Somali pirates have hijacked an oil tanker off the coast of Yemen, according to multiple Somali security officials that spoke with the BBC.

Somalia's bicameral parliament on Wednesday approved the country's new constitution following a protracted process that spanned more than 13 years.

At least one person was killed and 11 others injured in Yemen’s southern city of Aden after security forces opened fire to disperse protesters linked to the secessionist Southern Transitional Council (STC).

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Tuesday that it had received a report of an incident about 70 nautical miles southwest of Aden, Yemen.

A passenger aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff at Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport, but all passengers and crew were safely evacuated, Somali officials said.

The Seattle Seahawks produced a devastating defensive display to beat the New England Patriots and claim their second Super Bowl victory.

A vessel sailing in the Gulf of Aden near Yemen came under attack early Tuesday, officials confirmed.

A Ugandan military helicopter carrying eight people crashed on Tuesday at Aden Adde International Airport in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, according to aviation officials.

The satellite image, taken by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2 satellite, shows the USS Carl Vinson operating in the Gulf of Aden.