,Muhammad Ali, the eloquent, colorful, controversial and brilliant three-time heavyweight boxing champion who was known as much for his social conscience and staunch opposition to the Vietnam War as for his dazzling boxing skills, died Friday.He was 74.Once the most outrageous trash talker in sports, he was largely muted for...
British Army team in Somalia on UN peacekeeping duties
A British Army team has arrived in Somalia as part of a United Nations mission to counter Islamist militants.An advance party of about 10 soldiers from Force Troop Command, 1 Div and Field Army training will support African Union peacekeeping efforts against the al-Shabab group.About 70 personnel will eventually be...
Eight child migrants go missing from NI authorities’ care
Spotlight looks in detail at the cases of two of the missing children.Both are Somali girls who abruptly disappeared weeks after arriving in Belfast, almost seven years apart.All the missing children were classed as "separated children".Separated children are children outside their country of origin and separated from their parents or...
Repatriation of Somali refugees is not reversible, says President Kenyatta
Kenya’s decision to repatriate Somali refugees back to their country is not reversible, President Kenyatta has said.The president said the process of repatriation has already begun and called on the global community to partner with Kenya to ensure its success.“The train has already left the station. It’s now up to...
European migrant crisis: Capsized boat horror caught on camera
The deadly capsizing of a migrant boat in the Mediterranean has been caught on camera by the Italian navy as it rescued 562 people.The trawler overturned apparently as a result of people on board rushing to one side after spotting a rescue ship, and five were found dead.People clung desperately...
Mareykanka oo ka Walaacsan Doorashada Somalia
War kooban oo qoraal ah oo ka soo baxay wasaaradda Arrimaha Dibadda ee Mareykanka oo nuqul ka mid ah la soo gaarsiiyay, Idaacaddan VOAda ayaa lagu sheegay in Dowladda Mareykanka ay ka walaacsantahay dib u dhacyo ka jira hanaanka doorashada Somalia ee 2016ka.Qoraalkan waxaa lagu sheegay in dowladda Federalka Somalia,...
UN unlikely to hit targets for refugees’ return to Somalia
A total of 13,440 refugees have voluntarily returned to Somalia from the Dadaab camp in the past 18 months, a United Nations official said on Tuesday.Judging by that number, it is unlikely that the UN will reach a target of repatriating 50,000 Somali refugees in 2016 and an additional 65,000...
Five men accused of tinnie terror plan face life in jail
A CAIRNS magistrate has approved the extradition of all five men accused of trying to travel by boat to Indonesia so they could join Islamic State in Syria.The men will be extradited to Melbourne after facing court in far north Queensland today.The five men are facing life in jail after...
Shocking moment
The smiling assassins: Teenage boys grin with delight as they prepare murder five innocent men after ISIS militants asked for VOLUNTEERS to execute 'apostates' The five captives, who had all been convicted of apostasy, were shot dead after the terror group led them into the middle of a crowd in...
First Muslim woman elected as speaker in German state parliamen
The first Muslim woman has been elected as the speaker of a state parliament in Germany in what she hailed as a “historic” step for the country.Muhterem Aras, a Green Party politician, took the post in Baden-Württemberg from a member of a populist anti-immigration party on Wednesday.“We wrote history today,”...