The Chicago Cubs’ pursuit of star third baseman Alex Bregman — a journey that began last offseason — has culminated in ...

Mogadishu — Somalia said on Thursday that a precision air strike carried out last month in the town of Jilib, in the Middle Juba region, killed two senior Al-Shabaab commanders, including the group's ...

Somaliland’s Re-Recognition :Correcting a Distorted Narrative. Somaliland is a self-governing, peaceful, and democratic state located in the Horn of Africa. For more than three decades, it has ...

Betty Boop and “Blondie” are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain. The first appearances of the classic cartoon and comic characters are among the pieces of intellectual ...

Though no Jews live there today, the African territory has a history of Jewish merchants, and a tribal clan with a crypto-Jew origin story from centuries before Israel’s recent recognition ...

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss Israel’s announced recognition of Somaliland, a self-declared independent region of Somalia. The move drew ...

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Israel has taken the controversial decision to recognise the breakaway state of Somaliland as an independent nation, sparking condemnation from many other countries. Israel became the first in the ...

Upon gaining independence from British colonial rule on 26 June 1960, Somaliland received full recognition from35 states, including all permanent members of the UN Security Council. On 1 July 1960, it ...

Somalia continues to make important strides in advancing its economy and institutions. Following the completion of Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative in 2023 and the accession to the East ...

When Binyamin Netanyahu announced last Friday that Israel was recognising Somaliland as an “independent and sovereign state”, Somalia described the decision as a deliberate attack on its sovereignty ...