MORE details have been released by police about the suspects in the investigation into ‘several men’ raping a teenage girl in woodland. The 17-year-old Asian girl was walking from Darvill’s Lane towards High Street on Friday evening when she met with a group of men close to the junction with Church Street and Chalvey Road...
February 6, 2025
Category: Global News & Politics
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At least 2 killed in Somali market bomb blast
Mogadishu – At least two people were killed and seven wounded when a bomb ripped through a busy market in the Somali capital on Monday, a government official said. It is not clear who carried out the attack but in the past similar attacks in Mogadishu have been claimed by al-Shabaab militants, who have vowed...
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Women more vulnerable to Islamophobia: Traditional dress makes wearer ‘visibly Muslim’ and a soft target for abuse, say researchers
There has been a surge of anti-Islamic attacks following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby Jonathan Brown Muslim women are more likely to fall victim to Islamophobic hate crimes than men, with many of the attacks “opportunistic” and provoked by hostility to traditional dress, a new study has found. Researchers said that traditional dress such...
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Al-Shabaab warn of Mogadishu attacks during Ramadan
Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab militants have warned they will step up attacks in the Somali capital Mogadishu during the holy month of Ramadan, which started on Sunday. In an audio message released on the Al-Shabaab – controlled station Radio Andalus and also on an Islamist website, the group’s commander in charge of Mogadishu operations, Sheik Ali Mohamed...
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Abandoned KDF war boys return to unleash terror
PHOTO | FILE Burnt cars are seen outside the Mpeketoni police station after the deadly attack on June 16, that left more than 60 people dead. There are fears that some terrorists behind attacks in Kenya could have been trained to combat al-Shabaab in Somalia. NATION By ANDREW TEYIE At the height of the al-Shabaab...
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UN-Chartered Russian Helicopter under Fire in Somalia, No Casualties Reported
TEHRAN (FNA)- A Russian helicopter chartered by the United Nations on Sunday came under fire in Somalia, hurting no one. “Engineers examining a Mil Mi-8 helicopter after a flight found a hole, which was presumably made by a 10-15 mm round, in the main rotor. Most probably, the bullet passed clear and none of the...
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Somalia: Al-Shabaab- It Will Be a Long War
By ICG (Report) Al-Shabaab has given the impression of being financially competent and less corrupt than the central and local authorities it opposes.82 But above all, and unlike its armed Somali adversaries including the SFG, it pays its soldiers and operatives well and regularly and provides for its veterans and the families of its “martyrs”.83...
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Saudi Arabia: Non-Muslims told not to eat in public in Ramadan
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS The Interior Ministry has warned that it would deport non-Muslim expatriates found eating and drinking in public during Ramadan. “Non-Muslim expatriates should respect the feelings of Muslims by not eating, drinking or smoking in public places such as streets and workplaces. They should not think that they are exempted from this because...
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Egypt, Ethiopia agree on ‘new chapter’ in ties
Al Sissi, Ethiopian PM in ground-breaking talks on dam row By Ramadan Al Sherbini Cairo: Addis Ababa has pledged to Egypt that Ethiopia’s construction of a controversial dam, which has strained ties between the two African countries, will not “harm Egyptian water interests”, the official news agency (Mena) reported Friday. The pledge came at landmark...
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Algeria 1-1 Russia: Islam Slimani sends Algeria through to the last 16
Algeria booked their place in the last 16 of the World Cup for the first time in their history with a 1-1 draw against Russia in Curitiba. Aleksandr Kokorin gave Russia a sixth-minute lead, which would have earned Fabio Capello’s team a clash against Germany in Porto Alegre on Monday. However, Islam Slimani netted on...