Drone strike removes ‘imminent threat’ to Somalians, U.S. says

A U.S. military drone strike on a vehicle carrying explosives in Somalia removed “an imminent threat to the people of Mogadishu” by the al-Shabab extremist group, the U.S. Africa Command said Tuesday. The airstrike was carried out Tuesday about 40 miles southwest of Somalia’s capital, the U.S. statement said.