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BY BETHANY ALLEN-EBRAHIMIAN The global security picture is growing ever more complicated for the new U.S. president. The United States will send several dozen troops to help train Somali forces in their fight against the al Qaeda-linked militant group al Shabab, Pentagon officials said Friday, the...

BY:Jillian Kestler-D'Amours The advocate for girls' right to education worldwide is only the sixth person to ever receive the symbolic title. Toronto, Canada - Pakistani education activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has become only the sixth person, and the youngest, to receive honorary...

By Steve Scherer and Crispian Balmer | LUCCA, ITALY The Group of Seven major global powers were joined by Middle Eastern allies on Tuesday in a push to isolate Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, hours before the U.S. secretary of state flies to Moscow, Assad's top...

Two items of news from Somalia — the Trump administration’s lowering the level of accountability for U.S. bomb and drone attacks, and the onset of famine — are not unrelated. The country has been the site of civil war, enhanced by intense international involvement, since...

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...

Washington - President Donald Trump has boosted the US military's authority to step up air strikes in the fight against Islamist insurgents in Somalia, the Defense Department said on Thursday. According to a Pentagon official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the new leeway accorded...

The United States welcomes H.E. Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre’s announcement of the Council of Ministers and applauds the Prime Minister for his effort to create the government promptly to hasten the new administration’s ability to address the critical security and humanitarian challenges facing...

By:Shehab Khan, Simon Calder @shehabkhan No American carriers are impacted by the ban, which involves devices larger than a mobile phone Donald Trump’s administration has banned airline passengers from eight Middle Eastern and North African countries from carrying large electronic devices. No American carriers are impacted by...

By Julia Edwards Ainsley | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department is developing plans to temporarily reassign immigration judges from around the country to 12 cities to speed up deportations of illegal immigrants who have been charged with crimes, according to two administration officials. How many judges...

By:Matt Broomfield @hashtagbroom United Kingdom comes joint-fourth, behind Germany in top position, while countries on Donald Trump's 'Muslim ban' list rank among worst for ability to travel freely A German passport remains the most powerful across the globe, while its British equivalent is growing weaker, according to the 2017...