COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Two people held hostage by suspected Somali pirates were killed during a rescue operation by the Danish navy that succeeded in freeing 16 other captives off the horn of Africa, the navy said on Tuesday. The Absalon, a Danish warship serving in NATO’s counter-piracy mission Ocean Shield, fired on the suspect boat, a traditional dhow, after it disobeyed orders to stop,... 

A second victim of the teenage student who allegedly opened fire at Chardon High School in Ohio has died. Russell King, Jr., 17, was pronounced brain dead at 12:42 a.m. at Ohio’s MetroHealth Medical Center, according to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office. The alleged shooter who killed two and wounding three others has been identified as T.J. Lane, according to a fellow student... 

TORONTO – The bodies of three Via Rail engineers have been removed from the wreckage of a train derailment west of Toronto. Halton police Chief Gary Crowell says the bodies we removed around 8 p.m. Sunday. Halton police told Global News that multiple emergency crews were on scene, climbing toppled train carts around 3:30 p.m. to help people trapped in cars after the train derailed and flipped... 

wararka gobolka gedo naga soo gaaraya ayaa sheegaya in dhaman waxgaraha,si yaasiyiinta,aqoonyahanada,culumada,duubabka ,dhalinyada ,marwooyinka , iyo mudanayaalka ka soo jeeda gobolka gedo  ayaa waxaa ay isku u  canbaareeyeen una qadacedeen durbaanka laga tumay xuduuda kenya eebuulo xaawo kaasoo lagu  sheegay in ugaas cusub lagu caleemasaaray,sida aad la socotaan umada soomaali yeed waxaa ay leedahay... 

Aid groups warn that critical aid is still required for Somali refugees at world’s biggest refugee camp in Kenya Six months after donors poured money and aid into the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, aid groups are warning the situation remains dire. Dadaab is the world’s biggest refugee settlement, sheltering almost 500,000 Somalis who have fled across the border. Al Jazeera’s Peter Greste... 

Shir balaaran oo looga hadlayey arimaha soomaaliya  oo ka socday  london  ayaa lasoo gabagabeeyey, shirkaan looga hadlayey  arimaha soomaaliya ayaa waxaa soo qabanqaabiyey  dawlada britain waxaana ka soo qaybgalay in kabadan  50 dawladood iyo masuuliyiin ka socotay QM . shirkaan ayaa waxaa looga arinsanayey xaalada murugsan ee wadanka soomaaliya, shirkaas oo socday saacado ayaa waxaa la isla... 

London —   leaders from 50 countries and multilateral organizations in a high profile conference here on Thursday aimed at initiating a co-ordinated international approach to Somalia, whose transitional administration headed by President Sheikh Sharif expires in August. The conference called by Britain will address international concerns over the horn of Africa country, without central authority... 

Ethiopian and Somali troops have captured the strategic Somali city of Baidoa from al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab  fighters, who vowed to avenge the loss. Baidoa, 250km northeast of the capital Mogadishu, is one of the main bases of the anti-government group, and Wednesday’s capture deals a major blow to the fighters, who control large parts of southern and central Somalia. “We have taken... 

waxaa maantay  loo dabaal degay maalintii loogu magacdaray maalintii afka soomaaliga,dhamaan inta ay ku noolyihiin dadka ku hadla afka soomaaliga ayaa si isku mid aH  ugu dabaaldegay maalin afka hooyo,dhulalka sida aadka ah looga xusay ayaa waxaa ka mid ah magaalada garoowe, magaalada hargaysa , muqdish0, caabudwaaq,xuskaan sandwalba loo sameeyo ayaa waxaa  umada sooliyeed lagu xusuusinayaa wanaaga... 

Hundreds of Afghans have staged angry protests at two sites in and around the capital Kabul, angered by reports that NATO troops had set fire to copies of the Quran, the Muslim holy book. General John Allen, the American commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, offered his apology and ordered an investigation into the incident as protesters shouting “Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar” [God... 

NAIROBI — Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels have forced children as young as 10 to fight alongside them and serve as “cannon fodder” in battles against government troops, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. The Islamists have also abducted girls to help on the frontline and as wives to rebel fighters, according to a report by the New York-based group. Parents who try to prevent... 

Somalis living in the UK say diaspora groups have not been properly consulted ahead of Thursday’s international conference in London aimed at setting a course for a country ravaged by war for two decades. Somali representatives of UK organisations addressed some of the questions raised by readers at a roundtable organised by Global development on Friday. A feeling emerged that the concerns of... 

The Associated Press Date: Sunday Feb. 19, 2012 7:36 AM ET KHARTOUM, Sudan — Famed Sudanese singer Mohammed Osman Wardi, who popularized the music of his native Nubia, died Saturday at the age of 80, the state media reported. The reports said the singer died of kidney complications in a Khartoum hospital. His funeral early Sunday was aired live on state television, despite his strained relation... 

wararka naga soo gaaraya magaalada muqdisho   ayaa sheegaya  in uu ka jiro  qulqul  dad ka soo baraka kacay deegaanka  ceelasha biyaha  iyo agaagaarkeeda, dad kaan soo barakacay ayaa la sheegayaa inay ka baxsanayaan  saansaan colaadeed oo deegaankaas ku soo korortay,  waxaa  wararka ka imaanaya  deegaanka ceelasha biyaha  ayaa sheegaya in  kumaankum  ruux oo horey uga soo cararay magaalada... 

In the Dadaab camp – the largest refugee camp in the world- where life is becoming more difficult everyday, hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers are facing a humanitarian emergency. The health of refugees is at risk of deteriorating rapidly while humanitarian aid agencies are struggling to provide meaningful assistance on an ongoing basis. In October 2011, in the wake of the kidnapping of...