In a continued operation led by paramilitary Rangers in southern Pakistani city of Karachi, about 48 suspects were arrested on Tuesday, said police. Rangers arrested 35 suspects during operations in different areas of Karachi while police arrested thirteen. The security forces carried operation in Korangi Industrial Area, Itehad Town, Sultanabad, …
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ICC offers to help prosecute Nairobi mall attackers
International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda offered Tuesday to help prosecute those behind the deadly attack on Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall, a statement said. Bensouda expressed “her deep sympathy to the victims of the appalling attack”, which “may
Read More »Kenyan forces are defusing explosive device
Kenyan forces are defusing explosive devices set up by Islamist militants inside a still ongoing shopping mall siege, where extremists claim to be still holding hostages, police said Tuesday. “We are doing clean-up of explosives that had been set up by the terrorists,” Kenyan police said in a message on …
Read More »Libyan PM calls for foreign help on security
More than 3,000 Libyan men will soon head to Turkey, Italy, the UK and the US for training, Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan announced on Sunday (September 22nd). From road blockages to robberies, kidnappings and assassinations, Libyans are confronted at all sides with problems they blame
Read More »UN chemical inspectors to return to Syria on Wednesday, says Russian Minister
U.N. chemical weapons investigators are expected to return to Syria on Wednesday to continue investigating allegations of chemical weapons use there, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday.
Read More »Kenyan troops still battling ‘one or two’ gunmen in Westgate mall
Kenyan special forces are still battling “one or two” Islamist militants holed up inside Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall, security sources involved in the operation told an AFP correspondent at the scene Tuesday.
Read More »Kenya mall siege in final stage
Kenyan security forces were in the final stages of flushing out Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists from a besieged shopping center, the vice president said late Monday, two days after the upscale mall was seized by members of a Somali terrorist group that invaded with guns blazing. The country’s interior minister said it …
Read More »Morocco to promote tolerance and help rebuild Mali
In a move to promote tolerance and help rebuild Mali, Morocco will provide training to 500 imams from the war-torn country. Moroccan Islamic Affairs Minister Ahmed Toufik and Malian Territorial Administration Minister Moussa Sinko Coulibaly signed the agreement Friday (September 20th) in Bamako.
Read More »28 People arrested in Egypt over Alexandria clashes
Egypt’s state prosecution ordered on Monday the arrest of 28 people, supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, in relation to clashes that erupted on Friday in different areas of Alexandria.
Read More »Tunisian President to discuss transitional process in Tunisia at UN meeting
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki traveled Sunday to the United States, where he will attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York. Marzouki will be addressing the assembly, which traditionally meets in late September and brings together heads of state from around the world.
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