Serious flooding Somalia’s puntland region after Cyclone Gati

The attack comes amid a new offensive by the Somali government against the terror group, which controls large parts of central and southern Somalia.

More than 200,000 Somalis are suffering catastrophic food shortages and many are dying of hunger, with that number set to rise to over 700,000 next year, according to an analysis by an alliance of U.N. agencies and aid groups.

Children in Somalia are dying of hunger. Half the country’s population is in need of food aid and Islamist militant group al Shabab exacerbates the situation by blocking aid to a starving population. Deutsche Welle reports from the south of the country.

An explosion near a government building in Mogadishu was followed by a shootout between security forces and gunmen that left at least five civilians dead. The al-Shabab terror group claimed responsibility for the attack.

Pentagon officials say Bilal al-Sudani was killed in a special military operation and was a "key facilitator" for the "Islamic State" group's expansion.

Somalia is suffering from the impact of a climate crisis it has done almost nothing to create, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday, as a full-blown famine threatens to follow a drought that killed 43,000 people last year.

The death toll from the attack on the garrison, southwest of the capital Mogadishu, has not yet been confirmed. But a Somali military commander said both sides suffered large casualties.

After decades of electing leaders through a complex, clan-based system, Somalia's government is set to embrace direct universal suffrage ahead of the next year's vote.

An attack on a military base last month claimed 17 lives in Somalia, highlighting the country's long struggle to contain terrorist attacks. But what is al-Shabab and why is the group terrorizing Somalians?

Somali forces ended a hotel siege in Mogadishu, claimed by the al-Shabab group.

The Yamuna River that flows through India's capital region rose to its highest level ever in 45 years after intense downpours. The subsequent flooding has impacted large parts of the capital.

On June 6, the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine flooded when the Kakhovka dam was destroyed. Volunteers have flocked to the city to help residents clear the water and rubble, but there's a long way to go.