S. Senate Republicans narrowly agreed on Tuesday to open debate on a bill to end Obamacare, but the party’s seven-year effort to roll back Democratic President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare…
2 mins read Storyline:Business, National News HirShabelle accuses Puntland of run-away inflation as traders display sacks of fake notes HirShabelle President Ali Abdullahi Osoble has accused Puntland of flooding his state with counterfeit Somali notes plunging traders into massive losses as they hold on to fake notes exchanged for…
2 mins read Storyline:Business, National News Regional administrations accuse federal government of ignoring their input on telcom bill Three regional administrations have accused the federal government of mischief over the newly introduced Telecommunications bill even as they raised objections regarding some articles in the bill. In a statement…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Somaliland appoints former diplomat Adna Aden special envoy to secession talks with Somalia Somaliland President Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo has appointed former diplomat Adna Adan Ismail Special Envoy to negotiations with Somalia which collapsed in March 2015. President Silanyo announced in a decree Tuesday…
3 mins read Storyline:National News, Security Somalia and Amisom start talks on security transition ahead of 2018 draw-down Security chiefs and senior government officials are meeting with Amisom officials in a four day meeting in Mogadishu to map out a transition road map as Somalia prepares to take…