US judge tosses out piracy charge against Somalis
18 Aug 2010: WASHINGTON: A US judge on Tuesday threw out piracy charges against six Somali men who were accused of attacking a US Navy ship off the eastern coast of Africa in April, though the group still faces other charges. Lawyers for the men challenged the piracyChina-Indonesia Islamic Culture Expo & Art Show 2010 Concludes in Jakarta
26 Jul 2010: China-Indonesia Islamic Cultural Expo and Art Show 2010 was concluded in Jakarta on Sunday night, after five-day-long activities in Surabaya and Jakarta. At the closing ceremony, Chen Guangyuan, director of China Islamic Association, said that the eventYemen acts to secure key strait
11 Jul 2010: On a rocky volcanic outcrop set in the deep and treacherous waters of a vital strait linking Europe to Asia, Yemen’s coastguard is building a base to help secure one of the world’s busiest waterways. Somali pirates trawl the sea south of the Bab AlMogadishu faces a catastrophe
09 Jul 2010: Heavy fighting in the northern areas of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has trapped many residents in their homes, with some unable to bury their dead, civil society sources said on 6 July. The fighting has rendered the areas inaccessible to those whoTwo Somali shopkeepers shot dead
09 Jul 2010: Two Somali men have been shot dead at their shop in Worcester. It’s believed two suspects entered the Mockingbird Street store on Wednesday night; one then opened fire. One of the Somali nationals died on the scene. A second man passed away in hospitalIsraeli indicted in U.S. for smuggling arms to Somalia
30 Jun 2010: Foreign Ministry and Defense Ministry sources adamantly denied yesterday that they were in any way involved in arms shipments to Somalia. Spokesmen for both ministries were responding to news of the arrest in the U.S. of Hanoch Miller, an Israeli armsIsrael plans to expel 300 Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem
14 Jun 2010: RAMALLAH: A senior Palestinian official on Sunday revealed that Israel plans to expel 300 Palestinian political figures from occupied Jerusalem. “The expulsion of political figures is the first step before the expulsion of Palestinian families fromTwo Ugandan peacekeepers killed in Mogadishu clashes
07 Jun 2010: A spokesman for African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) confirms that two Ugandan soldiers serving the mission have been killed in last week’s clashes that rocked Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. Manirakiza Adolphe AMISOM's deputy publicSyria’s scuds, Israel’s security and one big smokescreen
07 Jun 2010: In the self-sensationalising world of modern media, some truths are better witnessed than told. Over the past fortnight, major media outlets have converged on Syria’s alleged delivery of scud missiles to the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah. ByThousands of Yemenis slam Israeli attack on Freedom Flotilla
02 Jun 2010: Sana'a: Tens of thousands of Yemenis condemned on Tuesday the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla, which was on its way to Gaza early on Monday. The ruling and opposition parties, who organised the demonstration, demanded the scrapping of the ArabIsraeli forces kill three Palestinians
02 Jun 2010: The Israeli military has killed at least three Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, a day after Israeli commandos killed 20 activists aboard six aid ships in international waters. Medics in Gaza announced that the Palestinians were killed in northern parts ofIsrael attacks Gaza aid fleet
31 May 2010: Israeli forces have attacked a flotilla of aid-carrying ships aiming to break the country's siege on Gaza. At least 19 people were killed and dozens injured when troops intercepted the convoy of ships dubbed the Freedom Flotilla early on Monday, IsraeliCIA accused of ordering kidnap of former Pakistani spy
21 Apr 2010: The wife of Khalid Khawaja claims that her husband, who was once a confidante of Osama bin Laden, was taken at the request of the American intelligence service as he travelled through Pakistan's lawless tribal belt. On Monday a group calling itself theUS AFRICOM's First War: Directs Large-Scale Offensive in Somalia
20 Apr 2010: Over 43 people have been killed in the Somali capital of Mogadishu in the past two days in fighting between Shabab (al-Shabaab) insurgent forces, who on March 10 advanced to within one mile of the nation's presidential palace, and troops of theIsrael Annexes West Bank Mosques
09 Apr 2010: The Israeli occupation authorities have decided to place two historic mosques in the occupied West Bank to a list of alleged Jewish heritage sites, drawing immediate rebuke from Palestinians and Israelis alike. "This announcement is an act of aggressionPirates Hijack South Korean Oil Tanker
07 Apr 2010: A South Korean-owned oil tanker with 24 crew is reportedly hijacked by suspected Somali pirates southeast of Gulf of Aden, foreign ministry said on Sunday. The 300,000-tonne Samho Dream was en route to Louisiana , USA from Iraq when it was attacked andslashnews
CIA accused of ordering kidnap of former Pakistani spy
The wife of Khalid Khawaja claims that her husband, who was once a confidante of Osama bin Laden, was taken at the request of the American intelligence service as he travelled through Pakistan's lawless tribal belt. On Monday a group calling itself the
Yemen court upholds Israel spy's death sentence
A death sentence for a Yemeni man, Bassam Abdullah al-Haidari, convicted of spying for Israel has been upheld by an appeals court. In March 2009, a state security court sentenced the 27-year-old to death after convicting him of establishing contacts with
Mosque building brings Islamophobia fears to Poland
In a sight familiar in some west European countries but new to Poland, dozens of protesters demonstrated in a Warsaw suburb last weekend against the construction of a mosque. Plans by Poland's tiny Muslim community to build a place of worship and an
Puntland president meets with Ethiopian FM
The president of Somalia's Puntland State government Dr. Abdirahman Mohammed Farole has held meeting with Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister Seyoum Mesfin in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The meeting which was held in Hotel Sharaton, where Puntland