Somali Youth Link, a government-funded organization, deploys Somali elders to help keep young people out of trouble in the Twin Cities. Farhio Khalif founded the group during the pandemic, after a rise in incidents involving Somali youth, including arrests for shooting fireworks at police, and now works closely with local law enforcement.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali security forces repelled an al-Shabab attack on a security checkpoint in Mogadishu's Kahda district late Friday night, local residents reported.

Ankara (HOL) — Somali Ambassador to Turkey, Fathudin Ospite, attended a meeting of East African ambassadors in Ankara on Friday to discuss enhancing economic and trade ties between Turkey and East Africa.

He's clearly a deeply disturbed - not to say creepy - individual who likes to dress up as schoolchildren and post weird videos and images on the internet.

The town of Shebekino came under attack once again today

Another body has been found

Ahmad Muhammad Fahd was responsible for carrying out terror attacks against IDF troops and the State of Israel from the area of southern Syria

This peace mission is a continuous one

The attack involved high-precision long-range weapons

Mohamed al Fayed's son Omar has spoken out for the first time on the rape allegations against his father, saying they have 'thrown into question the loving memory I had of him'.

The model, 29, put on a very leggy display as she walked the catwalk in a short figure-hugging dress, which gave the illusion that she was wrapped in yellow and red packaging tape.

Harper Beckham , 13, looked to be following in her mum Victoria Beckham 's stylish footsteps as she led her famous family in heading to the designer's Paris Fashion Week show on Friday.

Some Chinese students in Canada accuse Beijing of targeting them and their families back in China with online threats and harassment — part of a campaign to crack down on anti-government dissent abroad.

World leaders called superbugs, which are resistant to antibiotics, «an urgent global health threat» this week. Here's what patients and doctors say should change.

During the show, he will discuss his bitter parting of ways with ITV and This Morning , which he hosted for 21 years, while fending for himself on a remote island.

Wiltshire Police faced criticism for refusing to specify the defendant's biological sex, saying 'the crime was recorded as being committed by a male', but Secker was tried 'as a woman'.

Maggie Smith has passed away aged 89 years old today - 26 years after the death of her husband, British playwright Beverley Cross, who she continued to grieve and speak fondly about.

The Kiev regime’s attempt to carry out a terrorist attack on targets in Russia using fixed-wing drones was foiled

According to the ministry said, the strikes on the previously detected enemy targets were delivered with air-borne missiles

On-duty air defenses destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the Oryol Region

According to the broadcaster, Zainab Nasrallah repeatedly made public statements about loyalty to Hezbollah’s aims

Meanwhile, explosions have also been reported in the city of Sumy in southeastern Ukraine

Four Lethbridge high school football players who were accused of sexual assaulting a teammate won't be going to trial. Three of them were given peace bonds while charges against the fourth were withdrawn, Crown prosecutors told CBC News on Friday.

Montreal-area politicians have implemented or proposed bans on basements in flood-prone parts of the city as climate change raises the risk of heavy rains. Research also shows that basements help speed up climate change. Is it time to stop building them?

A tentative agreement has been reached in the 4-day strike that threatened to disrupt grain shipments across the country.

Scott Ross became suspicious of a scam when he received a lengthy email from an unknown sender, claiming to have access to his online browsing data, personal photographs and his phone number — information the person said would be released if he didn't pay almost $2,000 in bitcoin. 

The US will complete its military mission in Iraq over the next year, Washington and Baghdad have announced Read Full Article at RT.com

Yemen’s Houthis attacked American warships in the Middle East with a combined drone and missile strike, the Pentagon has confirmed Read Full Article at RT.com

An explosion at a roadside service station in Russia’s Republic of Dagestan has killed at least 11 people, including two children Read Full Article at RT.com

The 39th edition of the annual Creole Festival will kick off on October 5 with the 'Moman Kreative' (creative moment), an event that gives school children from primary, secondary, and post-secondary institutions a platform to showcase their talents. The month-long Festival, which is an annual celebration of the various aspects of the country's culture, will be held under the theme 'Lakwizin Kreol' (Creole Cuisine). The official launch will take place on October 10. At the unveiling of the event on Tuesday, the permanent secretary for Culture, Cecile Kalebi, gave details on the main activities to be held during the Creole month and said, «The theme has many vibrant colours, food brings people together. It transcends culture and barriers so we feel that everyone will appreciate this theme.» The theme is depicted in the official poster, which shows an elderly Seychellois lady showing the youth how to cook traditional food in a traditional kitchen with the child holding onto a lantern. The poster also displays different kinds of traditional Creole food. Describing the preparation for the annual celebration as intense, Kalebi said that there will be a packed programme with exhibitions, musical shows and bazaars. «This year the programme is not something that only the committee worked on, we also have the involvement of many private entities and individuals. We expect our 39th edition to go well, and hope the people will participate in the different activities we have organised,» she added. David Andre, the secretary general of the Seychelles National Institute for Culture, Heritage and the Arts (SNICHA) described the Festival as a major event in Seychelles that displays the Seychellois culture and identity. «No matter what event we organise we always make sure that at the back of it all, its essence valorises our culture, especially for the youth; so they understand it and also take it up in the future. We are confident that we are ready for the Festival. We expect that people will fully engage and participate,» he added. Kalebi confirmed that apart from activities being held in the capital Victoria, there will also be districts doing their activities, including Praslin and La Digue, the second and third most populated islands of Seychelles. Their programmes will be released at a later date. Andre and Kalebi also clarified that decorations for the festival will be unveiled on October 1.

The Supreme Court of Seychelles has sentenced two Ugandan nationals to seven and five years imprisonment for the importation of an illegal substance and a Seychellois involved in the same case was sentenced to seven and five years imprisonment for trafficking in an illegal substance, both of will be served concurrently. Nadia Birungi, 27, was caught on October 5 last year at the International Airport with 449.32 grammes of cocaine, while Mutongole, 39, who also arrived on the same Ethiopian Airlines flight, had in his possession 291.61 grammes of cocaine.  Upon reasonable suspicion after being questioned by customs officers, assisted by officers of the Drug Unit, the two Ugandans were sent for a CT scan and they disclosed at the Seychelles Hospital that they had concealed drugs inside their bodies.    The third person involved in the case was Michael Andrew Jean, who in turn was charged with two counts of trafficking in a controlled drug. The 47-year-old resident of Corgate Estate, on the main island of Mahe, was found guilty of trafficking in cocaine brought in by Birungi and Mutongole. The three pleaded guilty to the offences and admitted to the facts presented by the prosecution. Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, has a zero-tolerance policy towards trafficking and importation of illegal drugs. The maximum penalty for importation of a controlled drug is life imprisonment and a fine of SCR 1 million ($73,000). While the offence of trafficking in controlled drugs carries a maximum of life imprisonment and a maximum fine of SCR 750,000 ($55,000).