Long-term Somali refugees living in Ethiopia have been given the chance to raise their own livestock as a means of making a sustainable livelihood and potentially settle their families outside the camp where they are living.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Operations at Aden Adde International Airport were disrupted Tuesday after workers went on strike to protest the recent dismissal of several employees by Favori LLC, the Turkish company managing Somalia’s main airport.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Hassan Shire, the Somali-born Executive Director of DefendDefenders and Chairperson of AfricanDefenders, has been honored with the Shield Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades-long dedication to protecting and empowering human rights defenders across Africa.

A Romanian who raped a doctor in a city centre street has been jailed for nine years and branded 'a danger to women' by a judge.

[MSF] Port Sudan -- As starved people continue trying to flee atrocities committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are providing urgent care to those who have reached the town of Tawila. Here MSF is witnessing extreme levels of acute malnutrition, in what is now the most severe example of a malnutrition crisis that has gripped Sudan since the start of the war.

[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms over parts of Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, and KwaZulu-Natal.

[allAfrica] Accra, Ghana -- Millions of children sit in classrooms across Africa but leave unable to read a simple sentence or solve basic math problems.

The Russian Foreign Minister recalled that the current New START was extended shortly after former US President Joe Biden took office, just days before the treaty was set to expire

«The most recent nuclear weapon test was carried out by North Korea in 2017,» the top diplomat recalled

The top Russian diplomat noted that it is inappropriate to speak about a simultaneous announcement by Moscow and Washington of their intentions to carry out these kinds of tests

Budapest summit was earlier postponed indefinitely because the two sides could not agree on how to achieve a meaningful result in settling the Ukrainian conflict

Robert Kadlec, who is seeking the post of assistant to the secretary of war, stated that nuclear options should be developed to address certain potential regional conflicts

TEHRAN – A delegation of the World Health Organization (WHO) paid a visit to the Iranian Drug Control Headquarters on Monday to explore avenues for expanding cooperation, particularly in the prevention and treatment of drug addiction.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has ordered a relentless pursuit to apprehend all individuals involved in the devastating i20 car blast near the Red Fort. The high-intensity explosion claimed at least 12 lives and injured 30, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh vowing that perpetrators will face severe justice.

The Supreme Court denied bail to an alleged ISIS operative, stating it was the «best morning to send a message» after a recent terror blast. The court noted a prima facie case against the accused for attempting to create a «ring of terror» and directed the trial court to expedite proceedings within two years.

Bharadwaj said, «Sympathy has no value if the government cannot even provide an ambulance for the families to retrieve the bodies. The Home Minister came to Delhi's largest hospital, and the Chief Minister came and said that everything is going fine, but the families of the deceased are being told that the bodies are lying there, and they should arrange for an ambulance themselves. This is very heartbreaking and wrong.»

CEO of the Russian online retailer Alexander Shulgin noted that the discussion on changes in trade regulation is underway now

A Ukrainian pilot was also involved in the recruitment on the part of Ukrainian intelligence

Sergey Shoigu said that Russian-made weapons and vehicles supplied to Egypt have become a major element of strengthening the comprehensive system of its defense

The acceptable profitability level of defense production is 5-10%, Oleg Evtushenko added

The surge in sales is primarily due to the upcoming increase in recycling fees and the subsequent price hike, Director of the Avtostat analytical agency Sergey Tselikov said

We asked women how they felt about Trump right after he won the election. One year later, we caught up with them to see how they feel now.

People are influencing politics and increasingly finding food for their families by telling their stories of economic struggle online in ways that were not possible even a few years ago.

There were seething accusations of capitulation at eight Democratic-aligned senators who broke ranks to join Republicans in voting to end the shutdown.

SINGAPORE – Tempted by fast cash, a man agreed to be a «dummy director» of multiple companies, and one of them later processed US$1 million (S$1.3 million) in scam proceeds in its bank account.Tan Yew Sin also tried to deposit a cashier’s order for over $7 million in scam proceeds for another company.Both firms – Accord Technology and Huachang Trading – were shell companies with no legitimate businesses, the court heard.On Nov 10, Tan, 24, a Singaporean, was sentenced to two years and three months’ jail after he pleaded guilty to offences including those linked to the benefits of criminal conduct.Deputy Public Prosecutor Grace Teo told the court that Tan had earlier responded to a job advertisement on messaging platform Telegram in May 2021.He was then directed to an unidentified person known only as «Lerex», who offered him $5,000 to become a nominee director for “people from overseas who want to do business in Singapore”.Without asking for more details, Tan accepted the offer and shared information such as his identity card number and full name with Lerex.

Employers of lower-wage workers should give salary increases between 5.5 and 7.5 per cent, said the National Wages Council (NWC).At a press conference on Tuesday (Nov 11), the NWC released new wage guidelines that will cover the period from Dec 1, 2025, to Nov 30, 2026, and are applicable to all employees in unionised and non-unionised firms and in both public and private sectors. «This year's guidelines involved extensive discussions amongst tripartite partners,» said NWC chairman Peter Seah, who added that the significant uncertainties facing the global economy were also taken into consideration.«To narrow the wage gap between LWWs (lower-wage workers) and the median wage worker over this decade, wages of LWWs must consistently grow faster than the median wage,» said the council in its annual guidelines on pay and employment issues.It suggests that employers who have done well should provide their lower-wage workers with a built-in wage increase at the higher end of the stipulated percentage range, or a hike of at least $105 to $125, whichever is higher.

A town council cleaner made a startling discovery on Tuesday (Nov 11) morning when he stumbled upon more than 100 e-vaporisers stored in an electrical riser compartment of a HDB block in Tampines.The incident reportedly took place at about 5am at Block 494D Tampines Street 43.Huang Youcai (transliteration), a newspaper vendor, told Shin Min Daily News that he usually starts work at about 2am and was approached by the cleaner at about 5am.According to Huang, 70, he then went to the block where he found a black luggage and a plastic bag containing e-vaporisers stored in the said electrical riser compartment.«I took the items back to my stall and called the police,»  Shin Min quoted him as saying.The report said that the footage taken by Huang shows eight boxes — each containing 10 e-vaporisers — in the luggage, with at least another two boxes in the plastic bag. The police arrived at about 9am and seized the vapes.

The eastern part of Kupyansk, a key frontline city in Ukraine, has been fully captured by Russian forces, the MOD has reported Read Full Article at RT.com

Mutasim Ahmed Saleh has highlighted the country’s deepening humanitarian crisis, citing a sharp rise in poverty driven by war Read Full Article at RT.com

US President Donald Trump has reportedly threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion amid a scandal over unethical edits of a speech Read Full Article at RT.com

China’s top gay-dating apps have been removed from the local Apple Store on orders from the internet regulator, Wired reports Read Full Article at RT.com

Indian security agencies are focusing on the terrorism angle as part of a probe into Monday’s car blast in New Delhi Read Full Article at RT.com

TEHRAN – Tehran mayor Alireza Zakani and Spain’s ambassador to Iran, Antonio Sánchez Benedito Gaspar, met here on Tuesday, exploring ways to boost collaboration, particularly in areas related to urban management.