At least 32 killed in Al-Shabaab attack on busy Mogadishu beach in SomaliA deadly attack by Al-Shabaab militants at a beach in Mogadishu killed at least 32 people and injured several others. A suicide bomber and ...
03 Aug, 2024, 04.58 PM IST
Car bomb kills five, injures 20 outside restaurant in Somalia's capital MogadishuAl Shabaab militants claimed responsibility for the attack on an affiliated radio station, saying the bombing targeted a place where securi...
15 Jul, 2024, 11.29 AM IST
Eight civilians dead as Somalia hotel siege ends: PoliceThe attack by the Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents began around 8:00 pm (1700 GMT) on Sunday in a hail of gunfire and explosions, as they besiege...
28 Nov, 2022, 09.20 PM IST
At least 12 killed in Somalia hotel siege, intelligence officer saysFighters from the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab group stormed the popular Hayat Hotel on Friday evening in a hail of gunfire and bomb blasts. ...
20 Aug, 2022, 11.38 AM IST
Islamist car bomb attack kills at least eight in SomaliaAbdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab's military operations spokesman, confirmed the Islamist group's operatives had carried out the attack and sa...
25 Nov, 2021, 01.56 PM IST
Kenyan president says Nairobi attackers 'eliminated', 14 victimsCCTV footage broadcast on local media showed four black-clad, heavily armed men entering the complex on Tuesday afternoon.
16 Jan, 2019, 01.52 PM IST
Harbouring ambitions: Gulf states scramble for SomaliaSomalia has been at war for decades and until the last few years it has struggled to attract foreign investment.
02 May, 2018, 01.47 PM IST
Battlefield setbacks aren't stopping ISIS from killing on a massive scaleISIS has a proven willingness to attack anywhere and everywhere - mosques, beaches, factories, and urban areas.
29 Jun, 2015, 01.56 PM IST
Terror attacks with same methods rock 4 countries; Tunisia worst hitThey also come a year after Islamic State officially declared its caliphate in Syria and Iraq and has renewed its push to take more territo...
27 Jun, 2015, 05.21 AM IST
Boko Haram may have committed war crimes: UN rights chiefThe group has also repeatedly used young children as human bombs, including a case of a 14-year-old carrying a baby on her back who detonat...
01 Apr, 2015, 08.12 PM IST
US forces capture top al-Qaeda leader during raids in AfricaUS Special Forces struck al-Qaeda hideouts in two far-flung African countries, capturing a top leader from the streets of Tripoli.
06 Oct, 2013, 09.44 PM IST
- US commandos raid hideouts in Africa, nab top Qaeda leader Anas al-Libi
In daring raids, US commandos have captured a fugitive al-Qaeda leader from the streets of Libya and raided the seaside villa of an al-Shab...
06 Oct, 2013, 03.00 PM IST
Mumbai attack provided template for mall attack in KenyaOfficials in New Delhi are drawing similarities in the attack on Nairobi's upscale Westgate mall with the 2008 Mumbai attacks
24 Sep, 2013, 05.07 AM IST
Indian shot in Kenya mall for failing to answer query on IslamThe heavily armed gunmen belonging to Al Qaeda-linked Somali militant group Al Shabaab were trying to weed out non-Muslims.
23 Sep, 2013, 04.10 PM IST
Pakistani terror trainer behind Nairobi attack?A Pakistani-origin man is believed to be the security and training chief of Al Qaeda linked Shahab group that carried out the Kenyan attack.
22 Sep, 2013, 05.52 PM IST
- Osama dead: What happens to global jihad after Osama bin Laden's death?
Bin Laden came to symbolize, for committed jihadis and global anti-US community, a force that brought the world's most powerful nation to i...
04 May, 2011, 06.57 AM IST
- Indian jihadis in Qaida's Somalia arm?
The Somali ministry of information announced that two Indians, three Pakistanis and an Afghan were among 10 Al Shabaab terrorists killed
23 Aug, 2010, 01.30 PM IST