The Pentagon is rejecting al-Shabab’s claim a U.S. drone crashed Monday in southwestern Somalia. Pro-al-Shabab websites said the drone carrying six missiles crashed in a rebel-held village called Shan-da’ar in the Gedo region. The militants claimed on their local radio station that they have taken the crashed drone to a safer location. Somali security sources…
Witnesses in the Somali capital say a car bomb explosion has killed the country’s former defense minister. A police officer at the scene said the bomb had been planted underneath the car of Muhiyadin Mohamed Haji Ibrahim, the former defense minister who currently works as an adviser for the Somali parliament. …
The university in northwest Pakistan where Taliban gunmen killed at least 20 people last month reopened for classes on Monday with teachers – but not students – allowed to carry weapons. Pakistani Taliban militants have threatened more assaults on schools and universities since the Jan. 20 attack on Bacha Khan University…