Mogadishu

Deaths and injuries as bomb blast targets car in Somali capital

At least two people have been killed and a number of civilians wounded in the attack for which no group has yet claimed responsibility.

Gunfire in Somalia's capital Mogadishu as political tensions soar

Months of political tensions over the holding of elections in the fragile Horn of Africa nation have burst into the open, prompting the United Nations to call for "calm and restraint."

Bomb blast injures several near Somalia's presidential palace

Police say the driver defied orders to stop on Saturday morning, and police opened fire as passersby ran for their lives.

Militant group attacks hotel in Somalia’s Mogadishu

A suicide car bomb blast at Hotel Afrik, followed by a shootout between terrorists reportedly from al Shabab and security forces, killed at least nine people, including four attackers.

Suspected suicide car bomb targets hotel in Somali capital

Security forces were seen surrounding the area, where cars are inspected en route to the airport and where politicians regularly gather at the hotel.

Suicide attack in Somali capital kills several, including Turkish citizens

The al Qaeda-linked Al Shabab terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack, which has killed at least five people, including two Turks, and wounded 14. Turkey's Foreign Ministry condemns the attack.

Dozens of Palestinians face eviction threat from occupied Jerusalem homes

Nabil al Kurd is one of the Palestinians under threat of eviction from their homes, as an Israeli court decides to demolish the properties they built in two districts of the occupied East Jerusalem to expand Jewish settlement.

Somalia severs diplomatic ties with Kenya over recurring ‘interference’

The move comes after Kenya hosted the leadership of Somaliland, a breakaway state not recognised by Mogadishu, following months of tensions between the two neighbours.

Several dead as suicide bomber targets Somalia's Mogadishu

Attacker blows himself up in an ice-cream parlour in capital Mogadishu, killing six people and wounding eight others, officials say.

Deaths as 2 explosions rock Somalia cities

In Mogadishu, thick smoke billowed over the port area after police Colonel Ahmed Ali said the car bomber detonated near the gates of the motor vehicle imports duty authority headquarters.

Five dead in blast during Somalia Eid festivities - police

"The initial information we have received indicates the dead bodies of five people were collected from the scene of the blast and more than twenty others have been wounded," police officer Mohamed Muktar said.

Pentagon claim of zero civilian deaths in Yemen is divorced from reality

There are innumerable accounts from local sources and media as well as rights organisations that contradict the US claim.