As Somalia marks three decades since a dictator fell and chaos engulfed the country, the government is set to hold a troubled national election.
Or is it?
Two regional states refuse to take part, and time is running out before the February 8 date when mandates expire. A parliament resolution allows President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and lawmakers [...]

As the Biden administration considers whether it should pull the remaining U.S. troops out of Afghanistan in the coming months, some fear for the fate of an American who could be left behind: an abducted contractor believed held by a Taliban-linked militant group. 
On the one-year anniversary of Mark Frerichs’ abduction, family members and other supporters [...]

Pakistan-based Haqqani Network, blamed for the terror attack on Sikhs in Kabul in March last year, has discussed the formation of a new joint unit with al-Qaeda, according to the US treasury department. In an assessment of its work to counter terror financing and money laundering, the treasury department also provided information of close links [...]

Former US President Barack Obama’s administration knowingly funded a sanctioned affiliate of the pan-Islamist banned terror outfit al-Qaeda, as per a recently released report of a US Senate committee. The report is based on a probe by the office of the Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) into the Obama administration’s approval of a [...]

Members of Islamic State, which also is known as Daesh are moving to Afghanistan and opening a new jihadist front, according to Khaama Press News Agency report. Faryab, Naqibullah Fayaq, the provincial governor said Juma Bay, an Uzbek national-led Daesh group is also operating in the region, adding that the group has been living with [...]

Christine Douglass-Williams   Sharia stipulates that homosexuality is punishable by death, and this punishment is still implemented in many Sharia states. Days ago in Indonesia, two gay men pleaded for mercy as they were caned 77 times each, after neighbors reported them to the Islamic religious police. The Hadith directs harsh punishment against homosexuals: “The Messenger of Allah (peace [...]

Russian police have issued a strong warning against participating in protests planned for Sunday to call for the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin’s most prominent foe.
The warning came amid detentions of Navalny associates and opposition journalists and a police plan to restrict movement Sunday in the center of Moscow.
Navalny was arrested [...]

When government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has successfully received coronavirus vaccines from India, vested interest groups, mostly affiliated with BNP-Jamaat nexus have started nefarious propaganda against the vaccine with the agenda of spreading wrong perception about the COVID-19 vaccines. Although most of the social media and vide sharing sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram [...]

In recent days, American financial markets have been gripped by the saga of a video game retailer’s soaring stock price.
GameStop, which makes most of its money selling video games in stores across America, saw its stock price rise as much as 1,700% this week, backed by fans who believe it is unfairly undervalued by large [...]

Climate isn’t the only thing changing. 
What comes next in the nation’s struggle to combat global warming will probably transform how Americans drive, where they get their power and other bits of day-to-day life, both quietly and obviously, experts say. 
So far, the greening of America has been subtle, driven by market forces, technology and voluntary actions. [...]