For several years, online rumors have alleged that U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar's father, Nur Omar Mohamed, committed war crimes as a military officer in Somalia before immigrating to the U.S. as a refugee.

The true story that inspired 'Black Hawk Down' is revisited in the Netflix docuseries 'Surviving Black Hawk Down' Netflix© 2025 The 2001 war film Black Hawk Down brought the deadly events of 1993’s ...

GENEVA, February 27 (UNHCR) - More than 40,000 internally displaced people have returned to the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in the last six weeks despite heavy fighting that has caused many civilian ...

An image posted by Shabaab on social media shows a Shabaab fighter posing inside Biyo Cadde after the group captured the town. Since at least February 20, Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch for East Africa, ...

Somalia is facing its most severe crisis since the height of its civil war in the 1990s. Al-Shabaab has launched a devastating offensive, sweeping across southern regions and encircling the capital, ...

When war erupted in the Middle East in late February, the most visible consequences were playing out in the Persian Gulf, with smoke rising from Dubai's Jebel Ali port and shipping traffic across one ...

Clinics in Somalia ration supplies, turn away malnourished children Iran crisis exacerbates lack of funds and ravages of drought Deliveries of life-saving foods take longer and cost more Interruptions ...

GENEVA, February 27 (UNHCR) - More than 40,000 internally displaced people have returned to the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in the last six weeks despite heavy fighting that has caused many civilian ...