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News Wrap: Pelosi to introduce war powers resolution on Iran

In our news wrap Monday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Democrats will vote this week on a war powers resolution requiring congressional approval for any further U.S. military action on Iran. It's likely to pass the House but not the…

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Extremists attack Kenya military base, 3 Americans killed

By Abdi Guled, Tom Odula, Cara Anna, Associated Press

Al-Shabab extremists overran a key military base used by U.S. counterterror forces in Kenya before dawn Sunday, killing three American Department of Defense personnel and destroying several U.S. aircraft and vehicles before they were repelled, U.S. and Kenyan authorities said.

U.S. military admits civilian deaths in Somalia airstrike

By Lolita Baldor, Associated Press

Just weeks after insisting that American airstrikes in Somalia had killed no civilians, U.S. Africa Command said Friday that new information reveals that a woman and a child died last April when a U.S. strike targeted al-Shabab militants.

Al-Shabab claims role in deadly attack at Nairobi hotel

By Joseph Mwihia, Associated Press

The coordinated assault began with an explosion that targeted three vehicles outside a bank, and a suicide bombing in the hotel lobby that severely wounded a number of guests, said Kenya's national police chief.

U.S. airstrikes in Somalia kill 62 al-Shabab fighters

By Abdi Guled, Associated Press

The strikes were carried out in close coordination with Somalia's government and were "conducted to prevent al-Shabab from using remote areas as a safe haven to plot, direct, inspire, and recruit for future attacks," said the U.S. military statement.

At least 20 dead after car bombs explode in Somalia’s capital

By Farah Abdi, Abdi Guled, Associated Press

After the three explosions in front of the hotel, a fourth blast hit as medics attempted to rescue the injured. Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels, al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the bombs.

U.S. airstrike in Somalia kills about 60 al-Shabab extremist fighters

By Abdi Guled, Cara Anna, Associated Press

The U.S. military on Tuesday announced its deadliest airstrike against the al-Shabab extremist group in Somalia in nearly a year, killing about 60 fighters. The U.S. military has carried out more than two dozen airstrikes this year against the al-Qaida-linked…

Somalia sees enemy al-Shabab weaken under U.S. military pressure

By Jane Ferguson

After years of civil war and upheaval, Somalia is struggling to its feet, and the U.S. is back in with boots on the ground and drones in the skies. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson and videographer Alessandro Pavone report on the…

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Somali forces end hotel siege after deadly blast

By Michael D. Regan

Somali forces took control of a Mogadishu hotel on Sunday, following a 12-hour standoff with five assailants who entered the building after a truck bomb killed at least 23 people nearby.