Residents look at a crater caused by a missile launched by Iran on U.S.-led coalition forces on the outskirts of Duhok ,Iraq, January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Ari Jalal Iran launched missiles at U.S.-led forces in Iraq early on Wednesday, retaliating for the U.S. drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing last week stoked fears of

Iranian lawmakers chant slogans as some of them hold posters of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone attack, in an open session of parliament, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Iran’s parliament has passed an urgent bill declaring the U.S. military’s command at the Pentagon in Washington and

Miguna Miguna traveling to Kenya. [Source/Miguna Miguna/Facebook] Exiled lawyer Miguna Miguna has finally boarded a Nairobi-bound aircraft after hours of uncertainty at Frankfurt airport in Germany. Miguna left Canada on Monday but was temporarily halted in Germany, after Lufthansa airline claimed the government of Kenya had barred it from ferrying him. However, Government Spokesperson Col

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives to speak about Iran, Tuesday Jan. 7, 2020, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) The U.S. won’t issue Iran’s foreign minister a visa to travel to the United Nations later this week, contending there was not enough time to process the request. Mohammed Javad Zarif told

Mourners attend a funeral ceremony for Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his comrades, who were killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone strike on Friday, in the city of Kerman, Iran, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. The leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatened on Tuesday to “set ablaze” places supported by the United States over the

St. Louis Park’s Nadia Mohamed sees a “new era” of inclusivity. Standing before City Clerk Melissa Kennedy, Nadia Mohamed took the oath of office Monday as an at-large member of the St. Louis Park City Council. Shortly after wrapping up her first day on the job Monday as a recruiter for a merchandising company in

FILE – In this Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020, file photo, this photo provided by the U.S. Army, paratroopers assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division walk as they prepare equipment and load aircraft bound for the U.S. Central Command area of operations from Fort Bragg, N.C. A push led by pro-Iran factions to

President Uhuru Kenyatta at a past function [Source/State House/Twitter] Activist Boniface Mwangi has asked President Uhuru Kenyatta-led government to withdraw the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) from Somalia to protect the nation from incessant attacks by Al Shabaab terror militia. In a tweet on Monday, Mwangi said that the recent attack in Lamu has exposed Kenya’s

British Army soldiers on training. /COURTESY. NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 6 – Kenyan police have arrested three men who tried to force their way into a British military camp in central Kenya, according to an internal police report seen by AFP Monday. The men were arrested at 5pm on Sunday, just hours after Al-Shabaab Islamists stormed

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo (left) and his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta during a press conference in Nairobi on November 14, 2019. Somalia’s diplomatic relations with Kenya will in 2020 be tested depending on the outcome of the maritime boundary case which is due to be determined in June. As Mogadishu and Nairobi appeared to