(SomaliNet) A former political prisoner swept to victory in the Maldives' first-ever democratic presidential election, unseating Asia's longest-serving leader, officials said Wednesday.
With all votes from Tuesday's watershed poll counted, Mohamed "Anni" Nasheed had won 54,21 percent of the vote
(SomaliNet) The U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Tuesday that Sudan has violated an embargo on arms transfers to its war-torn Darfur region and disguised planes to look like U.N. humanitarian aircraft.
U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, while speaking at a meeting of the U.N. Security Coun
(SomaliNet) Due to a demonstration in Damascus to protest a deadly U.S. cross-border raid in Abu Kamal near the Iraqi border that killed eight civilians, the U.S. embassy in Syria would be temporarily closed on Thursday.
Warning American citizens to avoid being near the possible vicinities of th
(SomaliNet) Two major earthquakes hit southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province early Wednesday morning, leaving more than 160 people dead, many others injured and 15,000 people shelterless. As many as 12 aftershocks hit the affected areas, according to local media reports.
According to the U
(SomaliNet) Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday sent a message of sympathy to his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari over a major earthquake that has killed at least 160 people in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province.
The Chinese leader said in the message that he was shocked u
(SomaliNet) U.S. presidential front runner Barack Obama is making maximum efforts to close the deal as soon as possible, with five days left before election day, while underdog John McCain remains unyielding and aggressive against all the odds.
Obama, a Democratic senator from Illinois, when ca
(SomaliNet) The U.S. president is elected by the Electoral College, which is elected on a state-by-state basis and a person needs at least 270 of the total of 538 electoral votes to win the presidency.
A Survey USA automated poll of 648 likely Ohio voters shows Obama leading McCain 49 to 45 perc
(SomaliNet) Following heavy rainfall, at least 20 people have been killed in village in the southern Chinese province Yunnan in a mudslide.
At least 42 people are missing. Southern China has been hit by heavy rainfall for several days.
Sources say this has lead to flooding in the province of
(SomaliNet)At least eight soldiers were killed and two others wounded by a suicide attack in the South Waziristan region of Pakistan.
According to a source, the suicide bomber drove a truck filled with explosives into a customs post on the border with Afghanistan.
The area is known as a strong
(SomaliNet) At least three people died when insurgents exploded two near simultaneous bombs early on Monday in Baghdad near the office of the police crime investigation unit, security officials said.
Another 18 people, including a policeman, were wounded in the twin blasts, they said.
The expl
