A suicide bomber blew himself up on Wednesday at the compound of Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, killing at least two other people, officials and witnesses said.

"A suicide bomber detonated an

Sixteen-year-old Rukiyah Abdukadir was collecting firewood outside a refugee camp in Ethiopia when she was raped, her attack underlining the risks facing the thousands of people fleeing drought.

The

The Indian government on Wednesday allayed fears of a fresh threat to an Egyptian merchant vessel that has been freed by Somali pirates, saying that the ship and its crew of 22, including six Indians,

Six Indian sailors held captive by Somali pirates for 10 long months are finally free, thanks to a respected Pakistani rights activist, officials said on Tuesday. The families of the Indians offered t

With Somali pirates still holding seven Indian hostages even after the ransom was paid, ship owners on Sunday said that they have not heard anything from the pirates after the last agreement and were

The owners of MV Asphalt Venture Sunday appealed to Somali pirates to keep to their word and release the vessel's remaining seven Indian sailors. Eight Indian crew members were freed by the pirates a

Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed insists that he needs one more year to rid the country of an Al Qaeda affiliated Islamic insurgency and establish a stable government in war-torn Somalia.

Kottayam: Eleven Indians including two Keralites of a cargo ship, hijacked by Somali pirates 11 months ago was released on Wednesday.

Babu, father of Roji V. John, second officer trainee in the ship

South Korea's coastguard plans to wrap up within days their investigation of five Somali pirates captured in a raid on a hijacked freighter in the Arabian Sea in January, an official said on Saturday.