Zainab Osman
(SomaliNet) Vietnam's death toll from Tropical Storm Durian rose to 59 on Wednesday as authorities began cleaning up the country's south coast where more than 120,000 houses were destroyed. The worst damage was in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, where at least 34 people were killed and
Zainab Osman
(SomaliNet) Tens of thousands of poll workers fanned out across Bangladesh on Friday to update a disputed voter list in a bid to quell street protests ahead of general elections next month. At least 140,000 workers will make door-to-door visits until Dec. 15 to check whether there
Hajarah Kizza
(SomaliNet) Guinea Bissau's authorities have seized over two tons of cocaine as it was being transported from South America.
This happened off the coast of Guinea Bissau and it was captured by a navy patrol. No arrests were made after the capture of the drugs since the boat's
Zainab Osman
(SomaliNet) Three Syrians and an Iraqi were sentenced to death Thursday for firing rockets at two U.S. warships by a military court in Amman, Jordan.
Only one of the Syrians sentenced is in custody, and the others were tried in absentia. The court acquitted three men and gave
Zainab Osman
(SomaliNet) Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday rejected conclusions by the Iraq Study Group that achieving American goals in Iraq was linked to a sustained U.S. effort to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict, asserting that the two issues should not be connected.
Olmer
Zainab Osman
(SomaliNet) South Korean prosecutors indicted a Korean American and four others on Friday for allegedly spying for North Korea in what officials dubbed the biggest spy case since the beginning of reconciliation between the two Koreas. Jang Min-ho, the 44-year-old naturalized Korea
Zainab Osman
(SomaliNet) Private Saudi citizens are giving millions of dollars to Sunni insurgents in Iraq and much of the money is used to buy weapons, including shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles, according to key Iraqi officials and others familiar with the flow of cash. Saudi government
Zainab Osman
(SomaliNet) Germany's Federal Cabinet rejected a proposed plan to ban smoking in restaurants and schools due to concerns by the Federal Justice and Interior Ministries that the ban may breach the country's constitution.
The cabinet will only approve a proposal that bans smokin
Zainab Osman
(SomaliNet) U.S.-led coalition forces targeting al-Qaeda terrorists killed 20 people northwest of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The rebels died early today when coalition forces, acting on intelligence reports, hit a location near Lake Thar, the U.S. military said in an e-mailed sta
Bonny Apunyu
(SomaliNet) The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) today Friday, appealed for $1.06 billion to provide food and shelter next year for millions of people evacuated by persecution and conflict.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres sa
