Author: boodhari

The flow of Russian gas to several European countries was halted on New Year’s Day after Ukraine refused to renegotiate a transit deal amid war with Moscow. Ukraine’s unwillingness to renew the five-year-old transit agreement aims to rob Russia of revenue that Moscow can use to fund its war, but the move will likely create an energy crisis in Eastern Europe, with Transnistria – a breakaway Moldovan region – cutting heat and hot water supplies to households It brings to a final end what was once Russia’s dominance of the EU energy market,” Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull, reporting from Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, said. Before the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia supplied some 35 percent of Europe’s pipeline natural gas exports With the shutdown of Russia’s oldest gas route to Eur...

Ivory Coast says French troops to leave country after decades In a televised address, President Alassane Ouattara announced the ‘organised withdrawal’ of French troops would begin almost immediately. Ivory Coast has announced that French troops will leave the country this month after a decades-long military presence, becoming the latest African nation to downscale military ties with its former coloniser. In an end-of-year address to the nation on Tuesday, President Alassane Ouattara said the 43rd BIMA marine infantry battalion at Port-Bouet in Abidjan – where French troops were stationed – “will be handed over” to Ivory Coast’s armed forces as of January 2025 Ivory Coast has become the latest African country to expel France’s military from its nation. In a televised address, Pr...

Cities around the world are getting ready to ring in 2025 in style. Auckland was the first major city to welcome 2025 with thousands of revellers counting down to the New Year and cheering at colourful fireworks launched from New Zealand’s tallest structure, the Sky Tower, and a spectacular downtown light show Countries in the South Pacific are the first to ring in the New Year with midnight in New Zealand striking 18 hours before the ball drop in Times Square in New York. In Australia, fireworks blasted off the Sydney Harbour Bridge and across the bay to welcome the New Year. More than a million people had gathered at Sydney Harbour for the celebration featuring British pop star Robbie Williams, who led a singalong with the crowd. The upcoming Year of the Snake in the Asia...

Kooxda Daacish ayaa weerar culus saakay ku eekeeyay deegaanka Dharjaale ee gobolka Bari, halkaasi oo ku sugan yihiin ciidamo uu horkacyo guddoomiye ku-xigeenka baarlamaanka Puntland Maxamed Shire Baari. Ugu horreyn Saciid Deni ayaa isbitaalkaBoosaaso ku booqday qaar kamid ah askartii kusoo dhaawacantay dagaalkii maanta oo yimid, kadib markii xubno ka tirsan kooxda Daacish ay saaka weerar kusoo qaadeen fariisin ay ku sugnaayeen ciidanka Puntland. Dagaalka ayaa dhaliyay khasaare soo kala gaaray labada dhinac, waxaana Puntland ay sheegtay inay dishay xubnobadna oo ay ku jiraan ajaaniib ka tirsanaa Daacish. Dhinaca kale madaxweyne Saciid Deni oo wareegto soo saarya ayaa magacaabay guddiga taakulaynta iyo daryeelka dhaawacyada ee hawlgalka ciribtirka argagixisada ee Puntland, kaas oo k...