Somali police launched an investigation Sunday after 20 foreigners were discovered near territory controlled by the Al-Shabaab militant group claiming to be fishermen who had been held hostage for years. Police spokesman Sadik Dudishe said the men -- 14 Iranians and six Pakistanis -- were ...

ISLAMABAD- In Somalia, 17 people have been killed and several others wounded in an attack of al-Shabab militants on an upscale beachfront hotel in Mogadishu. According to Government spokesman Ismael Mukhtar Omar, the attack was carried out with a powerful car bomb blast which blew off the security ...

ISLAMABAD- In Somalia, eight people were killed and 14 others injured in a suicide attack in Mogadishu today. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

LAHORE: Somalian Government is planning to hold a Single Country Exhibition of Pakistani products in Somalia during the month of June of this year. It was revealed by the Deputy Commercial Attache of Somalia Abdifitah AbdulKadir Osman while talking to businessmen here at Lahore Chamber of Commerce ...

The United Nations has strongly condemned deadly attacks in Somalia capital, Mogadishu which left fifty people dead and several others wounded. UN secretary-general's deputy special representative for Somalia, Raisedon Zenenga said, increased terror attacks will not deter international community's ...

WASHINGTON: One US soldier was killed and four others were wounded during an operation against al-Shabaab militants in Somalia.        The U.S. special operations forces were fighting on a mission to clear al-Shabaab from contested areas when they were attacked by mortars and ...

In Somalia, twelve al-Shabab militants killed in a US air strike outside capital Mogadishu. The US Africa Command has carried out at least 15 such air-strikes this year against the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab that killed more than 500 people. 

Somali police say a suicide bomber has killed three police officers including a senior commander in the central city of Galkayo. Col. Ahmed Hashi says the bomber apparently was targeting the commander of a special police force tasked with the security of the divided city. Hashi says three other ...

MOGADISHU:Three people are dead after a pair of suicide car bombings in Somalia's capital, police said Friday. The first explosion occurred at an army checkpoint on the airport road in Mogadishu, injuring one soldier, Capt. Mohamed Hussein said. The bomber apparently was heading to Mogadishu's ...

In Somalia, eighteen people have been killed and twenty injured in twin car bomb attacks in the capital Mogadishu.Police said the first car bomb went off after militants breached a checkpoint near the president's residence by shooting at security personnel. The second blast was a car bomb parked in ...