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Sorry, but when I decide who to vote for on Election Day, it will be the person I think can best represent the country, not the candidate that will most impress my boyfriend.

Anti immigration party calls for new Somali PM to be stripped of his Norwegian passport

By David Millward The anti-immigration Progress Party is objecting to Hassan Ali Khaire holding dual nationality, The Local reported. Whereas the overwhelming majority of countries in Europe allow dual nationality, including the rest of Scandinavia, it is outlawed in Norway. Mr Khaire, 46, arrived in Norway in...

G7 powers seek broad support to isolate Syria’s Assad

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...

Canada has appointed a former Somali refugee to lead its immigration and citizenship ministry

During his cabinet reshuffle on Jan. 10, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau tapped a former Somali refugee to lead the country’s immigration, refugees, and citizenship ministry. Ahmed Hussen, a lawyer, and community activist came to Canada in 1993 at the age of 16 after...

Turkish president receives Ethiopian premier in Ankara

By: MoDuale Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali of Ethiopia, who is in Turkey for an official visit, with an official ceremony at the Presidential Complex. After the national anthems of Turkey and Ethiopia were played, Prime Minister Ahmed Ali of...

Saudi-led bloc modifies demands to end Qatar crisis

The four Arab nations leading a boycott of Qatar are no longer insisting it comply with a list of 13 specific demands they tabled last month. Diplomats from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt told reporters at the UN they now wanted...

Putin defies calls to expel US envoys

President Vladimir Putin has said he would not expel any Americans in response to Washington turfing out dozens of Russian diplomats over alleged election interference. The Kremlin strongman's shock decision came after Russia's foreign ministry asked him to send home 35 US diplomats in a...

Condoleezza Rice on Donald Trump: Enough!

Add former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s name to the growing list of Republicans calling for Donald Trump to drop out of the presidential race. Rice, who first served as the national security adviser to President George W. Bush before becoming secretary of state, wrote...

Uganda Says Two More Ebola Cases Confirmed in Kampala Hospital

FILE PHOTO: A person dressed in Ebola protective apparel is seen inside an Ebola care facility at the Bwera general hospital near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Bwera, Uganda, June 14, 2019. REUTERS/James Akena?/File PhotoREUTERS
By: REUTERS - Two more people in an isolation unit of Uganda's main hospital have tested positive for Ebola, bringing total cases recorded in the facility to five, the health minister said on Sunday.

Ohio university attacker named as Abdul Razak Ali Artan

Student at university rammed car into crowd before attacking them with knife in possible terrorist act Colombus: A university student, reportedly of Somali descent, rammed his car Monday into a crowd of people at Ohio State University and attacked them with a butcher knife, injuring...

Trump discusses concern over Qatar dispute with Gulf, Arab states in calls

U.S. President Donald Trump spoke separately to the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar on Sunday to discuss his "concerns about the ongoing dispute" between Qatar and its Gulf and Arab neighbors, the White House said. Trump, who is spending a long weekend...