Mogadishu (HOL) — The Somali Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs has announced the cost of the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage, setting the price at $4,604 per pilgrim. The price marks a modest increase from last year due to rising travel and accommodation costs in Saudi Arabia, sparking renewed concerns about affordability for many Somali pilgrims.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia has officially joined the United Nations Security Council as a non-permanent member for the 2025-2026 term, a move lauded as a step in elevating the country's global standing. At a flag-raising ceremony at the UN headquarters in New York, Somalia was celebrated alongside four other newly elected members: Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, and Panama.

Muna Abdulahi talks strategy, community and leveraging cultural stereotypes in season two of the show, where she competed for a $154,000 prize.

It is the latest announcement in the Government's NHS Elective Reform Plan and will be unveiled by Sir Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting tomorrow.

Like many Americans, I'd been fed the narrative that pasta and pizza in Italy are 'better' than the US and cut down on bloating, fatigue, and blood sugar. I took a glucose monitor to Italy to find out.

EXCLUSIVE: Pop star Allen, 39, played detective by joining the app herself, pretending to be 'looking for women' - and found her husband David Harbour , 49, had already set up a dating profile.

EXCLUSIVE: Speculation is mounting in Westminster that ministers are drawing up radical reforms that will dramatically overhaul the way elections are held - and potentially 'lock in' a Labour Party majority.

Baena's body was discovered by an assistant on Friday in the Los Feliz property they purchased in 2022 and officers responded to the home at 10:25 am.

She had accidentally left her carry-on luggage at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and only remembered it when she was already back in Singapore. When she returned to KL two days later, the bag was found thanks to a thorough five-hour search by airport police. The woman, identified as Wang Liyue (transliteration), told Shin Min Daily News that she had flown to Osaka, Japan to attend a conference in December. As she could not get a direct flight back to Singapore, she opted to fly to KL before returning home via car. Said Wang, who works in academic publishing in the field of biology: «After touching down at the airport on Dec 20, I had to go through two security checks. After passing through the first check, I was busy preparing for the second check.» As the driver of the vehicle was getting impatient, Wang hurriedly rushed out, bringing only her check-in luggage with her. «I believe my friend had helped me to carry my bag to the security checkpoint, hence after it was done I didn't take it with me,» said Wang. She only realised to her horror that her bag was missing once she returned home.

SINGAPORE – More help will be provided to Singaporeans in February, when the new Budget is announced. During a visit to Jalan Besar GRC on Jan 4, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said he knows that many Singaporeans are concerned about challenges such as the cost of living, and the Government is dealing with that head-on. On Jan 3, $300 worth of CDC vouchers was disbursed to every Singaporean household. PM Wong said: “I hope this will be a good start for you, and it will help you as you prepare for the year ahead. “We will continue to provide more help for Singaporeans. The Budget is coming next month.” He added: “So we will continue to look at schemes and programmes and ways in which we can provide more help for Singaporeans, for cost of living, for your daily concerns and, importantly, to help all of us realise our dreams and aspirations together.” With 2025 also marking the Republic’s diamond jubilee, or SG60, PM Wong said people can see how much Singapore has progressed, because everyone worked together, especially the Pioneer and Merdeka generations.

SINGAPORE - As a graphic designer, Mr Pow Jun Yang's lifelong dream was to stage his own art exhibition. This became an item on his bucket list, when the 31-year-old bachelor was told recently by doctors that he has about three months left to live. Diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in early 2023, he has since exhausted all treatment options, including several cycles of chemotherapy. He has stage 4 urachal cancer, which arises in the urachus or its remnants. The urachus connects the umbilical cord to the bladder in a foetus, and usually closes before birth. While shocked, Mr Pow initially thought he could overcome the cancer, given his young age. But all the cycles of chemotherapy and operations he underwent to tackle the cancer failed to bring good news. Around May 2024, his doctors told him that he probably had a lifespan of around six months left. He has since outlived those six months. «I just tell myself to take each day at a time,» he said. Around November, his doctors gave him a three-month prognosis. That spurred him into action - to try to turn his dream of holding an art exhibition into reality.

