Somaliland’s de facto leader makes ‘historic’ visit to Israel

JERUSALEM: Somaliland’s de facto leader Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi met his Israeli counterpart on Sunday in Jerusalem in his first-ever state visit, which comes months after Israel officially recognised the breakaway African state.

In December, Israel became the first country to recognise the independence of Somaliland since it declared its autonomy from Somalia in 1991 following a civil…

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'Illegal, unacceptable': Pakistan, 13 other nations condemn Somaliland's announcement of opening embassy in Jerusalem

Pakistan, along with 13 other nations, on Sunday condemned the “illegal and unacceptable step” of the so-called Somaliland opening a “purported” embassy in occupied Jerusalem, terming it an “infringement on the legal and historical status of Jerusalem,” the Foreign Office (FO) said.

Somaliland is a breakaway region of Somalia.

In December 2025, Israel became the first country to formally…

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12 countries, including Pakistan, condemn Israel’s move to appoint envoy to Somaliland

Twelve countries, including Pakistan, on Saturday expressed “their strongest condemnation” at Israel’s announcement of appointing a diplomatic representative to Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland, according to a joint statement shared by the Foreign Office (FO).

The statement was issued by the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, Libya, Bangladesh, Algeria, Palestine,…

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A Plan to Stop ICE From Stealing the Midterms

A campaign to ban Immigration and Customs Enforcement from polling places would provide a concrete, winnable demand that unions, student organizations, and immigrant and democracy defense groups could organize around today, months before the election.


Donald Trump is trying to get Americans used to seeing ICE officers everywhere — including at voting locations in the fall. A national…

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Send Me, Jesse Said

Woefully belatedly - but seeking hope and light - we honor the remarkable life of Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, who over six decades "stepped forward again and again and again" to fight for racial, social, economic justice for millions of the disenfranchised. At a moving "Homegoing," his kids offered soul-stirring tributes to the impassioned, "prophetic voice" of a man of faith who doggedly…

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How Local Elected Officials Are Trying to Check ICE

Democrats in Congress may be failing to meaningfully check ICE, but that’s not the story in towns and cities. There progressive and socialist lawmakers are working with local movements to craft ways to push back on the agency’s authoritarianism.


Cities across the United States are figuring out how to slow ICE’s reckless authoritarian roll. (Sara Diggins / The Austin American-Statesman…

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Senate deplores Netanyahu’s plan to forge alliances with India, others against Muslim nations

ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution condemning Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s remarks about a plan to ally with India and other countries to counter Muslim nations.

The resolution moved in the House by PPP’s Palwasha Mohammad Zai Khan deplored the continued provocative steps and statements by the Israeli leadership that threatened the regional and international…

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What We’re Watching: Violence roils Mexico after killing of cartel leader, Cuban security forces exit Venezuela, Somalia seeks to appease US

Killing of Mexican cartel boss sparks uprisings

In a major victory for its efforts to diminish cartels, the Mexican government said Sunday that it had killed the leader of one of the country’s most powerful cartels, with intelligence support from a new US military-led task force. Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes , known as “El Mencho,” led the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which…

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Trump’s New Banner of His Face Shows Irony Is Dead

The Department of Justice’s headquarters in Washington now features a banner of Donald Trump.

The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, also called Main Justice, on Thursday became the latest federal building to get plastered with a portrait of the supreme leader—in a symbolic blow to the agency’s independence.

After the Watergate Scandal, the Department of Justice installed new…

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Meet the Candidate Challenging Iowa’s Most Sacred Cow: Ethanol

A retired water scientist named Chris Jones is running in the Democratic primary for secretary of agriculture in Iowa. That may not sound like a blockbuster race. But Jones is an unusual candidate: It’s rare for anyone on the ballot in Iowa to be so critical of the state’s total commitment to the ethanol industry. If Jones receives even slightly more support than expected in the primary, it may…

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