Abdiwahab Ahmed

A burst of gunfire shattered calm in one of Kyiv’s greenest neighborhoods, ending with Ukrainian police killing a man accused of shooting at pedestrians, seizing hostages inside a supermarket and refusing to negotiate in an attack that left six people dead. Ukraine's Security Service said authorities were treating the shooting as a terrorist act. In his nightly video address, President Volodymyr Zelensky said the violence unfolded in the leafy Holosiivskyi district, where 14 people were wounded, among them a 12-year-old boy.…

Pope Leo XIV moved to tamp down talk of a clash with President Donald Trump, saying he regretted that recent remarks had been taken as a rebuttal to the US leader and stressing that he had no desire to engage in a public dispute. Speaking to journalists while travelling to Angola, the Pope pointed to a speech he delivered on Thursday in Cameroon — during the second leg of his African tour — in which he spoke of "tyrants" ransacking the world. He said the text had been prepared well before Mr Trump's "comment on myself and on…

A diplomatic row at the heart of government has erupted around Keir Starmer after it emerged that the Foreign Office overrode a security vetting recommendation to approve Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to the US. The prime minister and Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper have both lost confidence in Foreign Office permanent under-secretary Olly Robbins over the affair, and he is expected to leave the role, according to reports. Security officials had originally refused to grant Mr Mandelson clearance, before Foreign…

Live updates: Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz Middle East

Live updates: Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz Middle East

After a brief signal from Tehran that the Strait of Hormuz was open again, at least eight oil and gas tankers moved through the vital waterway, according to maritime tracking data, offering a fleeting glimpse of relief before Iran appeared to tighten control once more. Data from tracking firm Kpler showed that one crude oil tanker, four liquified petroleum gas carriers, two oil and chemical tankers and one vessel classified as an "oil products" ship crossed the strait following the Iranian announcement yesterday afternoon.…

Mogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) — A major greening push kicked off in the capital as the Banadir Regional Administration joined forces with Somalia’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change to plant trees at Hamar Municipal Hall, marking the close of National Tree Planting Week, officials said. Tree-planting drives unfolded across every district in the Banadir region during the week, part of a concerted effort to restore degraded areas and bolster urban green space. Officials confirmed that the campaign signals the…

Washington’s trust with Tehran collapsed last February, when talks over Iran’s nuclear programme fell apart after the United States, alongside Israel, launched their joint operation known as Epic Fury. Now, as Washington and Tehran work with Pakistan to broker an end to the violence, rebuilding confidence has become central to the diplomatic push. The Vice President’s entry into the US negotiating team may be a sign that the White House wants to accelerate progress, especially given JD Vance’s long-held doubts about foreign…

Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz on a temporary basis after a ceasefire deal in Lebanon, fueling hopes that diplomacy could gain traction, while warning that the vital shipping lane could be shut again if the recent US Navy blockade of Iranian ports continued. Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in a social media post that the strait, one of the world’s most sensitive arteries for energy shipments, would remain open to all commercial traffic for the duration of the US-brokered 10-day truce. The ceasefire was struck on…

Netflix is heading into a pivotal stretch without the executive who helped build it from scratch, as Chairman Reed Hastings prepares to leave the streaming company he co-founded 29 years ago. Hastings, 65, is stepping away at a difficult moment for the business. Netflix is trying to unlock new growth as sales come under pressure from intensifying competition, while a potentially transformative merger with Warner Bros Discovery collapsed in February. Late yesterday, Netflix projected current-quarter earnings per share below…