Arizona Daily Star3d
Mort Rosenblum: Tucson's volunteer refugee network shares work, accomplishment and stress
Iskashitaa means "working together" in Somali dialect. In 2003, it began helping families that fled war and famine after a downed Black Hawk helicopter forced U.S. forces to withdraw. That grew to ...
Audit: King County sheriff’s asset forfeiture program lacks transparency
While the King County Auditor's Office found no evidence of fraud, it concluded an antiquated, all-paper record-keeping system made the program vulnerable.
Yahoo5d
Somali forces end a 24-hour siege by al-Shabab militants on a hotel, leaving all fighters dead
Frame grab from video shoot Wednesday, March 12, 2025, showing the aftermath of a car bomb exploded Tuesday at a hotel in the central Somali city of Beledweyne, kicking off an hourslong militant ...
AOL5d
Somali forces end a 24-hour siege by al-Shabab militants on a hotel, leaving all fighters dead
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali security forces on Wednesday ended a 24-hour siege at a hotel in the central city of Beledwyne, leaving an unknown number of people dead, including all the al ...
The Island1d
Trump administration mulls new travel ban that could hit 43 nations: Report
United States President Donald Trump’s administration is mulling a new travel ban that is expected to affect citizens from ...
The Hamilton Spectator4d
Reclaiming the Navajo language — through English: A conversation with poet Esther Belin
Diné poet Esther Belin has noticed the unique way writers from her community often engage with the English language. “Originally forced on us, English is now being reconstructed with Diné ...
The Times of Israel3d
Lebanon & Israel: Time to Normalize, Time to Heal
I’ve met Israelis with Lebanese roots. Jews from Beirut, Tyre, Sidon. Families who still speak the same Arabic dialect my grandmother spoke. And I’ve met Lebanese people who, quietly ...
BBC5d
Somali forces end deadly 24-hour hotel siege
Somali security forces have ended a deadly 24-hour siege by Islamist fighters who stormed a popular hotel in the central city of Beledweyne, authorities said. The attack by al-Shabab began with a ...
Africanews6d
Several dead as al-Shabaab gunmen lay siege to Somali hotel
At least six people died on Tuesday after militants laid siege to a hotel in the central Somalia city of Beledweyne where local elders and government officials had been meeting. They detonated a ...
Africanews6d
Somalia: At least 6 dead in a car bomb attack
A car bomb exploded at a hotel in the central Somali town of Beledweyne on Tuesday in an attack that killed at least six people, including two prominent traditional elders, witnesses said.
The Valley Breeze5d
For Rev. Seelam Greenville Baptist Church is a place of promise
Isaac Seelam, a native of Southern India, has been the pastor of Greenville Baptist Church for a year and three months. At age 55 he brings a wide variety of experience and learning to his work ...