somalia

Ilhan Omar hit with ethics complaint over appearance with ex-Somali š•“PM

A conservative watchdog group slapped an ethics complaint against "Squad" Rep. Ilhan Omar over an event she participated in over the weekend šŸŽwith former Somalia Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire.

US may have killed ISIS' global leader in Somalia airstrike in May: report

Abdulqadir Mumin, the global leader of ISIS, was targeted in aā™› May airstrikā™›e in Somalia that killed three of the terror group's militants.

At least 49 migrants dead, 140 missing after boat šŸŒ capsizes off Yemen coast

The boat was carrying about 260 Somalis and Ethiopians from the northern coast ofĀ SomaliaĀ on the 320-kilometer (200-mile) journey across the Gulf of Aden when it sank Monday off of Yemenā€™s.Ü«..

6 Somali pirates nabbed in tanker hijack attempt ošŸ’–ff North African coast

Six suspected pirates were captured after shooting at an oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden along the coastlineź¦æ of Somalia, according to officials, raising concerns about a rising number...

Somali refugee allegedly strangles pregnant Swedā™ish girlfriend in honor killing

A Somalian refugee has been charged with murder for allegedly šŸŒŠkilling his seven-months pregnant Swedish girlfriend rather than face the shame of introducing her to his Muslim family.

Rep. Omar faces calls to ā€˜šŸŽƒresign in disgraceā€™ over speech in support of Somalia

Omar claims the translation of her speech was "not onlyā™‹ slanted, but completely off."

 2 Navy Seals missing after harsh wavą¼ŗes knock them overboard off the coast of Somalia

The two Seals, whose names were not publicly released, were climbingź¦“ up a vessel in the Gulf of Aden when they got knocked off by waves. ą“œ

NJ man inspired by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack busted trying to join Islamist terror group in Kenya for 'mission of death and destruction'

ā™‹ "Nasr was prepared to kill and be killed to supportź©² the jihadist cause, and in his own words, he described America as 'evil' and the 'head of the snake,'" he...

Here are the safest ā€” and most dangeršŸ¤”ous ā€” countries for traveā›¦l in 2024

A flurry of colder countries have been named most secure in an annual study conducted by risk assessment firmšŸŒ„ International SOS.

 Iran-backed Houthis fire on US Navy ship answering ź¦‘distress call from Israel-linked tanker

Iran-backed forces in Yemen fired two ballistic missiles āœØat a US warship early Monday after the Navy responded to a distress call from an Israel-linked commercial tanker that had been...

At least 96 dead after extreme fš’ƒloodingšŸƒ puts Somalia into a state of emergency

šŸ¦‚ Families say they have nowhere to hide from intense flooding as rainfall exacerbated by theĀ weather phenomenon El NiƱoĀ pummels large parts of SomalšŸŒ ia.

Country's sports boss quickly punished after 'slowest-ever' sprinter goes viral

The faā™Žllout of Somaliaā€™s runner scandal has been ā€“ā€“ ironically ā€“ā€“ fast.Ā 

Somalia runner sparks controversy after posting 'slowest-ever' 100m in a global contest

Somaliaā€™s sprinter stuck out ą¼ŗfor all the wrong reasons.Ā 

Plane veers off runway, crashes after landinź§’g at international airport

Surveillance footage from the ordeal showed the aircraft crashing through a fence just off the runway as debris flew through the air. šŸŒŸ

šŸ· House rejects Gaetz resolution šŸ’Žto pull US troops out of Somalia

House lawmakers on Thursdą± ay rejected a resolutioš„¹n sponsored by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) that would have forced President Biden to withdraw US troops deployed to Somalia.  Gaetzā€™s War Powers Resolution,...

US takes out 7 al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia 'self-defense strike'

AFRICOM revealed the attack on Wednesday and said iš’‰°t came at the request of the Somali government and ā€œin support of Somali National Army engagements against al-Shabaab.ā€Ā 

US takes out ISIS terrorists in Somalia strike, including 'key facilitator'

The US militšŸŽƒary eliminated "a number of ISIS members" ā€“ including one of the terrorist group's top operatives ā€“ in a Wednesday strike in northern Somalia, the Pentagon announced. šŸŒŒ

At least 100 dead in cšŸ¦¹ar bombings, Somali president says

šŸŒ³ Somaliaā€™s pršŸ°esident says at least 100 people were killed in Saturdayā€™sĀ two car bombings at a busy junction in the capital.

US wipes out al-Shabaab terror leą·“ader in Somalia strike

šŸ’™ The strike, which happened near the southwestern city of Jilib, took out the unnamed leader of the group known as the ā€œlargest and most kinetically active al Qaeda network in...

 Somź¦šali forces regain control of hotel where militį©šį©šį©šį©šį©šį©šā¤ā¤ā¤ā¤į©šā¤ā¤ā¤ā¤į©šā¤ā¤ā¤ā¤į©šš’€±į©šį©šį©šants killed 21 people

Somali autā­•horities on Sunday regained control of a hotel in Mogadishu where gunmen killed 21 people and wounded dozens more, after a more than 30 hour stand-off. šŸ¬