A nineteen-year-old woman in Somali was sentenced to jail after she said she was raped. The two journalists who reported her story were also sentenced.

Mogadishu - British tanker crews based off the coast of Somalia have recently begun blasting the music of pop star Britney Spears as a way to repel Somali pirates.

Toronto - On Thursday, October 3, 2013, Somali-Canadians converged in large numbers at Toronto’s Holiday Inn at 600 Dixon Road to condemn the Westgate mall terror attack in Kenya that claimed 67 innocent lives and left hundreds of civilians with gunshot wounds.

U.S. special forces carried out 2 separate operations last week, one targeting a high ranking leader belonging to al-Shabab, and the other that targeted an Al-Qaeda member suspected of being involved in the 98 U.S. embassy bombings in Nairobi Kenya.

Toronto - As part of Somalia’s ongoing diplomatic offensive, Foreign Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Fawzia Yusuf H. Adan has toured Canada to rekindle diplomatic ties and urge Diaspora Somalis to return and invest in the homeland.

Elite US commandos were forced to retreat during a daring yet ultimately unsuccessful Saturday raid on a seaside home in Somalia suspected of housing Islamist militants responsible for the recent deadly terrorist attack on a shopping mall in Kenya.

Tripoli - A top al-Qaeda leader wanted for his role in the deadly 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in east Africa was captured Saturday by U.S. Special Operational Forces.

U.S. Navy Seals launched a pre-dawn raid in the Somali town of Baraawe, with the operation targeting a senior leader within the al-Shabab militant organisation.

Nairobi - Military authorities in Kenya have named four of the alleged terrorists who attacked the upscale Westgate Mall in the capital Nairobi two weeks ago.

The militant Somali group al-Shabab, has warned that it will carry out further strikes against Kenya in a statement released on Wednesday.

Nairobi - A 4-year-old British boy spared by the Islamist terrorists who massacred scores of shoppers at a Kenyan shopping mall confronted one of the attackers during the slaughter, calling him a "bad man."

Nairobi - The British Foreign Office advised yesterday that three Brits were killed in the terrorist attack on Westgate Mall, Nairobi. The Foreign Office say the number of British killed is likely to rise and Kenya's Red Cross now report a total of 68 deaths.

New York - Alabama born Omar Hammami, who traversed the course from High School president to Somalia based Al Qaeda operative may have been killed by his former allies.

An American militant who went by the name of Abu Mansoor al-Amriki was today gunned down by gunmen belonging to the al-Shabab organisation.

Sydney - The West may not like Assad, but there’s not much to like about the rebels, either. The Syrian rebels, like so many other Middle Eastern armed groups, are in full jihadi mode. Law has collapsed. Brutality is the working method of government.

A single from the Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber in which he duets with the late Michael Jackson is out on the internet. 'Slave 2 the Rhythm' is a Jackson song never formally released and it is unclear if it was intentionally released at this time.

Toronto - Canadian fans of international superstar, Nimco Dareen, were treated to the gig of their lifetime when the world famous artist hit the Toronto stage in a historic event that simultaneously marked the commemoration of Somali National Day and Canada Day.

Mogadishu - The radical Islamist group Al-Shabaab claimed its fighters carried out a suicide attack on a UN compound in Mogadishu that killed at least 15 people including UN personnel.

Mogadishu - At least 15 people were killed when militants belonging to Al-Shabab attacked a UN office in the capital of Somalia. According to witnesses, the gun battle lasted for an hour.

Toronto - In a massive show of support for the newly-created Jubaland State, thousands of Somali-Canadians converged at the Sheraton Hotel at Toronto’s West End in the evening of Saturday, June 1st to celebrate the birth of Somalia’s newest regional state.