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  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned late Monday night, following reports that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence and other officials about his contacts with Russia. His departure upends Trump's senior team after less than one...

(CNN)One day after a shooting left five people dead at a mall north of Seattle, authorities arrested a 20-year-old suspect Saturday after an overnight manhunt that left the city on edge. Arcan Cetin is suspected of killing four women and a man Friday night at...

Canadians can't be blamed for missing the anti-Islamophobia motion that passed in parliament last week. If you Google it, you won't get a single hit in mainstream media: not in CBC, not in Postmedia, not in the Globe and Mail, nowhere. In fact, when this...

President-elect Donald Trump speaks to his supporters moments after being declared the winner in the 2016 presidential election.

The nation's first elected Somali-American lawmaker says she was harassed and called "ISIS" by a taxicab driver in Washington, D.C. Minnesota Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar detailed the incident on her Facebook page on Wednesday. She said the cab driver called her ISIS, lobbed sexist taunts and...

FORT PIERCE, Fla. –  The Islamic community says it will repair and reopen the arson-damaged Florida mosque that was occasionally attended by Orlando nightclub gunman Omar Mateen. Hamaad Rahman, assistant imam of the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce, said the mosque's approximately 100 members are...

By Teresa Welsh-twelsh@mcclatchy.com On Nov. 8, she is set to become the first elected Somali-American woman in the country. She’s running for a seat in the Minnesota House, and with no opponent on the ballot, is virtually assured victory. She won her August primary with the...

The competitors for the White House have faced off in what could have been the most-watched presidential debate in US history. A record 100 million people were expected to watch the first debate between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, televised from in New...

Few outsiders can be said to have played a more important role in fighting colonialism and apartheid in Africa than Fidel Castro. In fact, so widespread was Fidel’s involvement in the anti-colonial struggles in Africa that it is easier to point to countries where Cuba...

Donald Trump's popularity has surprised those on all sides of the political spectrum. The self-proclaimed billionaire businessman turned reality TV star turned presidential candidate has captured and polarised the public in equal measure. But with the US presidential election less than two months away, what...