Omar Artan was one of 52 referees selected for the FIFA World Cup. But on Saturday he was denied entry because of “vetting concerns,” U.S. officials said. By Hussein Mohamed and Tariq Panja Hussein ...

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There will be a change to the FIFA official referee roster for the World Cup as Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan has been denied entry into the United States. Artan arrived at Miami International ...

“I had the right papers and everything,” Omar Abdulkadir Artan said in his first interview since he was turned back. He would have been the first Somali to referee a game in the tournament. By Matthew ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The Pensacola Police chief said he hopes the violence from a deadly Fourth of July weekend shooting is over, as officers work to prevent any Fireworks dispute at Russell Harber ...

The Ghanaian government has formally protested the decision by Canada's immigration authorities to deny entry to Thomas Partey as the row over his absence from the Black Stars' opening World Cup game ...

A Walker County man has been indicted on federal charges accusing him of stealing multiple firearms from a Decatur pawn shop while driving a vehicle reported stolen from Tennessee, federal prosecutors ...