Paul and Rachel Chandler, the British couple that was kidnapped by Somali pirates over a week ago when sailing from the Seychelles to Tanzania, have been moved further inland by their hostage takers.

A Somali man, 100, married a 17-year-old girl in front of hundreds of guests on Tuesday. The man's family supports the marriage.

It is feared that the British couple that disappeared while sailing their yacht in the Seychelles last week has been taken hostage by Somali pirates.

Somalia's hardline al-Shabaab insurgents has vowed to attack the capitals of both Burundi and Uganda, after rocket attacks by peacekeepers from these countries killed at least 30 people in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.

A 27-year-old man from Sudbury, near Boston, Massachusetts was today arrested and charged with conspiring to kill shoppers at a mall in the U.S., troops from the U.S. operating in Iraq, and at least one prominent U.S. government official.

Somalia has been everything except for a paradise for journalists who speak their minds. Press freedom in the war torn country has taken yet another blow, now that two independent radio stations have been forced to close their doors.

Weeks after the US shut down embassies and consulates across South Africa for several days, local media said the closures followed a threat by a Somali group to blow up US targets in the rainbow nation and to disrupt the 2010 World Cup.

Canada's intelligence agency, Canadian Security Intelligence Service, has now been given the right to listen in on phone calls of terror suspects overseas, a federal court ruled on Tuesday.

The three aid workers employed by the French organization Action Against Hunger that were captured by Somali gunmen in July, have been released.

Somalian pirates have added yet another ship to their extensive hijacking-at-sea list. This time, the victim is a Spanish fishing vessel.