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Jubbaland police arrest officer after journalist Abshir Khalif Shide Omar is shot dead in Kismayo MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Jubbaland state police officer has been arrested after fatally shooting broadcast journalist Abshir Khalif Shide Omar in Kismayo, authorities and media representatives said Tuesday. The killing occurred Monday evening in the interim administrative capital of Jubbaland after what police and colleagues described as a brief altercation between the journalist and the officer. The motive remains unclear, and…

KISMAYO, Somalia — A broadcast journalist was shot dead Monday night in the southern port city of Kismayo after an altercation with a police officer, according to the National Union of Somali Journalists. Authorities say the officer has been arrested and an investigation is underway. Abshir Khalif Shide Omar was killed at about 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 2, 2026, following a brief dispute with a police officer, NUSOJ said, citing initial inquiries. The union said the motive remains unclear and the full circumstances have yet to…

Cuban authorities said Monday that four people were killed and six wounded aboard a Florida-registered speedboat after it entered Cuban waters and opened fire on a Cuban patrol vessel, an incident likely to sharpen already-fraught U.S.-Cuba tensions. Cuba’s Interior Ministry said the wounded from the speedboat were evacuated for medical care, and the commander of the Cuban patrol was also injured. The ministry said the clash remained under investigation to determine precisely what happened. None of the dead or wounded on the…

Palm Beach, Fla. — An armed man breached the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s private club and residence, before being shot and killed early Sunday, authorities said. Trump, who frequently spends weekends at the Palm Beach estate, was at the White House when the breach occurred around 1:30 a.m., according to the U.S. Secret Service. Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the man had a gas can and a shotgun when he drove through the north gate as another vehicle exited. Investigators…

Secret Service agents shot and killed a man who attempted to breach a secure perimeter at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in West Palm Beach, Florida, early Saturday, the agency said. Trump is currently in Washington. The Secret Service said the man, described as being in his 20s, was seen at the resort’s north gate around 1:30 a.m. local time carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can. Agents opened fire after he tried to unlawfully enter the protected area, according to the agency. Officials…

Russian Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev shot and wounded in Moscow apartment building, investigators say A senior Russian general was shot and injured inside a Moscow apartment building, officials said, in the latest apparent assassination attempt targeting the country’s military leadership. Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement that “an unidentified individual fired several shots” at Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev before fleeing the scene. “The victim has been hospitalised,” the agency added, without providing…

MOSCOW — A senior Russian general was shot in a Moscow apartment building and rushed to a hospital this morning, officials said, in the latest apparent assassination attempt targeting a top military figure. Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement that “an unidentified individual fired several shots” at Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev before fleeing the scene. “The victim has been hospitalised,” the agency said, without providing details on his condition or the suspected assailant. “Investigative actions and…

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey accused federal immigration agents of “creating chaos” after a Venezuelan man pursued during a targeted traffic stop was shot in the leg by a U.S. Department of Homeland Security officer, sparking a night of clashes between protesters and law enforcement. “We cannot counter Donald Trump’s chaos with our own brand of chaos,” Frey said, calling the federal presence “not sustainable” and urging calm as tensions flared citywide. DHS, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the…

Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Minneapolis and cities across the United States after a federal immigration agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother, in the city this week — a killing that has intensified outrage over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and the tactics of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Organizers said more than 1,000 events were planned nationwide under the slogan “ICE, Out for Good,” a dual reference to the agency and to Good. In Minneapolis, protesters…

Former radio DJ Warrick Stock, known professionally as DJ Warras, was shot and killed outside the Carlton Centre in central Johannesburg, police said Monday. Johannesburg police said Stock was approached by three unknown suspects after parking his vehicle in the area. The attackers opened fire after he stepped out of the car, and then fled on foot. No arrests have been made and the motive remains under investigation, authorities said. According to police, Stock was reportedly inspecting a building he had contracted to a…