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The TV journalist on a happy childhood in Mogadishu, his first taste of a British boarding school, and the first, unbelievable taste of fatherhood Our family home in Mogadishu was in an area lined with trees, very green and the sun was always shining. I...

BY JOHN HALTIWANGER President Donald Trump, who's famous for his restless Twitter fingers, hasn't said a thing about Saturday's horrific terrorist attack in Somalia. At least 300 people were killed and roughly 300 more injured in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, by two devastating car bombs. The Somali government has blamed the incident—which represents the...

The Somali musician Hassan-Nour Sayid — known by his stage name, Aar Maanta — and his band, the Urban Nomads, were supposed to be in Minnesota last week, where they were to kick off a monthlong internship of performances and workshops set up through...

Heather Nauert, US state department spokesperson, said on Thursday the US would establish an "observer mission" to replace its representation at the Paris-based agency. In a statement announcing its withdrawal, Israel called the US administration's decision "courageous and moral", and accused UNESCO of becoming a...

Argentina beat Ecuador 3-1 in Quito Chile fall to Brazil and miss out on next year’s finals   Uruguay, Argentina and Colombia qualified for next year’s World Cup after a dramatic last round of South American fixtures that also saw Peru clinch a playoff spot against...

Turkish and US missions mutually restrict services, say they need to reassess each other's commitment to staff security. Turkey on Sunday suspended non-immigrant visa services at all Turkish diplomatic facilities in the United States, in a tit-for-tat move amid escalating tensions between the NATO allies. Just...

The U.S. ambassador to Somalia Stephen Schwartz has resigned, citing personal reasons, the embassy confirmed Friday. An emailed statement to VOA said the ambassador resigned September 29. It provided no further details. Schwartz was sworn in as the 13th United States ambassador to Somalia in June...

Google has built a pair of headphones that can translate foreign languages in real time. The Pixel Buds are like a real-world equivalent of the Babel fish, the famous fictional creature from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. They both translate and enable you to speak...

Somalia’s president has condemned the violence in the US city of Las Vegas which led to the death of 59 people late on Sunday, Somalia’s local Garowe Online reported. Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo rejected the notion of violence and terrorism and passed condolences over to the...

More than 50 people were killed in the worst mass shooting in modern American history when a lone gunman opened fire into an outdoor country music festival from the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel on Sunday night, police said. More than 200 people...