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Trump refuses to pledge to respect a Clinton win, at last debate

Donald Trump refused Wednesday to say that he would respect an eventual Hillary Clinton victory in the US presidential race, threatening at his final debate with the Democrat to keep the country "in suspense." Trump — perhaps the most controversial presidential candidate in half a...

NAM and Astral join forces for Red Cross aid flights to Somaliland

Network Airline Management (NAM) has transported over 57 tonnes of urgent relief goods on behalf of the Canadian Red Cross to a field hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland. The cargo, mainly IV fluid, was flown from Liege in Belgium to Nairobi on a wet-leased B747-400F operated by Kenya-based carrier...

Watch:Somalian family of 9 arrives safely in Kansas City

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KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) -A mother and her eight children from Somalia just landed in Kansas City thanks to a stay on President Donald Trump's travel ban. As judges decided if the ban will remain or not, local groups are helping the refugees relocate to...

Rumana Ahmed:I Was a Muslim in Trump’s White House

In 2011, I was hired, straight out of college, to work at the White House and eventually the National Security Council. My job there was to promote and protect the best of what my country stands for. I am a hijab-wearing Muslim woman––I was...

When A Somali-American Woman Was Attacked, Support Came From An Unlikely Source

Asma Jama was out to dinner with her family at an Applebee's in Coon Rapids, Minn., in October 2015, when a woman seated nearby starting getting angry. Why? Jama, who is Somali-American and Muslim, was speaking Swahili and wearing a hijab. The woman, Jodie Bruchard-Risch,...

Barack Obama says ‘yes we did’ in final speech as president of US

President Barack Obama addressed America and the world for the final time as president Tuesday, in a speech that was both a tearful goodbye and a call to arms. Capping his eight years in the White House, Obama returned to his adoptive hometown of Chicago...

The UAE’s hunt for its enemies is challenging its alliance with the United States

By Kareem Fahim, Missy Ryan DUBAI — As a vicious civil war erupted in Yemen two years ago and triggered international alarm, the United States warned the combatants to step back. But its efforts were quietly undermined by one of the most trusted U.S. regional...

US submarine arrives in South Korea as envoys meet

Flurry of diplomacy under way as North Korea reportedly marks military anniversary with large-scale artillery drill. A US submarine has arrived in South Korean waters, while envoys from the United States, Japan and South Korea met in Tokyo to discuss rising tensions with North Korea. Pyongyang reportedly...

Russia expels diplomats from 23 countries as spy row worsens

Move is in retaliation for wave of ejections of Russian officials after alleged poisoning on ex-spy and daughter. Russia has expelled 59 diplomats from 23 countries as the dispute over the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in Britain worsens. The move on Friday was...

Taiwan President Tsai meets US House Speaker McCarthy in LA

President Tsai Ing-wen (left), chats with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in Reagan Library. (Twitter, Kevin McCarthy photo)
By: Taiwan newsTaiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday morning (April 5) met with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in Greater Los Angeles, marking a major milestone in Taiwan-U.S. relations. At 10 a.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday,...