This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON — A US base and an Italian ...

Seeking to save face in an embarrassing row with the UN, Italy retreated Friday from its threat to withdraw its soldiers from Somalia, but insisted that it would not bow to UN pressure for the removal ...

ROME – An Italian cruise ship with 1,500 people on board fended off a pirate attack far off the coast of Somalia when its Israeli private security forces exchanged fire with the bandits and drove them ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates hijacked an Italian-flagged tugboat with 16 crew today, a NATO spokeswoman said, as U.S. warships closely watched a lifeboat where an American captain was being held ...

A US base and an Italian military convoy were targeted in separate attacks in Somalia on Monday. Al-Shabaab militants staged a simultaneous car bomb and gun attack on the Baledogle US facility, while ...

Suspected Somali pirates attacked an Italian-owned cargo ship on Monday as it headed for Kenya's Mombasa port through one of the world's most dangerous waterways, a regional maritime group said.

ROMEROME — State TV in Italy says pirates have attacked an Italian cargo ship carrying 23 crew members in waters off Somalia. The ship’s owner, D’Alessio Group, said five armed men conducted the ...

An Italian nun was shot dead at a hospital by Somali gunmen Sunday, hours after a leading Muslim cleric condemned Pope Benedict XVI for his remarks on Islam and violence. The nun, who was not ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Somali state media will start broadcasting in Italian, an agreement signed between Mogadishu and Rome states, reviving the cooperation which was suspended three decades ago ...

Two gunmen killed an Italian nun and her bodyguard at a hospital Sunday, and a security official for an Islamic militia controlling the capital speculated the attack was linked to worldwide Muslim ...

A US base and an Italian military convoy were targeted in separate attacks in Somalia on Monday. Al-Shabaab militants staged a simultaneous car bomb and gun attack on the Baledogle US facility, while ...