Category: Global News & Politics

Victim had lost his shoes during a wedding An anonymous shoe thief left a letter of apology for his victim who had his shoe stolen eight years ago at a wedding in Jeddah, Sabq reports. The thief had attached a SR500 note along with his letter to compensate for the lost shoes. The thief expressed...

MANILA, Philippines – A World Health Organization official on Thursday urged millions of Muslims making the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to exercise basic hygiene as mass gatherings pose risks of spreading the Middle East respiratory syndrome. The U.N. agency has recorded 827 cases of MERS and 287 deaths, mostly in Saudi Arabia. The virus...

By JAMES TOZER and JAYA NARAIN and INDERDEEP BAINS Twin schoolgirls who followed their jihadi brother to Syria were hard-working students who hoped to train as doctors. Sixteen-year-olds Salma and Zahra Halane, who last summer achieved 28 GCSEs between them, left their parents’ home in the middle of the night and caught a flight to Turkey, before crossing the border....

Pirates have earned millions of dollars through hijackings Piracy off Somalia’s coast would fall sharply if the country’s economy was more developed, a study says. Local elites and communities in remote areas protect pirates because they lack an income, it adds. Foreign navies have a strong presence around Somalia in order to keep shipping lanes...

In this June 24, 2014 photo shows Thai Muslim tourists enjoying Halal certified foods at a barbecue restaurant in Tokyo. (AFP) RIYADH: ABDUL HANNAN TAGO Muslims should eat smaller meals to gain the full benefit from fasting in Ramadan because this allows the body to clear out toxins and heal itself, according to a local...

By Moses Michira Money from illegal sugar imports from Somalia is allegedly bank-rolling activities of the terrorist group, Al-Shabaab. The militia has been causing death on Kenyan soil, in what the group says is retaliation for the Kenya Defence Forces’ continued stay in Somalia. A truck driver with knowledge of the illegal trade says the...

By Kukil Bora Members of the New York Police Department join in prayer at the Islamic Cultural Center of New York in the Manhattan borough of New York on Aug. 26, 2010. The Islamic Cultural Center was the first mosque built in New York City and was completed in 1991. Reuters/Lucas Jackson The National Security Agency,...

Andargachew Tsege, a UK national, leads the banned Ginbot 7 movement Opposition leader Andargachew Tsege has appeared on Ethiopian state television, following his disappearance from Yemen last month. His UK-based wife Yemi Hailemariam told the BBC she was shocked to see him on television. Yemen arrested Andargachew while he was in transit at Sanaa airport,...

By Mohamed Sheikh Nor and Michael Gunn Somalia’s government fired the country’s police commissioner and head of national security after Islamist militants attacked the presidential compound in the capital yesterday. Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab insurgents entered the compound in Mogadishu before Somali armed forces alongside African Union peacekeepers repulsed the attack, killing three of the assailants and...

By: Abdi Guled MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s government said its troops have retaken the presidential palace in the capital of Mogadishu Tuesday, after Islamic militants forced their way in and exchanged heavy gunfire with troops and guards. Loud explosions and gunfire could be heard inside the heavily fortified compound, which has been the subject of...