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'Throw Ilhan Omar out, she is in US illegally': Trump launches tirade against Omar, migration from ‘hellholes’ like Somalia

December 11, 2025 11:33 am

Trump has been critical of Somalian migrants in Minnesota in recent days after it was reported that the group was allegedly connected to a fraud scandal in the state.

‘I am not going anywhere’: Ilhan Omar says when asked if she ‘started packing bags for Somalia’

December 04, 2025 12:13 am

Trump has unleashed attacks on Omar, suggesting that she came to the US illegally, and also repeated unsubstantiated allegations that she married her brother to come to America.

‘Probably came to US illegally’: Who is Ilhan Omar, US representative targeted by Trump amid immigration crackdown?

November 28, 2025 10:11 pm

Omar was born in Somalia and fled the country’s civil war at age eight, spending four years in a Kenyan refugee camp before arriving in the US in 1995.

Suicide bomber kills 13 at Somali military camp

May 18, 2025 10:50 pm

A soldier who gave only his first name, Hussein, said many recruits were waiting in line when the blast happened.

At least seven people die as heavy rains leave waist-high floodwaters in Somalia's capital

May 10, 2025 8:12 pm

Somalia has in the past suffered extreme climate shocks that include prolonged dry seasons that have caused drought and heavy rains that have resulted in floods.

Airstrike, army attack kill dozens of al Shabaab fighters in Somalia, government says

April 17, 2025 2:36 pm

Al Shabaab, which wants to seize power and rule based on its own strict interpretation of Islamic law, briefly captured villages within 50 km (30 miles) of Mogadishu last month.

Al Shabaab gunmen attack hotel in central Somalia, siege ongoing

March 11, 2025 10:06 pm

Islamist militant group Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement and said it had killed over 10 people.

Hundreds gather at Somalia beach to condemn attack that killed 37 and demand stronger security

August 05, 2024 11:53 pm

Al-Shabab opposes Somalia’s federal government, which has depended on the support of foreign troops to stay in power.

At least 5 killed in explosion targeting a busy café in the Somali capital, police say

July 15, 2024 5:20 am

Somalia's government is conducting a high-profile offensive against the extremist group, which the US has described as one of al-Qaida's deadliest organizations.

Taloja Jail-prisoner suicide- Maharashtra

At least 8 killed in shootout during failed jailbreak in Somali capital

July 13, 2024 8:13 pm

Twenty-one people were wounded in the Saturday morning incident, said Col. Abdikani Khalaf, spokesman for the Somali army's custodial corps.

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Top pictures of the week from India and around the world

December 17, 2022 3:08 pm

From protests in Peru to Himachal CM Sukhvinder Sukhu joining Rahul Gandhi on the Bharat Jodo Yatra, here are the top pictures of the week from India and around the world.

Somalia's first female soccer club score a breakthrough for gender equality

October 05, 2018 8:02 am

Mogadishu in Somalia has over one hundred private soccer fields that are hired out day and night to amateur male teams. Mohamed said many were off limits for her two teams of mainly 16-18-year-olds, who play for two hours every day at a cost of $14