The language around Somalia is often confusing and sensitive to those it describes. That is why choosing the right term matters, sometimes because it can ensure respect just as much as accuracy.

Bob Zany, born Robert Earl Tetreault, was only 15 when he appeared on “The Gong Show” in 1977. Halfway through reading his stand-up comedy routine from a piece of paper, ...

Trump’s Iran war is historically unique in one critically important way: Early on, the war is not popular with the American public.

Arizona regulators voted this week to scrap the state’s renewable energy mandate. The rule required utilities to get 15 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2025.

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud flanked by Somalia's Federal Parliament Speaker Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nur and ...

DA says it will not remove ‘Lesufi shower billboard’ at ANC’s request; Godongwana says oil spike threatens South Africa’s inflation; And, Somali parliament approves constitution change to extend ...

During President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night State of the Union address, he used a teen as a transphobic prop, urged the passage of a law that could keep millions of trans people from voting, and ...

Armed with nothing but a crowbar and shovel in the hills of Somaliland, Ahmed Ibrahim hacks away at rocks where he and fellow miners have already found tonnes of lithium.

The Feeding Our Future fraud case made national headlines and spurred a surge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to Minnesota. Prosecutors say fraudsters lied, taking at least $250 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents wave Somali flags as they attend a rally denouncing Israel’s recognition of the breakaway Somaliland region, during a ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s Deputy Defense Minister Omar Abdi Ali, accompanied by the Somali National Army chief, formally welcomed Turkish naval vessels in Mogadishu on Tuesday, officials said, ...