Here are 10 things to know about al-Shabaab, the Somali Islamist extremist group that has claimed responsibility for the attack on Kenya’s premier shopping mall that killed dozens of civilians. What is al-Shabaab? Al-Shabaab is an extremist Islamic terrorist force that grew out of the anarchy that crippled Somalia after warlords ousted
An international anti-Israel group that has sponsored several flotillas to Gaza is now taking aim at Egypt, accusing the new government there of imposing a blockade on the area. Since the deposing of President Mohammed Morsi by the Egyptian army, Egyptian soldiers have cracked down hard on the Muslim Brotherhood - arresting scores, including
People in the southern Swiss canton of Ticino voted to impose the country’s first ban on face-covering veils on Sunday, following in the footsteps of French and Belgian restrictions that rights groups say discriminate against Muslims. Almost two thirds of voters in the Italian-speaking district backed the ban that still needs to be
Egyptian authorities closed the Rafiah crossing with Gaza on Saturday, officials told the Palestinian Authority-based Ma’an news agency. "Egypt is concerned about the security of Palestinian citizens as Rafiah and Sheikh Zuweid continue to blaze with explosions occurring from time to time," an Egyptian security official told Ma'an. The Rafiah crossing had been
A proposed resolution by Arab states criticizing Israel's widely-rumored atomic arsenal was narrowly defeated Friday at a gathering of the UN nuclear agency. Following a lively debate at the International Atomic Energy Agency's annual general conference, the measure, supported by Iran, was defeated by 51 votes against and 43 in favor with 32 abstentions.
Arab States will continue in their push to single Israel out for criticism at this week's UN nuclear agency meeting, defying western calls to refrain from doing so, according to a senior Arab League representative. Frustrated over the indefinite postponement last year of an international conference on banning atomic arms in the region,
Lebanon’s government has announced that it will send the national army to secure Hezbollah-dominated suburbs in the south of the country, including the terrorist movement’s stronghold in the Dahiyeh neighborhood of Beirut. The decision to send soldiers into Lebanese cities comes in the wake of multiple recent bombing attacks. The attacks have left more
Israel's Deputy Defense Minister has called on the Israeli government to "annul the Oslo Accords," and adopt an alternative to the much-touted "Two State Solution" which would see the establishment of a Palestinian Arab state in Judea, Samaria and Gaza. In an op-ed for the New York Times, MK Danny Danon insists that, twenty
Military sources in Yemen have said that at least 40 policemen and soldiers have been killed in the south of the country in simultaneous attacks by Al Qaeda. One Al Qaeda assault targeted a special forces camp at Maifaa in the Shabwa province, killing eight policemen, at the same time as gunmen attacked two
A double bombing at a historic Christian church in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least 75 people. The bomber struck as hundreds of worshipers walked out of church toward a food distribution area on the lawn outside. The attack is one of the deadliest to target Pakistan’s Christian minority in years. No group
