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Somalia resolves rare public spat between embassies in Kenya and Tanzania MOGADISHU — Somalia’s federal government says it has resolved a rare and public dispute between its embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, closing ranks after an internal review and new guidance meant to prevent a repeat. The rift surfaced in September after Somalia’s embassy in Tanzania criticized a visit by the Somali ambassador to Kenya to Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a statement at the time, the Tanzanian mission said the…

Minneapolis — A fatal shooting by a federal agent in Minneapolis has intensified scrutiny of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown after a month marked by five shootings tied to enforcement operations and a surge in deaths in immigration detention. The man killed Tuesday was identified in local reports as Alex Pretti, 37, a U.S. citizen, registered nurse and licensed gun owner. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said a U.S. Border Patrol agent opened fire after Pretti resisted attempts to disarm him. Local…

Videos contradict federal account in fatal Minneapolis shooting of Alex Pretti; judge orders evidence preserved MINNEAPOLIS — Senior Trump administration officials on Sunday defended the fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, even as bystander videos reviewed by Reuters appeared to undercut their account and deepen tensions with local authorities. Pretti, 37, an ICU nurse who had a license to carry a firearm, was shot and killed Saturday during a federal operation that drew…

Video of Minneapolis shooting appears to undercut Trump administration account of fatal encounter with immigration agents Video posted online appears to contradict a Trump administration portrayal of a deadly encounter in Minneapolis, where federal immigration agents shot and killed a 37-year-old nurse, Alex Pretti. The Department of Homeland Security said Pretti approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9mm handgun and “violently resisted” as agents tried to disarm him. Officials did not say whether he had the gun in…

Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia’s federal government says it has resolved a rare public dispute between its embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, closing a rift that raised concerns about internal coordination across the country’s diplomatic network. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Ali Omar Balcad said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs concluded an internal review and implemented recommendations to prevent a repeat of the episode, which centered on overlapping roles and communication lapses among missions in East Africa. The dispute…

LAS ANOD, Somalia — Authorities in Somalia’s Northeastern State have dismissed as fabricated a video circulating on social media that purports to show Al-Shabab militants operating near Las Anod, calling it an artificial-intelligence–manipulated attempt to spread fear and misinformation. In a statement issued Saturday, the Northeastern Somali Police Force labeled the footage “fake,” saying it was crudely assembled from unrelated online clips and altered with AI tools. Police rejected claims that any portion was filmed in…

Somali Americans mobilize in Minneapolis as Trump’s 3,000-agent immigration push stokes voter-intimidation fears MINNEAPOLIS — When immigration agents began aggressive operations across the Minneapolis area last month, Kowsar Mohamed’s phone never stopped buzzing. She knocked on doors, fielded late-night calls and organized an ad-hoc response team, as neighbors worried they were being singled out — a fear that revived memories of surveillance and arbitrary power many thought they had left behind when they resettled in the…

“Maybe climate change is not so bad in such a cold country as ours?” Vladimir Putin mused two decades ago, speculating that a few degrees of warming might cut fur-coat bills and boost harvests. The line, tossed off in 2003, reads today like an early draft of the world’s newest geopolitical script: As the Arctic thaws, the map of power is being redrawn — and it now runs straight through Greenland. That is the backdrop to a rupture between the United States and parts of NATO and the European Union that Canadian Prime Minister…

In less than a fortnight, President Donald Trump’s push to annex Greenland has done what Moscow long struggled to achieve: drive a wedge between the United States and its European allies in NATO. As Europe recoiled, Russia watched—and encouraged—the rift, framing the controversy as proof that the post–Cold War transatlantic order is fracturing under its own contradictions. Moscow’s messaging has been blunt and opportunistic. Russian state media has amplified the notion that the alliance is wobbling, while Foreign Minister…

More than 4,000 U.S. flights were canceled and power outages stretched from Texas to Tennessee as a sprawling winter storm barreled across the eastern two-thirds of the country, threatening crippling ice, heavy snow and life-threatening cold through the weekend and into next week. Forecasters warned of snow, sleet and freezing rain across a vast area from the Southern Plains to New England, with the National Weather Service urging residents to “take this storm seriously” and prepare for an “astonishingly long swath” of snow…