NAIROBI: Parts of southern Somalia are suffering from famine, a UN official said Wednesday, and tens of thousands of Somalis have already died in the worst hunger emergency in a generation.
The Horn of Africa is suffering a devastating drought (...)
KABUL: About 25 people may have been killed in a NATO air strike in southern Afghanistan on Monday, an Afghan official said.
NATO officials confirmed there had been an air strike in Helmand province but said initial reports indicated that there (...)
KABUL: Gunmen killed nine Afghan workers who were guarding a NATO supply convoy in the south of the country, police said Monday.
The attack in Gereshk district happened on Sunday night, said the deputy police chief for Helmand province, (...)
NAIROBI: Somali pirates have seized a Japanese-owned cargo ship with 20 Filipino crew members onboard, the European Union Naval Force said Monday.
The owners of the Panama-flagged Izumi received an automatically released distress signal Sunday (...)
NAIROBI: Somali pirates seized a Taiwanese fishing vessel with 14 crew members onboard in the southernmost hijacking yet, the European Union Naval Force said on Friday.
The seizure of Feng Guo No 168 and the expansion of the pirates' range could (...)
NAIROBI, Kenya: Somali pirates hijacked a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship with 23 crew onboard during an early morning raid Monday, the European Union Naval Force said.
The crew onboard the 17,300-ton MV Suez are from Egypt, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and (...)