Former Somali leader Ali Khalif Galaydh , Twin Cities professor is mourned
By:STARTRIBUNE
A former Somali prime minister and Minnesota resident who devoted much of his life to rebuilding the east African country's democratic institutions has died.
Ali Khalif Galaydh earned a reputation as an elder statesman in Somalia after a long career in politics that continued until...
Iran says extension of sanctions act shows U.S. unreliable
A U.S. Senate vote to extend the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) for 10 years shows the world that Washington cannot be relied upon to act on its commitments, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday.
Iran has vowed to retaliate against the ISA...
What does the world expect from Donald Trump.?
In November 2016, the electorate college of United States reported that Donald Trump won the US Presidential election after more than one year of an intense rivalry between Trump from the Republicans and Hillary Clinton from Democrats. The Republican also dominated and won both the congress and the...
Trump-Taiwan call: China lodges protest
China's foreign ministry says it has lodged a complaint with the US after President-elect Donald Trump spoke to Taiwan's leader in a phone call.
China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province. US policy set in 1979 cut all formal relations with Taiwan.
However, Mr Trump's transition...
Trump Couple, Now White House Employees, Can’t Escape Conflict Laws
By ERIC LIPTON and JESSE DRUCKER
WASHINGTON — The husband-and-wife team of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, now both senior federal government officials, has been alongside President Trump as the White House has hosted dozens of chief executives and a handful of world leaders in...
My Parents’ Country, in the Grip of the Shabab
By ASAD HUSSEINOCT. 21, 2017
NAIROBI, Kenya — One evening in August, I climbed onto a dusty old truck in the Dadaab refugee camp in the eastern Kenyan desert, about 50 miles from the border with Somalia. A tarpaulin in the truck bed covered the...
Jamila Gordon: The CIO who escaped the Somali Civil War
By:Byron Connolly (CIO)
“There’s literally nothing that can happen in business that can even compare to the challenges I faced early in my life."
Somalian born senior tech executive Jamila Gordon, owes her life to her quick-thinking father. Just before the Somali Civil War broke out...
Hillary Clinton condemns ‘highly disturbing’ plot to car bomb building home to Somali Muslim immigrants
Hillary Clinton has condemned a “highly disturbing” plot by a Kansas militia group to blow up an apartment complex home to numerous Somali immigrants.
The Democratic presidential candidate “applauded” law enforcement and said Americans had to stand firm against “terror” and reject “hateful and divisive...
Canada has appointed a former Somali refugee to lead its immigration and citizenship ministry
During his cabinet reshuffle on Jan. 10, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau tapped a former Somali refugee to lead the country’s immigration, refugees, and citizenship ministry. Ahmed Hussen, a lawyer, and community activist came to Canada in 1993 at the age of 16 after...
US Pilots Warned of Powerful Lasers Coming From Near China’s Djibouti Base
The US military warned Friday that pilots near Djibouti airspace should exercise “extreme caution,” as high-powered lasers are reportedly emanating from near China’s naval base there.
"There have been multiple lazing events involving a high powered laser in the vicinity of N1135.70 EO4303.14," US aviation safety officials...
