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By: FOX5 Federal investigators have arrested a former Somali army officer who is now living in Springfield, Virginia. Homeland Security Investigations says 69-year-old Yusuf Abdi Ali, a.k.a. "Tukeh," committed human rights abuses against...

By:· CBC News  On Tuesday, the United Nations officially marked the day the global population reached eight billion people. It's not an exact science. It may have happened weeks or months ago or may not even...

By :Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — A Democratic candidate is poised to become the first Somali American to serve in the Maine Legislature after her challenger dropped out of the race. Republican Fred Sanborn-Silvers'...

By: Zakeriye Ahmed, Horn diplomat correspondent Over the weekend, the US killed Al-Qaeda's top leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the CIA in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. Ayman Al-Zawahiri was the...

By:AP ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Dutch woman has been convicted of raising money for the Somali terrorist group al-Shabab, according to a federal prosecutor. Farhia Hassan, 38, was convicted Tuesday of conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, Jessica Aber, U.S....

By: Zakariye Ahmed WASHINGTON - Hamse Warfa, the deputy commissioner of Minnesota's Department of Employment and Economic Growth, was appointed as a senior advisor to the State Department of Biden-Harris Administration.   Deputy Commissioner Hamse Warfa said. “I am grateful to Governor Tim Walz and DEED Commissioner Steve Grove...

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN SOURCE:CNN NEWS Deqa Dhalac saw it in their faces when she started campaigning. Some people, she says, seemed scared to open their doors when she knocked. Others saw her hijab and assumed she didn't speak English. But Dhalac kept knocking and telling her story. And...

By: CBC   Mayran Kalah acted as an interpreter to help grandmas group share history, knowledge with next generation Mayran Kalah is a Somali language interpreter and also acts as an essential human channel that connects her Somali community in Winnipeg intergenerationally. Kalah is part of the Somali...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Here on KGW, in honor of Black History Month, we're saluting local people who are breaking barriers and inspiring their community. We call them "Changemakers." We've featured leaders in the nonprofit world and in business. And today, we're focusing on "Changemakers" in politics. That certainly describes Nafisa Fai....

By William Cooper Jeff Bezos announced last week that he is stepping down as Amazon's CEO. He built Amazon from scratch. He also built Blue Origin – a pathbreaking spacecraft company – on the side. In the process, Bezos became the richest person of all time. How did he do it? The key...