Somalia’s President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed promised on Wednesday to rid the country of the Islamist militants who are fighting to overthrow his administration and blocking food aid to millions of people facing starvation. Mr. Ahmed was speaking four days after al Shabaab pulled most of its forces out of the Somali capital amid signs of deepening [...]

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has agreed to look at restarting a Gulf Arab initiative aimed at ending the country's violent political standoff with a peaceful transfer of power, a Yemeni government official said on Wednesday. Saleh has already agreed to the plan brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) three times, only to back out o[...]

he UK unrest has spread across central and northern parts of the country after four days of rioting in London even as Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday vowed to bring perpetrators of violence to book. Three Asian men, two of them brothers aged 25 and 21, died in Birmingham after they were hit by a car. They were reportedly part of a vig[...]

A Libyan rebel fighter collapses to the ground during a firefight in the city of Misrata. Shrapnel rips through an artery in his leg, and he is rapidly losing blood. Medics battle to save his life in an abandoned building that doubles as an emergency operating theater. They come under fire. The man dies. Photographer Andre Liohn’s images o[...]

Syrian troops rolled into the northwestern city of Saraqib early Thursday morning, just hours after evening prayers there called for an end to President Bashar al-Assad's reign, an opposition group said. This came as world powers scurried to find a solution to the five-month-long crisis engulfing the country. At least eight people were killed o[...]

Kathmandu, June 29 (IANS) The number 13, traditionally associated with bad luck, is going to prove unlucky for Nepal's King Gyanendra and the royal family with the new budget, to be unveiled on July 13, going to drastically reduce the allowances of the palace. 'The palace will get a fund of only NRS 30 million,' Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat[...]