Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines testifies on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, April 29, 2021, during a Senate Armed Services Hearing to examine worldwide threats. CNN By Katie Bo Williams Afghanistan is no longer the US’ top concern among international terrorist threats to the American homeland, the nation’s top spy said at an intelligence

Halima Aden at the International Women of Power Awards in August 2021. Photograph: Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock The Guardian By Priya Elan The trailblazing former model has criticised the ‘desperate’ fashion world and says she always felt like an outsider Halima Aden, the trailblazing Somali-American modest fashion model who quit last year, has said she felt

This combination of photos provided by the North Korean government on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, shows long-range cruise missiles tests held on Sept. 11 -12, 2021 in an undisclosed location of North Korea. North Korea says it successfully test fired what it described as newly developed long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, its first known

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed who on September 12, 2021 called on Somali political leaders to shun political discord which may jeopardise the gains made in the country. AFP/Ashraf Shazly. By Xinhua News Agency United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed on Sunday called on Somali political leaders to shun political discord which may

File Photo/Somali Times Halima Mohamed, the wife of Prof. Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad, who spoke to the media in Nairobi, Kenya, said that the abduction of her husband, Abdiwahab, has revealed that he was involved in the office of the Prime Minister of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble. Last Wednesday, Prof. Abdiwahab was abducted in central Nairobi,

Credit: Business Daily Africa Nairobi City skyline. At least 11 unidentified and unclaimed bodies are currently lying at the Garissa Referral Hospital mortuary, HAKI Africa, a Mombasa-based human rights organization has said. Haki Africa released a statement on Saturday following a visit to Garissa County saying the bodies were recovered from River Tana on diverse

Credit: Plymouth Live/The Jamaican yacht Kahu was brought into Plymouth by the National Crime Agency, Australian Federal Police and the Border Force. Plymouth Live By Lee Trewhela Six men have been arrested following the dramatic operation More than two tonnes of cocaine worth around £160m has been seized and six men arrested in a dramatic

File – In this Feb. 20, 2020, file pool photo, a member of the U.S. Air Force stands near a Patriot missile battery at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. The U.S. has removed its most advanced missile defense system and Patriot batteries from Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan Air Base in recent weeks, even

By Anadolu Agency UN Human Rights Office says Taliban should ensure freedom of peaceful assembly, expression The UN Human Rights Office on Friday called on the Taliban to “cease the use of force” against peaceful demonstrators, journalists documenting the events in Afghanistan, and women protesters. At a UN news conference, Ravina Shamdasani, a spokeswoman for

A photograph appeared on the Internet Journalist Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad . Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad, a Somali-Kenyan commentator and scholar who was a staunch supporter of President Mohamed Abdullahi, has been abducted in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Abdiwahab went missing on Wednesday, August 8, according to his family, who searched all military bases, but received no