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US Secret Service and local police apprehended a suspect at a Donald Trump campaign rally on Saturday after someone in the crowd shouted "gun" but no weapon was found. In a statement, the federal agency said an investigation was continuing, but US media in Reno...

  A Southwest Airlines flight leaving Louisville, Kentucky was evacuated Wednesday after a passenger's Samsung phone began emitting smoke. Flight 994 was evacuated on the runway prior to take-off after a passenger's Samsung Galaxy Note 7 — described as a replacement in Samsung's global recall of...

A paper by US Naval War College student urges the United States Government to recognise Somaliland, writes Liban Ahmad Next May Somaliland will have celebrated the 28th anniversary   of unilaterally seceding from Somalia. Any news that could boost the chance...

By Jimmy Golen U.S. claims 6 of top 10 spots among men, 2 of top 4 women BOSTON - The Kenyans are back in Boston after a relative lull that saw them shut out in the world's most prestigious marathon twice in the past three years. More...

Democrats were projected to take control of the House late Tuesday and pick up some governorships, but Republicans were poised to expand their majority in the Senate, delivering a split verdict in the first national referendum on Donald Trump’s presidency. The most expensive and consequential...

The BBC World Service will launch 11 new language services as part of its biggest expansion "since the 1940s", the corporation has announced. The expansion is a result of the funding boost announced by the UK government last year. The new languages will be Afaan Oromo,...

by Chris Isidore President Trump says he wants to keep out people who threaten the security of the United States. But his policies are discouraging tourists and threatening the American travel business, experts say. One study forecasts a 10.6 million decline in visitors this year and...

The United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit cleared Dahabshiil, a Somali-owned international money transfer firm on Friday of allegations raised by one Harbi Hussein in an attempt to link the reputed remittance company to terror financing. The case was filed in April 2016 against Dahabshiil...

At an extraordinary press conference, the US president said new order will 'comprehensively protect our country'. US President Donald Trump said he will issue a new executive order to replace his controversial directive suspending travel to the United States by citizens of seven mainly-Muslim countries. At...

Up until the final results were announced, Israeli news media reported that whoever took this election, it would not be good for Israel. Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley reports from East Jerusalem.