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6 Members of South Africa’s Biggest Party Are Killed in Shootings The two shootings took place only a few weeks before pivotal, nationwide local elections, and as the party, the A.N.C., is embroiled in a dispute over the eligibility of more than 100 candidates. The latest news is serious: fighting has resumed in Ethiopia's Tigray region, and tensions with neighbouring Eritrea have raised fears of a wider regional war. As of 17 October 2026, the conflict is threatening the peace agreement that ended the previous Tigray war in 2022. What we know about the criminal investigation into US congresswoman Ilhan Omar ( SOURCE BBC ) US government officials raided the home of Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar this week as part of what's being called a "federal criminal investigation". The search warrant was approved by a court, the justice department said. The nature of the criminal investigation remains unclear. The search follows multiple comments from officials that cast doubt on Omar's US citizenship, which she received in 2000 after her arrival from Kenya. Omar, who has represented Minnesota since 2018, has said the raid is "the latest escalation" in President Donald Trump's "campaign of political intimidation". He has denied being involved. What is Omar being investigated for? Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents searched Omar's home in Washington DC on 12 October, while she was there with her husband. The Wall Street Journal reported that her mobile phone, notebooks, personal computers and passport were among the items that were seized. "This enforcement action is part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation," the justice department said in a statement at the time. Since then, investigators have issued more than a dozen subpoenas to Omar's family members, Fox News reports. Multiple US media outlets have reported that the investigation is tied to Omar's US citizenship and whether she lied about her age when she arrived in the US in 1995. Questions have been raised about whether the age listed on Omar's citizenship application differed from her actual birth date. Her marriages have also come under suspicion. Trump is among those who have accused her of marrying her brother to get US citizenship. Omar's finances have been scrutinised in relation to her current marriage to former Democratic political consultant Timothy Mynett. She has denied any allegations of wrongdoing and has called the investigations into her "complete shams". US Attorney Jeanine Pirro has said her office is investigating Omar's financial disclosures. Omar's immigration records have been scrutinised in the past by Republicans and, earlier this year, fellow congresswoman Nancy Mace of South Carolina unsuccessfully sought a subpoena for her records. How did Omar obtain her citizenship? Mynett told Fox News that Omar came to the US when she was 12 as a war refugee. He said he had "no concerns" about her citizenship. Omar was born in Somalia before fleeing with her family to a refugee camp in Kenya. She arrived in the US with her father and others in 1995 before becoming a naturalised US citizen in 2000. According to US media, the crux of the investigation is whether her father lied about her age on the application, writing she was 17 rather than 18. If Omar was 18 at the time her father applied for citizenship, she would have needed to pursue her own immigration process separately. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c...