A government military base in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia was struck by car bombs and gunfire Wednesday, residents said, and the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the attack. The mid-morning attack occurred in Awdhigle, an agricultural district along the...

Leaning over his sewing machine in the workshop of the small Berlin-based company called mimycri, Khaldoun Alhussain concentrates as he stitches a piece of grey rubber. A border of yellow thread takes shape on the material that he works with an expert hand. The grey material...

Fifty-five bodies have been recovered so far off the Libyan coast, an aid worker said on Saturday, after a wooden boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized Thursday. Search operations are continuing to find other missing migrants, a member of Libyan Red Crescent told Reuters by phone....

Roger Federer kept tennis statisticians on their toes Saturday as he mopped up a few more records by trampling all over Lucas Pouille's dreams in a rip-roaring 7-5 6-2 7-6(4) win to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon. The Swiss became the first player - man or woman - to notch up 350 match...