We will not accept it,' terror group says in statement after Jerusalem becomes first to recognize breakaway republic, in move ...

President Obama said in his speech Wednesday night that the strategy the U.S. would pursue against the so-called Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria would be similar to how it targeted al-Qaida ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Growing evidence suggests a strengthening alliance between Somalia-based Al-Shabaab militants and Yemen’s Houthi rebels, significantly escalating threats to maritime traffic and ...

(Bloomberg) -- Terrorist group al-Shabaab is expanding territory across Somalia and increasingly working with Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen to disrupt Red Sea trade, in a stunning revival of ...

The Obama administration understands the strategic importance of the Gulf of Aden. The warm waters between Somalia, Yemen and Djibouti are the gateway to the Suez Canal, which carries the heaviest ...

A student march in Hajjah, Yemen. The Houthis are targeting education in northern Yemen, using schools to force their extremist ideology on young, impressionable Yemenis. Teachers and principals who ...

MOGADISHU, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Somalia's hardline Islamist rebel group al Shabaab said on Friday it was ready to send reinforcements to al Qaeda in Yemen should the U.S. carry out retaliatory strikes, ...

May 15, 2025: For Egypt, the Suez Canal is a major source of foreign currency, producing more than $10 billion in a good year. There have been fewer good years lately. The problem is chaos in the ...