Over 20 people were killed and more than 10 others wounded during two days of fighting between Islamic State fighters and security forces from Somalia's Puntland region, officials said Tuesday.

After seven-week hijack, Puntland locals say they are victims of foreign trawlers. But China calls the attack ‘vicious’.

Two Somali fishermen wearing big scarves over their heads to hide their faces glance around furtively as they walk into the room for a secret meeting to tell me why they have recently decided to ...

near the town of Dharjaale in the Bari region. The group was officially recognised as the Somali province of Islamic State in 2017 and has been based in the mountainous areas of Puntland.

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Puntland security forces, backed by international allies, carried out an air and ground operation ...

Captain Yusuf Mohamed, an officer in Puntland's counter-terrorism forces, told Reuters on Tuesday that nine suicide bombers had been killed and several soldiers had been injured, near the town of ...

Militants in Somalia staged an attack in the semi-autonomous northern Puntland state ... The morning assault near the town of Dharjaale -- roughly 200 kilometres (124 miles) from the commercial ...

A decade ago, pirates operated freely and there were plenty of hideouts for them along the coastline, like Eyl, a small, scenic port town in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland.

Puntland State TV said on Facebook eight suicide bombers were among those killed in the raid near the town of Dharjaale in the Bari region. Somalia's information minister did not immediately ...