US ship 'fires on Somali village'
553665
A US Navy ship fires on a suspected Islamist militant in a remote village in northern Somalia, reports say.
146477
At least 17 people are dead and 50 wounded in a new attack by United States and Iraqi forces on the northern town of Tel Afar. The town is believed to be a base for insurgents who have infiltrated from Syria.
141998
A Somali independent radio station reports coming under sustained gunfire from government troops
507642
A Somali government soldier opened fire on Monday at a crowd clamoring for food aid in Mogadishu and killed at least three people, witnesses said.
770296
Mortar fire forced scores of Somalis to flee their homes in escalating violence in the capital Mogadishu on Friday, doctors and residents said.
410268
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A US destroyer pounded Somalia's remote coastal northeast, targeting Islamic militants hours after a gun battle with Somali government forces that left eight insurgents dead, officials said yesterday.
521523
An explosives-rigged minivan crashed into a convoy of Marines that U.S. officials said also came under fire from militant gunmen Sunday. As many as 10 people were killed and 34 wounded as the convoy made a frenzied escape, and injured Afghans said the Americans fired on civilian cars and pedestrians as they sped away.
746928
Mortars were fired at Somali government troops and Ethiopian soldiers in the chaotic capital Mogadishu on Friday, Deputy Defense Minister Salad Ali Jelle said.
615864
Â· Attacks follow ambush on US-Afghan convoy  Â· Taliban accused of using families as shields.
408288
British officials in Kenya are investigating claims that a Briton was killed in a US attack on suspected Islamic militants in Somalia.
163407
Somali government troops clashed with rival pro-Islamist fighters in a brief but fierce battle early on Tuesday in the south of the chaotic Horn of Africa country, a resident and the Islamists said.
519075
A boat carrying Haitian migrants caught fire off the coast of the Dominican Republic, leaving at least eight passengers dead and 44 missing, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said Thursday.
260996
Somali Islamists advance to the outskirts of a crucial port without a shot being fired as thousands flee, reports say.
734176
ARUSHA, Tanzania, June 2 -- A U.S. Navy destroyer launched an attack on foreign fighters in a remote corner of northeastern Somalia late Friday, according to a senior U.S. official, though details of the operation remained sketchy.
429541
A U.S. warship is approaching the area off the Horn of Africa where Somali pirates have anchored a hijacked ship carrying U.N. food aid, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Monday.
288065
KISMAYU, Somalia  - An explosion tore through a ceremony in southern Somalia on Sunday, killing at least four people and wounding more than 20 others including senior military and police commanders, witnesses said.
199694
BOSSASSO, Somalia  - A U.S. Navy warship attacked a suspected al Qaeda target in northern Somalia, CNN reported, and residents said on Saturday missiles had pounded hills where foreign jihadists fled after clashing with locals.