Sunday, 31 August 2014

Al-Shabaab attacks Mogadishu prison

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Militants from Al-Shabaab militant group have staged a daring attack on a prison in Mogadishu with several casualties reported in the ensuing clashes with prison guards, eyewitnesses and security sources said Sunday. A group of Al-Shabaab militants attacked Godka Jili'ow prison where several Al-Shabaab detainees are being held, the sources said. The militants detonated several explosive-laden...

Why radical jihadists are cropping up in Minnesota, leaving to join terrorist groups

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Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes, home of the Twins and the Timberwolves — and the unlikely incubator for a growing number of radical jihadists. As many as 15 Somali-American men from Minneapolis-St. Paul left home in recent months to enlist with radical groups and join the fighting in Syria, according to the FBI. “They all...

Saturday, 30 August 2014

Anything US touches turns into Libya or Iraq’: Top Putin quotes at youth forum

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Vladimir Putin has criticized Washington’s unilateral actions on the international arena, saying that whatever it touches seems to be turning into Libya or Iraq. Below are the top 10 quotes from the Russian President’s speech at the Seliger youth forum. Unilateral decisions made outside the United Nations are usually doomed to failure, Putin said...

Here's What Scientists Discovered When They Conducted A Rigorous Study Of Pizza Cheese

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Nobody can ever seem to agree on which pizza is the best, so a team of scientists decided to call in an unbiased pizza-evaluation algorithm to determine how to compose a winning pie. While a fair assessment of pizza quality — a pressing concern in certain food circles — would require considering everything from crust char to sauce flavor, the scientists...

Friday, 29 August 2014

SOMALIA TAKES KENYA TO U.N. COURT IN OIL RIGHTS ROW

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Somalia filed a suit against Kenya at the U.N.'s highest court, seeking to resolve a long-running dispute over lucrative oil reserves in the Indian Ocean. Somalia asked the International Court of Justice in The Hague to determine the maritime boundary between the coastal nations, which disagree about the rights for exploration and collect revenue...

Thursday, 28 August 2014

High seas tragedies leave more than 300 dead on the Mediterranean in past week

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More than 300 people have died while trying to make irregular sea crossings from North Africa to Europe in the past week, bringing the death toll this year from sinking vesels on the Mediterranean to almost 1,900, including some 1,600 since June. "The past few days have been the deadliest this year on the Mediterranean for people making irregular...

Monday, 25 August 2014

Soldiers harassed us in Garissa, say two MPs from Northern Kenya

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COMPLAINANT: Garissa womens rep Shukran Gure outside the Garissa police station after recording a statement on alleged harassment by millitary officers on Saturday. TWO MPs from Northern Kenya on Saturday recorded statements at the Garissa police station over claims they were harassed by military officers manning the Madogo road-block, four kilometres...

Sunday, 24 August 2014

TURKEY SENDS FLOATING POWER STATION TO GAZA TO PROVIDE VITAL ELECTRICITY AFTER ISRAEL DESTROYED THE ONLY PLANT.

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Turkey plans to send a floating power station to Gaza to provide vital electricity to the troubled region. Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said that the electricity generating vessel would be sent as soon as Gaza’s port facilities had been upgraded. Yildiz met this week Palestinian Energy Minister Omar Kittaneh and afterwards...

Thursday, 21 August 2014