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Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, a blind cleric who preached at mosques in New York, was sentenced to life in 1996 for planning the attacks./AGENCIES Omar Abdel-Rahman, the extremist Muslim cleric known as “the blind sheikh” convicted of conspiracy in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and planning more attacks as part of a “war of […]

Citizens gather at the border at Ciudad Juárez in show of unity, friendship with people of US  Hundreds of people, many carrying white roses, gathered at the Mexico-United States border at Ciudad Juárez-El Paso this afternoon to form a human wall in protest against the border wall and policies of U.S. President Donald Trump. Organizers […]

Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) A local source in Nineveh Province that the Islamic State group forced some residents of western Mosul to provide food to its combat detachments, Alsumaria News reported on Thursday. The source said, “The Islamic State forced the residents of western Mosul to feed its combat detachments in the neighborhoods of the area.” “The […]

 It should be winter on the Arctic pole – the northern most point in the world – but the equivalent of heatwaves have passed over the region this season melting the sea ice volume to a record low in January, the United Nations meteorological agency said. “Temperatures in the Arctic are quite remarkable and very […]

German regulators have banned an internet-connected doll called “My Friend Cayla” that can chat with children, warning Friday that it was a de facto “hidden spying device”. Parents were urged to disable the interactive toy by the Federal Network Agency which enforces bans on surveillance devices. “Items that conceal cameras or microphones and that are […]

Foreign Affairs CS Amina Mohammed with KDF troops in Somalia on January 11, 2015 /FILE A majority of Kenyans want the Kenya Defence Forces to withdraw from the anti-terror operation in Somalia, a Star poll indicates. The survey shows 63 per cent want KDF out, while the remaining 37 per cent want troops to stay […]

Mogadishu, 16 February 2017 – The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, yesterday led a high level delegation to Somali National University (SNU) to assess progress made in renovating the institution ahead of its official handover to the Federal Government of Somalia. The educational institution […]

HARARE: The wife of 92-year-old Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said Friday that he would be the voters’ choice even after he dies, as she addressed supporters from the ruling ZANU-PF party. Grace Mugabe, who is seen as a successor to her ailing husband, ratcheted up her colorful rhetoric ahead of the election due next year. […]

  Muslim worshippers gather after a suicide bomber detonated a device near the security headquarters of the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, July 4, 2016. REUTERS/Handout Riyadh – Maj. Gen. Bassam Attia, director of the Investigations and Strategic Planning Center of the Interior Ministry, said that Saudi Arabia was facing continuous threats by terrorist […]

Breivik left the makeshift court room on Wednesday and headed back to isolation. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB scanpix A lawyer for jailed Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik said on Wednesday the neo-Nazi’s isolation was harmful to his mental health, a key point in his legal battle over prison conditions. Breivik’s “mental vulnerability” was […]