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Somali pirates are back in the headlines after a Spanish trawler and its 36 member crew has thrust the issue of Somali piracy back into the spotlight. The vessel was released after a ransom payment exceeding $3m was agreed. Does...

It’s bad enough that the territory known as Somalia is in turmoil 365 days a year, but now the waters that surround the war savaged country are looming with want-to-be Jack Sparrows that seem intent on revenge. If we could...

Muslim Shabaab religious enforcers in battered Somalia are finding time to whip Muslim women for wearing bras. They're being punished because the underwear accentuates breasts and in some cases gives a "fraudulent" impression to possible suitors, reports the Independent. "Al...

Amidst stunning revelations of Pastor T.B. Joshua’s prophetic involvement in FIFA’S U-17 and U-20 World Cups, another event of international magnitude has been added to the growing list of accurate prophecies pronounced by the Nigerian cleric… Over a month earlier,...

The American nuclear-powered attack submarine, USS San Juan, has arrived in Simon’s Town, South Africa’s main naval base, for an unprecedented series of joint manoeuvres with South Africa’s submarine force. A US Navy report said the USS San Juan’s arrival...

Palestine negotiator ask to United Nation Council an Independent state for Palestine. Meanwhile, Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu decline any move for Palestine country. The peace talk looks lack. Palestine negotiator disappointed with increasing Israeli settlement in West Bank and Jerusalem....

Least 14 Algerians were killed and 400 others in the public festivities win over Egypt and qualify for the 2010 World Cup. Was quoted by international news agencies, quoting the Civil Defense in Algeria that 14 people were killed and...

South Africa has remembered its war dead with wreath-laying ceremonies marking Armistice Day, also known as “Poppy Day,” in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Cape Town. In Johannesburg, the Remembrance Day Service and Parade had the theme of uniting all military veterans...