CAIRO (Reuters) - An explosion hit a gas pipeline running from Egypt to Israel on Sunday,…
Africa
Sudan’s Bashir says tensions with South could spark war
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Friday tensions with South Sudan over…
Mugabe fears Nato attack
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s sense of insecurity is deepening as he fears that Western nations are…
Heavy weapons rattle N. Mali town, thousands flee
KIDAL, Mali (Reuters) - Sporadic heavy weapons fire rang out in the northern Malian town of…
Kenya says hits rebel convoy with helicopter gunships
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's military has struck al Shabaab targets in one of the most devastating…
Libyan diplomat dies after torture: rights group
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A Libyan diplomat who served as ambassador to France for Muammar Gaddafi died…
Five Turkish engineers freed in Darfur after 5 months
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Five Turkish engineers kidnapped last September in Sudan's troubled western region of Darfur…
Gambia’s Jammeh dissolves cabinet: state media
BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has dissolved his entire cabinet two months after securing…
UK appoints ambassador to Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Britain is appointing a new ambassador to Somalia, resuming itsdiplomatic presence after more than…
Italy asks Somali PM’s help in freeing ship
Rome - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Wednesday asked his Somali counterpart Abdiweli Mohamed…