SOMALIA

The Islamic State hasn't struck in Somalia since early last month.

"A raid and destruction on two Al-Shabab command and logistics bases" in Somalia was reported early Monday.

A Marine general has requested "a little bit more flexibility" to fight the al-Qaeda affiliated terror group in North Africa.

The Toronto School Board has canceled all future trips to the United States over the “uncertainty” caused by the travel ban.

Royal Jordanian Airlines suggested its passengers flying to the U.S. contemplate the meaning of life to pass the time on flights.

The social media checks were ordered in the latest of four memos instructing immigration officials on how to implement “extreme vetting.”

Somalia Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire said Somalia's famine was on the verge of becoming a national disaster at the beginning of March when 110 people died of hunger in the time span of 48 hours.

Nine airlines operating out of 10 airports will no longer allow any electronics larger than a smartphone on board the plane.

Similar hardline bills have been filed in Ohio, Tennessee, North Carolina, Iowa, Idaho and Pennsylvania -- all states Donald Trump carried on Election Day.

U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson ordered a temporary halt to Trump's revised travel ban citing "significant and unrebutted evidence of religious animus" behind it.

The president vowed to challenge a federal judge's ruling to halt his travel ban.

The Democratic senator said the controversial travel ban would aid the Islamic State group (ISIS) in recruiting people for their actions of terrorism.

In his ruling, Judge Chuang said: “The history of public statements continues to provide a convincing case that the purpose of the Second Executive Order remains the realization of the long-envisioned Muslim ban.”

U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson said the ban is likely a violation of the First Amendment.

There were roughly 800,000 Nigerians living in South Africa in 2016, according to the Nigerian Union in South Africa.

Monday night's pirate hijacking was the first since 2012.

The number of Americans who successfully received work visas from the authorities also increased by about 18 percent compared to the same corresponding period last year.

President Donald Trump has given CIA the authority to conduct drone attacks against suspected militants in Syria, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

The blast, which took place outside the Wehliye Hotel on Maka al Mukaram street, damaged a house in the area.

The African Union Mission in Somalia welcomed Mukhtar’s decision and urged the terrorist group’s other militants to follow suit.

The hate messages began Monday when President Donald Trump signed a second executive order barring citizens from six Muslim countries from entering the U.S.