Somalia – One of Africa’s most wanted al-Qaida suspects has been killed in a U.S. raid in southern Somalia, the deputy mayor for security affairs in Somalia’s capital said Tuesday. Citing intelligence reports, Abdi Fitah Shawey confirmed...

The crew of two Egyptian fishing vessels wielding machetes and tools attacked Somali pirates who had held them hostage for four months, killing at least two of them, according to a pirate and businessman Friday. The Egyptian crew overpowered the...