(SomaliNet) In an effort to help the effects of the financial crisis, Ukraine is to receive a loan of approximately 13 billion euros from the International Monetary Fund.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the fund, says the money is needed to preserve confidence in the Ukrainian economy and to
(SomaliNet) The 15 athletes who went missing when high winds and torrential rains caused flooding in the Lake District in the northwest of England have been found.
Almost 2,500 runners took part in the two-day Original Mountain Marathon, which began on Saturday.
But the event was called off o
(SomaliNet) Mexican security forces have captured a leader of one of Mexico’s biggest drug gangs in the border town of Tijuana.
Eduardo Arellano Félix was one of the heads of the Arellano Félix family cartel, the gang that dominated the drug trade around Tijuana.
Situated close to the bo
(SomaliNet) Pakistani intelligence officials said a suspected US missile strike on the house of a Taliban commander near the Afghan border killed up to 20 people on Monday.
The reported strike occurred in the South Waziristan region, part of Pakistan's wild border zone that is considered a possib
(SomaliNet) Senator John McCain remains in a pugnacious mood, with just 8 days to go before the US presidential elections.
Although opinion polls show the Arizona senator lagging far behind his rival, Senator Barack Obama, he is not admitting defeat.
In an interview with the television broadcas
(SomaliNet) A cyclone hit Bangladesh’s southern coast killing two people on Monday, a police officer said.
Dozens of houses had been destroyed when cyclone Reshmi made landfall before dawn, Bhola police chief Azizur Rahman said.
"A woman and a child died when their mud house collapsed on the
(SomaliNet) Two men suspected of planning to assassinate presidential candidate Barack Obama have been arrested by Police in the US state of Tennessee.
Media reports say the men, who were racially motivated, were arrested with a number of weapons in their car. They were on their way to raid a gu
(SomaliNet) Israeli President Shimon Peres says early elections will definitely take place in Israel next year. However, an exact date has not yet been set.
The Israeli leader’s announcement came one day after Kadima Party leader Tzipi Livni said she had failed to form a majority government. Sh
(SomaliNet) The Syrian authorities must immediately release 12 activists who have been victims of an unfair trial which could see them sentenced for up to 15years in prison, Amnesty international said Tuesday
“Syria must put an end to its policy of silencing peaceful dissent and punishing peop
(SomaliNet) Chinese state media said on Wednesday that a Chinese crane container carrying 23 construction workers plunged to the ground, killing 11 and injuring 12.
Xinhua news agency said the accident happened in heavy rain on Tuesday at a bridge under construction near Chongqing, in southwest C
