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US embassy in Israel to move to Jerusalem by end of 2019, US VP Pence says

The U.S. embassy in Israel will move to Jerusalem before the end of 2019, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence told Israeli parliament, the Knesset on Monday. "In the weeks ahead, our administration will advance its plan to open the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem — and...

Somali citizens count cost of surge in US airstrikes under Trump

The Guardian has investigated scores of reports of US-led strikes targeting al-Shabaab, which have risen to unprecedented levels Dozens of civilians have been killed and wounded in Somalia as US-led airstrikes against Islamist militants increase to unprecedented levels, a Guardian investigation has found, raising fears that Washington’s...

Why some African Americans are moving to Africa

Accra, Ghana - They have come from the big cities of San Francisco, Chicago, and New York. Thousands of them. And many refuse to return. A new wave of African Americans is escaping the incessant racism and prejudice in the United States. From Senegal and Ghana to The Gambia, communities...

Prominent Somali female singer , Khadija Abdullahi Daleys dies in Canada

Mogadishu (HOL) - Veteran Somali female musician, Khadija Abdullahi Dalees passed away on Monday in Toronto, Canada, Somali government confirmed. Confirming her death, Somali Information Minister, Abdirahman Omar Osman said Dalees was the first female singer heard on Radio Muqdisho in 1952. "I am extending condolence...

Donald Trump suggests he wants US law to limit free speech in wake of publication of explosive new book

President says that if legislation on libel was stronger 'you wouldn’t have things like that happen where you can say whatever comes into your head' President Donald Trump has hit out at “very weak” libel laws in the US as he branded an explosive new book detailing...

Iran death toll rises as protests continue

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At least nine people have been killed overnight amid ongoing nationwide anti-government protests that began last week in various cities across Iran. Iranian state television confirmed on Tuesday that six demonstrators were killed during a raid on a police station in Qahdarijan. According to state media, the...

Somali refugee passes bar exam, runs for Ohio House

By Jim Siegel  The Columbus Dispatch Before Ismail Mohamad could become possibly the first Somali-born attorney licensed to practice in Ohio, he first had to convince his family that he was pursuing the right profession. They knew he was tough, having escaped the violence of civil war...

Watch:Canada: Are Refugees Welcome? – UpFront

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In this week’s UpFront, we speak with Canada’s Immigration Minister, Ahmed Hussen, about the country’s record on immigration and asylum issues. SOURCE:ALJAZEERA

Jerusalem vote reflects what Muslims can do when united, Erdoğan says

The approval of the Jerusalem vote at the United Nations General Assembly has shown what the Muslim world can do in unity, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday during his address at the Sudanese parliament in a special session held to welcome him....

Watch:UN General Assembly tenth emergency special session (resumed): 37th plenary meeting

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Illegal Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory: draft resolution (A/ES-10/L.22).