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 piracyMuslim faithful welcome month of fasting, contemplation
11 Aug 2010: Ramadan, for Muslims the most blessed of all months, received a heartfelt welcome last night in Turkey and across the globe as believers stepped into a holy period of reflection and purification to review their lives in light of Islamic teachings andAre CIA and Google teaming up?
30 Jul 2010: WASHINGTON: Hey, all you folks who like to plaster all the details of your daily lives on YouTube, did you know that your videos could soon be scanned and evaluated for terror threats? Yes, thanks to a new project funded by the US intelligence community,China-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 hospitalBarred from Jerusalem for crime of being Palestinian
01 Jul 2010: To say that Palestinian Murad Abu-Khalaf's roots are in Jerusalem is a serious understatement. His family lived in the Baka district of West Jerusalem until they were forced to leave in the war of 1948. They have since lived – and live – in the innerThe Iranian Threat
30 Jun 2010: The dire threat of Iran is widely recognized to be the most serious foreign policy crisis facing the Obama administration. Congress has just strengthened the sanctions against Iran, with even more severe penalties against foreign companies. The ObamaIsraeli 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 fromIsraeli Document: Gaza Blockade economic warfare against Hamas
10 Jun 2010: As Israel ordered a slight easing of its blockade of the Gaza Strip Wednesday, McClatchy obtained an Israeli government document that describes the blockade not as a security measure but as "economic warfare" against the Islamist group Hamas, which rulesIAEA meeting to discuss Israel nuclear
08 Jun 2010: The United Nations nuclear agency is expected to discuss Israel's nuclear capabilities at its board of governors meeting in the Austrian capital, Vienna. It is the first time since 1991 that Israel's nuclear issue is included in the five-day meeting ofTwo 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. ByUS Supreme Court: no immunity for Mohamed Ali Samatar
02 Jun 2010: A former Somali prime minister is not protected by sovereign immunity from a lawsuit in the United States for alleged torture and human rights abuses, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. In a unanimous decision, the high court handed a defeat to Mohamedslashnews
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