Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Kyle Milliken was killed in action Thursday supporting the Somalian National Army near Mogadishu, the department of defense announced Saturday. Milliken is the first U.S. service member to be killed in Somalia since the 1993 Black Hawk Down incident. Two other SEALs were wounded during a raid on al-Qaida radio station near […]

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) The Nineveh Operations Command has declared full liberation of Mesherfa region in the wake of fierce clashes that occurred earlier on Saturday between Iraqi troops and Islamic State militants in western Mosul “The 9th armored division freed Mesherfa al-Oula district, completing the liberation of the full region of Mesherfa after inflicting huge losses […]

Boko Haram militants have released 82 schoolgirls out of a group of more than 200 who they kidnapped from the northeastern town of Chibok in April 2014, officials said on Saturday. The girls were released through negotiations with the government, one official said, asking not to be named. A military source said the girls were […]

 North Korea’s state media has accused the United States and South Korea of attempting to assassinate its leader Kim Jong-un with a “biochemical substance.” In an extraordinarily long, 1,800-word report, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Friday afternoon a “hideous terrorist group” conspired with the CIA and South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) to […]

 The campaign team of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron on Friday confirmed it had suffered a “massive and coordinated hacking attack” after internal documents were released online, slamming an attempt at “democratic destabilisation”. The centrist candidate’s furious staff said the release late Friday of thousands of emails, accounting documents and other files was an attempt […]

The Federation Council of Russia has reacted to the US bill on tightening sanctions against North Korea. According to the document, Washington has the right to take control of Russian ports in Primorsky Krai. This will be allegedly required to keep tabs on North Korean citizens working in the shipping industry. The ports in question […]

Deir Ezzor, SANA – The Syrian Air Force carried out intensive sorties over areas of ISIS gatherings and supply routes in the graveyards area, the brick factories, al-Majbal, al-Tharda, Wadi al-Tharda and al-Ommal neighborhood. SANA reporter said the sorties resulted in the deaths of many terrorists, while others were injured. The terrorists’ weapons and equipment […]

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has held a workshop to discuss ways of reducing the number of civilian casualties in road accidents involving AMISOM convoys. The workshop, which took place in Mogadishu, last week, was attended by stakeholders in AMISOM operations in Somalia, unified under the Civilian Casualty Tracking, Analysis and Response Cell […]

RIYADH — The Kingdom has further relaxed the male guardian system. The move to give women more control over their life choices was tentatively welcomed on Friday as another small step for Saudi women in the conservative kingdom. Local media outlets reported this week that Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has issued […]

BEIJING – China urged the United States to sack the head of the U.S. Pacific Command in return for exerting more pressure on North Korea amid concerns over its growing nuclear and missile threats, a source close to U.S.-China ties said Saturday. The Chinese leadership headed by President Xi Jinping made the request, through its […]