Somalia: Over 300 killed in twin truck bombings

IMAGE: A general view shows the scene of an explosion in KM4 street in the Hodan district of Mogadishu, Somalia. Photograph: Feisal Omar/Reuters The death toll in the massive twin truck......

10 dead in Somalia blast, al Shabaab claims attack

IMAGE: Vehicles burn at the scene of a suicide car bombing outside Hotel Ambassador on Maka Al Mukaram Road in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. Photograph: Feisal Omar/Reuters Somalia's......

United Nations adopts plan to attack Islamic State's funding

UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution to cut off all sources of funding to the Islamic State and Al Qaeda with finance ministers from the member nations vowing to ramp up......

Top 10 nations hit hardest by terrorism

The number of people killed in acts of terror reached a record high last year, with almost four in five of these deaths occurring in just five countries, new research shows. Terrorism killed more......

Blast hits bus carrying football team in Somalia; 5 dead

IMAGE: An explosive planted on a bus carrying football players in Somalia's port city of Kismayo killed at least five players. Photograph: Francois Nel/Getty Images An explosive planted on a bus......

Somali women's basketball team defy prejudice, hostility

'We cannot openly say we are going to play. We put our playing clothes and shoes in school bags and carry them that way to the field and we pretend we are going to school or university.' IMAGE:......