Zakharova recalled that on January 4, as a result of a targeted drone attack by militants of the Kiev regime, Izvestia freelance correspondent Alexander Martemyanov was killed

TASS has assembled the main information about the incident

His parents were injured

Senior administration officials had reservations about calling Nippon Steel’s takeover proposal a “national security risk.”

A civilian car carrying several reporters was attacked by a Ukrainian kamikaze drone near the Donbass town of Gorlovka Read Full Article at RT.com

Fortresses fell and fronts shifted in a transformative year in the conflict Read Full Article at RT.com

The US supplied “a lot of weapons” to Kiev in the months before the conflict between Kiev and Moscow started, Antony Blinken has admitted Read Full Article at RT.com

The outgoing US President Joe Biden has handed out the Presidential Medals of Freedom to distinguished individuals Read Full Article at RT.com

Chancellor Karl Nehammer has announced his resignation to enable an “orderly transition” after months of coalition talks have failed Read Full Article at RT.com

«Michael J. Fox is an actor who has won five Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Grammy Award. He is a world-renowned advocate for Parkinson’s disease research and development,» the White House said in a statement announcing the recipients.

Due to the fall of the projectile, damage both to the area of the crossing and adjacent to the humanitarian truck compound were identified.

The education sector is reeling over the passing of beloved primary school principal O’Neil Stevens, whose death the education ministry says is a «profound loss» to the nation. 

Costa Rican national, Roy Compos, who entered the «wrong house» in the Caribbean Estate gated community in St Catherine after having too much to drink in December, has been fined $300,000 or three months’ imprisonment for house breaking. 

The Trelawny police are investigating the death of an 83-year-old farmer whose body whose body was discovered at his residence in First Hill in Jackson Town in the parish on Friday. 

A 54-year-old janitor from Brown’s Town in St Ann has been charged with theft involving approximately $290,000 from a business in the parish last year.  

Erling Haaland and English Premier League football club Manchester City might just be turning the corner after the team's worst run of results under Pep Guardiola.

SINGAPORE – Nicknamed Quicksilver Quah for his skill and speed, striker Quah Kim Song plundered plenty of goals for the Lions during his career, including a match-winning brace in the 1977 Malaysia Cup final as Singapore beat Penang 3-2 in front of thousands of fans at Kuala Lumpur’s Merdeka Stadium. But in front of 40 family members at the Church of St Mary of the Angels on Jan 4, the confident former footballer was a bundle of nerves. For the day marked an even more significant milestone, as he was about to marry Ms Sylvia Lim, the Workers’ Party (WP) chairwoman who is no stranger to delivering fiery speeches in large-scale rallies. The 72-year-old told The Straits Times: “Even the priest remarked that I looked nervous, and I was. “But Sylvia was very calm and even led the Responsorial Psalm effortlessly.” In the evening, Ms Lim posted on social media a black-and-white photo of the newly-weds walking hand in hand down a corridor, looking elegant in matching tailor-made white outfits. Her caption read: “For richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health.”

The company is about to pour first concrete as part of the construction, the Russian company’s Director General Alexey Likhachev said

The person, Svetlana Larina, editor-in-chief of the Bloknot Donetsk news organization, was injured in the attack

Karl Nehammer also promised to step down as head of the People's Party and ensure an orderly transition

A German cabinet spokesperson told TASS that the report was not true

The UN opposes any attacks on journalists, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General, Farhan Haq

Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav states the govt will address public concerns over the Bhopal gas tragedy waste incineration in Pithampur, awaiting further court orders. Protests, including attempted self-immolation, erupted in response to waste transport, demanding transparent actions to ensure safety.

Divers discovered the wreck of a probable European warship near Kalpeni island, Lakshadweep on Saturday. The ship, dating back to the 17th or 18th centuries, includes a cannon and anchor, suggesting historic maritime battles. Further underwater archaeological research is needed to uncover more details and confirm its origins, as the coral growth obscures precise identification.