BAIDOA, Somalia, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Somali President Abdullahi Yusef Ahmed, blamed for the country's deepening political crisis, resigned Monday, the Parliament speaker said.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The president of Somalia's struggling transitional government is widely expected to resign this weekend, observers say.

LONDON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Barack Obama's victory in the U.S. presidential election Tuesday brought congratulatory messages from world leaders.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A Russian shipyard announced it would finish building a new guided-missile frigate for India by early next year.

TRIPOLI, Libya, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Russian warships are leaving the Libyan capital after a three-day official visit and are steaming to the Caribbean, military officials say.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The United Nations is calling a Somali peace deal a good step toward stabilizing the fragile security situation in the country.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Somalia Prime Minister Nur Hassan Nur Ade says he won't step down after 11 of his cabinet ministers resigned to protest what they call his "dictatorship."

MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 13 (UPI) -- The Transitional Federal Government in Somalia says it has agreed to hold talks with opposition leaders after years of violence have ravaged the country.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, July 19 (UPI) -- Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed vowed that planned, internationally sponsored peace talks will go forward despite clashes in Mogadishu.