(SomaliNet) A car bomb exploded outside a police station in town of Ondarroa in the Basque Country in northern Spain slightly injuring seven people on Sunday, police said.
A spokesman for the Basque Country police in Bilbao said three police officers were among those injured after the large bo
(SomaliNet) Nigeria: The wives of the most married man in Nigeria have staged a protest demanding the release of their husband who is being detained for unlawful marriages and contempt of Islamic religious laws, a justice ministry official said.
The 86 wives of 84-year-old Muhammadu Bello Masaba
(SomaliNet)An "outburst" of gas at a coal mine in central China's Henan Province killed at least 31 people early on Sunday, Xinhua news agency said.
Xinhua reported that nine others were missing in the incident, and rescue operations were underway.
The blast occurred at the privately owned m
(SomaliNet) Saying Bush had "failed" to prevent conditions which led to the Wall Street meltdown and debt crisis, White House candidate John McCain on Sunday criticised his fellow Republican, President George.
However, Democratic hopeful Barack Obama made a fresh attempt to rebut his rival's cal
(SomaliNet) The Scotland Yard said on Tuesday that British police are investigating a suspected petrol bomb attack at the Iranian Embassy in London,.
Scotland Yard said the attack on Monday sparked a minor fire which caused little damage to the embassy. No one was injured.
Meanwhile, officer
(SomaliNet) In what is said is intended to allow the detainees vote in 2010 elections, Myanmar's/ Burma's military government announced in state media on Tuesday that it would release more than 9 000 prisoners, the press said.
However, the New Light of Myanmar newspaper did not reveal if any of t
(SomaliNet) Turkish officials said on Monday that a team of doctors is investigating the weekend deaths of 13 newborn babies at a hospital in western Turkey.
In the second such incident in Turkey in three months, the babies - all of them premature - died late Saturday and early Sunday at Izmir's
(SomaliNet) After killing three people in the northern Philippines, a typhoon was gathering strength in the South China Sea on Tuesday and heading towards Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong Observatory raised its strong warning wind signal number 3 with Typhoon Hagupit edging west or west-northwest at abo
(SomaliNet) A suspected bomb blast outside Yangon’s City Hall in military-ruled Myanmar on Thursday injured at least four people, an official said.
The incident occurs mid tight security to mark the one-year anniversary of the junta's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.
Speaking on cond
(SomaliNet) China’s state media said a powerful typhoon ploughed into a densely populated area of south China on Wednesday, killing three people and triggering a "once-in-a-century storm tide" in several cities.
Agencies said authorities evacuated more than 100,000 people before typhoon Hagupi
