GAROWE, Somalia — A first-degree court in Garowe, Puntland state capital today sentenced Abdifitah Abdinur to four years in prison for assaulting an 8-year-old Yemeni boy at the INJI market in Garowe, ...

An official in Xaafuun district in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland ... registered under Taiwan’s flag, is represented locally by a businessman from the Puntland region.

BALIDHIDIN, Somalia (Reuters) - Forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region have captured swathes of territory from Islamic State during a weeks-long offensive they hope will draw ...

Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Saciid, head of the group's assassination squad, surrendered to authorities on Monday in the Cal Miskaad mountains, in the northeastern Puntland state, Somalia's state news ...

The Somali forces from the semi-autonomous Puntland region have made significant gains against Islamic State (IS) militants in the Cal Miskaad mountains, capturing key strongholds. The month-long ...

The ISIS militants, mostly foreigners, had established more permanent bases in Puntland state, with the ultimate goal being destabilization of the northern state of Somalia — the most stable federal ...

Washington — One month ago, on the morning of Feb. 4, forces from Somalia's Puntland region attacked Islamic State terror group fighters, who responded with drones ...

The suspect, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a U.S. citizen from Texas who once served in Afghanistan, was flying an Islamic State flag during ... region of Puntland a day earlier, the ...