64 h. ago Somalia: President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Announces Official Recognition of Northeast Region

Las Anod, Somalia — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday officially announced the recognition of the Northeast as a federal regional state of Somalia, granting it the same rights and status as other member states within the country.

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4 d. ago Sanadkan cusub iyo kaalinta uu ku jiro Baasaboorka Soomaaliya

=XIGASHO BBC SOMALI= Tusmada Baasaboorka Henley (Henley Passport Index) waxay isbarbardhigtaa helitaanka safar-fiiso-la’aan ah ee 199 baasaboor oo kala duwan, kuwaas oo loo safri karo 227 meelood oo caalamka ah. Haddii aan fiiso loo baahnayn, baasaboorkaasi wuxuu helayaa dhibco qiimaheedu yahay 1. Sidoo kale waa sidaas haddii aad heli karto fiiso markaad timaaddo (Visa on […]

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5 d. ago Claudette Colvin, US civil rights trailblazer, passes away at 86

Claudette Colvin: The Girl Who Sat and Would Not Move On a humid morning in Montgomery, Alabama, a 15-year-old girl sat on a city bus and, in a single quiet act, stared down a system that had been telling her she was worth less for as long as she could remember. Claudette Colvin was not […]

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7 d. ago Irishman Wrongfully Detained in Iran Says Locals Live in Fear

Seven Months Behind Bars, a Survivor Returns with a Simple Plea: Watch Iran’s People The man who walked back into Dublin from an ordeal in Iran carries more than a passport and a battered suitcase. He carries a story that smells of diesel and tea, of carpet dust and hospital antiseptic — a story about […]

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8 d. ago Human rights group says Iran protests killed over 500 people

Night Smoke and Morning Fear: Iran’s Unrest Through the Eyes of Streets That Won’t Sleep By the time dawn leaked through the smog and chant-stained night, Tehran’s avenues already felt like a line drawn across two realities. On one side: the familiar rhythm of traffic and tea vendors. On the other: burn marks on asphalt, […]

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1 week ago Former CIA Operative Convicted of Soviet Espionage Passes Away

A Quiet End to One of the Cold War’s Most Infamous Betrayals On a winter morning that felt like a page turning in an old spy novel, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons confirmed that Aldrich Ames, the Central Intelligence Agency officer whose treachery shook the intelligence world, has died in custody at age 84. There […]

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1 week ago Media watchdog condemns Israel’s Gaza reporting ban, urges restored access

Locked Out: How Journalists Are Battling for a Right to Witness in Gaza On a grey morning in Jerusalem, a small group of foreign correspondents sat hunched over lukewarm coffee, scrolling through a government filing that felt like a last straw. The Israeli cabinet had told the Supreme Court it would continue to forbid independent, […]

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2 w. ago Ireland’s Taoiseach heads to China as Beijing deepens EU ties

When Dublin Meets the Dragon: Why Ireland’s Leader is Heading to China Now When Micheál Martin boards a plane tomorrow bound for Beijing, he will be carrying more than a passport; he will be carrying the anxious hope, cool calculation and stubborn optimism of a small nation with outsized ambitions. This will be the first […]

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2 w. ago Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, passes away at 35

Tatiana Schlossberg: A Life Measured in Questions, Climate Stories — and a Mother’s Lasting Gaze There are moments when news arrives like weather: a gray band of cold that settles without warning. The notice that Tatiana Schlossberg had died — at just 35, after a battle with acute myeloid leukemia — landed like that. Her […]

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