US peacekeepers were killed by Somalia militiamen in flip-flops. What went wrong – and did it set a ‘dangerous precedent’?

For decades, Washington has sought to prop up the government in Mogadishu, but Somalia remains a fractured state. Political ...

The expression Black Hawk Down, the title of a Hollywood film, has become shorthand for a 1993 US military disaster in ...

A variety of cultures were highlighted for the Eden Prairie community at the PeopleFest! Party, Thursday, Aug. 9, at Staring Lake Park. The party was the culminating event for the new weeklong ...

Forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region have captured swathes of territory from Islamic State during a ...

The preliminary investigation indicates the man got ahold of the officer's gun and then fired it at himself, police said. Emergency medical service workers were called to provide first aid and ...

CHARLESTON — While an investigation continues into the reportedly self-inflicted fatal shooting of an Eastern Illinois University student, those close to 22-year-old Yahacov Dennis are ...

Puntland is currently waging war against the violent extremist group Islamic State in ...

A well-traveled man who swiped three cars, including a U.S. Forest Service vehicle from Manchester, has been sentenced in ...

Someone stole the following guns from an unlocked truck on Belleville Road, near Orangeburg, on Friday: a 9mm Chinese pistol, a .22-caliber single-barrel shotgun and a 12-gauge Snake Charmer shotgun.

AKRON, Iowa -- A truck driver died Tuesday after his truck collided with another truck at a rural Plymouth County intersection northeast of Akron. The Iowa State Patrol said Mohammed Wajid was ...

Police learned that the three men inside the Honda all were carrying guns that were either stolen or unregistered, the department said.