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The offer of amnesty comes just days after U.S. airstrikes targeting al-Shabab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane killed at least six militants.

The northern French port town has seen a flood of immigrants fleeing war and famine, and trying to get to the UK.

The U.S. strike in Somalia with drones and airplanes is part of a bigger picture, as American forces battle Islamic extremism in Africa.

Members of the al Qaeda-linked group al-Shabab were killed, but it's unclear if leader Ahmed Abdi Godane was among them.

The Pentagon told CNN that U.S. military forces conducted an operation against Al-Shabaab in Somalia Monday.

Signs of a homegrown jihadi fighter are not always as obvious as expected.

The wealthy country has mediated the release of foreign and Syrian captives on several occasions during Syria's 3-year-old civil war.

Media observers question whether YouTube and Twitter were right to make the James Foley video unavailable.

Barack Obama doesn't want to commit to a ground attack in Iraq again. But relying only on airstrikes, experts say, won't beat ISIS.

The 44-year-old convicted felon was arrested after a trip to Lebanon where he tweeted a number of messages supporting ISIS under the name Abu Omar al-Amreeki.

"We have withdrawn from the army base after heavy shelling," Saiqa special forces officer Fadel Al-Hassi told Reuters.

While the attacks have been largely attributed to Islamist al-Shabab, many suspect political and ethnic rifts to be the underlying cause.

An estimated 8 million of Ethiopia's 60 million people are at immediate risk due to drought.

Vials of smallpox from the 1950's were found in a Food and Drug Administration Laboratory in Maryland and the Center for Disease and Control is still investigating how this could happen.

Nine people were killed in the attack, which was believed to be the work of suicide bombers.

The girls snuck out of their bedroom in Manchester and hopped on a fight to Turkey. They are now believed to be in Syria.

Al Shabaab claims responsibility for the Thursday attack on a Somali lawmaker.

A refugee named Issa described Sodertalje: "The city is mostly Iraqi and Syrian immigrants, but some Swedes live here too.”

U.S. military advisors have secretly operated in Somalia since around 2007 and Washington plans to deepen its security assistance to help the country fend off threats by Islamist militant group al Shabaab, U.S. officials said.

U.S. military advisers have secretly operated in Somalia since around 2007 and Washington plans to deepen its security assistance to help the country fend off threats by Islamist militant group al Shabaab, U.S. officials said, according to Reuters in an exclusive report.

The plane was reportedly carrying a cargo load of a locally popular mild stimulant.