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Saturday May 9, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — North Western State of Somalia stepped up its push for foreign investment on Thursday, as a delegation led by Trade and Tourism Minister Abdirahman Hassan Nur met with Israeli business representatives in Addis Ababa to explore deeper commercial ties. In a statement, North Western State of Somalia’s Ministry of Trade and Tourism said the discussions centered on broadening economic cooperation across agriculture, energy, technology, infrastructure, financial services and healthcare. The…

The war’s reach hit Hamas’ leadership circle again when an Israeli airstrike killed the son of the group’s chief negotiator in US-mediated talks on Gaza’s future, a senior Hamas official said, as Hamas leaders gathered in Cairo to try to shore up their fragile truce with Israel. Azzam Al-Hayya, the son of Khalil Al-Hayya, died of wounds sustained in an Israeli strike overnight, according to health officials and Hamas officials. He was the fourth son of Hamas’ exiled Gaza chief to be killed in Israeli attacks. The Israeli…

Israeli airstrikes hit southern Lebanon with deadly force, killing 13 people, the country’s health ministry said, including residents of a town where the Israeli military had ordered an evacuation despite a ceasefire still being in place. According to the ministry, the heaviest toll came in Habboush, where eight people were killed, among them a child and two women, while 21 others were wounded - an increase from an earlier casualty count. In Zrariyeh, four people were killed in separate strikes, including two women, and…

At least three people were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, Palestinian health officials said, in the latest attack to hit the enclave despite a ceasefire meant to halt the fighting. Medics and witnesses said the strike hit a busy area of Gaza City near a position where local police had been deployed to guard a bank. In a statement, Gaza's interior ministry said the strike targeted a police patrol. Reuters has previously reported that Israel has stepped up attacks on Gaza's Hamas-run police force, which the militant…

Bound by grief that might once have kept them apart, an Israeli father and a Palestinian father are instead using friendship as their strongest argument for peace. Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin, who stood on opposite sides of the conflict as young men, now describe themselves as "family" and say they have devoted their lives to fostering respect and understanding between their peoples. The pair were in Dublin to address an event hosted by the charity Trócaire. They are no strangers to Ireland, having travelled across the…

Sunday April 19, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) - Yemen’s Houthi movement has sharply criticized what it described as Israeli meddling in North Western State of Somalia, calling the issue a “red line” and warning that any Israeli foothold in the region could inflame already tense dynamics across the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea. In a statement released Saturday, the Houthis’ foreign ministry accused Israel of trying to set up a base in North Western State of Somalia, the self-declared breakaway region in northern Somalia. The group…

Efe Ozkan and Seyit KurtSaturday April 18, 2026 State Minister Ali Mohammad Omar says Mogadishu rejects recognition of breakaway region, warns of security risks in Red Sea corridorANTALYA / ISTANBUL Somalia’s state minister for foreign affairs has accused Israel of undermining Somali sovereignty after recognizing a region within North Western State of Somalia, saying the move could deepen instability in a strategically sensitive part of the Horn of Africa. Speaking to Anadolu on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum,…

With diplomacy and battlefield rhetoric colliding, Israel's security cabinet met tonight to weigh a possible ceasefire in Lebanon, according to a senior Israeli official, more than six weeks after a war with Hezbollah spun out of the wider US-Israeli confrontation with Iran. Earlier in the day, US President Donald Trump suggested the war with Iran might be nearing an end, telling the public to brace for an "amazing two days". Another senior Israeli official said Benjamin Netanyahu's government was facing intense pressure…

A possible diplomatic opening has emerged in one of the region’s longest-running fault lines, with US President Donald Trump saying leaders of Israel and Lebanon are expected to speak after a high-level face-to-face meeting in Washington on Tuesday — the first such negotiation since 1993. "Trying to get a little breathing room between Israel and Lebanon. It has been a long time since the two leaders have spoken, like 34 years. It will happen tomorrow," Mr Trump wrote, offering no further details and not specifying who would…

A fresh burst of Israeli fire has killed at least six Palestinians, among them two children, in separate incidents across Gaza, local health officials said, adding another strain to the fragile US-brokered ceasefire. In Gaza City, four people, including a young child, were killed when a strike hit a police vehicle, according to the Hamas-run Interior Ministry. The ministry said one of those killed was a police officer and that nine bystanders were wounded, some of them critically. Farther north, near Jabalia, three-year-old…