Donald Trump weighs replacement to travel ban
After the Sept 15 bombing attack on a London train, Trump wrote on Twitter that the new ban "should be far larger, tougher and more specific - but stupidly, that would not be politically correct."
Sep 25, 2017, 00:35 AM IST
Donald Trump`s travel ban to expire on Sunday
President Donald Trump`s contentious travel ban expires Sunday with little clarity over whether America`s door will reopen for travelers from six majority-Muslim countries.
Sep 22, 2017, 11:49 AM IST
US airstrike kills Al-Shabaab terrorist in Somalia
The US Africa Command (Africom) said on Friday that the Thursday afternoon precision airstrike occurred near Barawe, Somalia, about 270 km southwest of the capital, Mogadishu.
Sep 09, 2017, 08:21 AM IST
Suspected militants kill 2 police in attack on Kenyan church
Kenya's police say two officers were killed when gunmen attacked them at a church they were guarding by Kenya's Indian Ocean coast.
Sep 03, 2017, 19:02 PM IST
Al Qaeda says senior commander in Somalia al Shabaab affiliate killed
A senior commander in al Shabaab, Somalia`s al Qaeda-affiliated Islamist rebels, was killed last month in a US airstrike, the group said on Saturday in an online statement.
Aug 27, 2017, 13:21 PM IST
20 million face war-linked famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria: United Nations
According to the UN`s humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, only $2.5 billion have so far been paid up by donors to tackle the crisis, out of a total of $4.9 billion urgently needed.
Aug 09, 2017, 21:29 PM IST
Mumbai court sends 16 Somali pirates to 7 years in prison
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 14,000 on each of them, while directing the government to deport them to Somalia after they serve their prison terms.
Aug 07, 2017, 23:41 PM IST
Al-Shabaab commander Killed in Somalia: US
Ali Jabal was responsible for leading Al-Shabaab forces in the Mogadishu and Banadiir regions in planning and executing attacks.
Aug 04, 2017, 23:31 PM IST
India and Somalia sign agreement on transfer of sentenced persons
Earlier, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met Yusuf Garaad Omar, Minister of Foreign Affairs & Intl Coopn of Somalia.
Aug 01, 2017, 18:12 PM IST
US top court rejects Donald Trump's bid to include grandparents in travel ban
The US Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday a bid by President Donald Trump to include grandparents and other relatives in his travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries.
Jul 20, 2017, 00:26 AM IST
Donald Trump asks Supreme Court to block travel ban ruling
In a court filing, the administration asked the justices to overturn Thursday's decision by a US district judge in Hawaii, which limited the scope of the administration's temporary ban on refugees and travelers from six Muslim-majority countries.
Jul 15, 2017, 09:52 AM IST
Suspected Islamist militants attack Kenya village, behead nine men
Suspected Islamist militants beheaded nine men in an overnight attack on a village in the Kenyan coastal district of Lamu, police said, days after Somali militants killed three policemen in an attack on a nearby village.
Jul 08, 2017, 16:15 PM IST
Trump administration reverses policy on fiancés as travel ban takes effect
The Supreme Court exempted from the ban travelers and refugees with a "bona fide relationship" with a person or entity in the United States.
Jun 30, 2017, 08:42 AM IST
US six-country travel ban takes effect with few exceptions for relatives
The 90-day ban on visitors from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen will allow exceptions for people with "close family relationships" in the US.
Jun 30, 2017, 08:15 AM IST
Donald Trump travel ban to take partial effect
The court said that Trump could only ban travelers from the targeted countries "who lack any bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States.
Jun 29, 2017, 11:23 AM IST
Donald Trump travel ban: What comes next?
The court ruled that the president's executive order targeting citizens from six mainly Muslim countries could go into partial effect.
Jun 29, 2017, 11:10 AM IST
Bomb blast kills eight including four children on Kenya-Somalia border
Eight people, including four children returning to school after Eid celebrations, were killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in eastern Kenya near the border with Somalia, police said.
Jun 27, 2017, 22:11 PM IST
At least 31 civilians killed in hotel attack in Somalia's capital
Police say nearly 40 people were wounded in the assault that began when a car bomb exploded outside the Pizza House restaurant in Mogadishu.
Mogadishu restaurant siege ends, 19 civilians killed
After an 11-hour-long battle, Somalian security forces have finally ended the siege at a Mogadishu restaurant early Thursday.
Jun 15, 2017, 13:58 PM IST
Kenya foils terror attack planned by Somali militants
Kenya has faced a constant security challenge from across the border ever since it sent its troops into Somalia in late 2011, to help defeat the al Shabaab militants and restore order.
Jun 12, 2017, 13:14 PM IST
