A Somali man armed with an axe and suspected of links with al Qaeda broke into the home of a Danish cartoonist whose drawings of the Prophet Mohammad caused global Muslim outrage and was shot and wounded by police, Reuters …
Danish cartoonist attacker suspected of al Qaeda ties
Indian national capital New Delhi was placed on alert as the police launched a manhunt for three Pakistani militants who escaped from police custody recently, officials said Sunday, dpa reported. Abdul Razzak, Mohammed Sadiq and Rafaqat Ali escaped from a …
Delhi on alert after Pakistani militants escape
Saudi Arabia has urged Iran to allow a daughter of Osama Bin Laden to leave the country after the Iranians acknowledged she was in Tehran, BBC reported. The Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, said his government was in talks …
Saudi Arabia asks Iran to free Bin Laden daughter
A local official says a roadside bomb struck a vehicle carrying a group of anti-Taliban tribal elders in Pakistan’s volatile northwest, killing two, AP reported. Naseeb Shah says four other elders traveling in the vehicle toward the main town of …
Bomb kills 2 anti-Taliban elders in NW Pakistan
Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians could be relaunched as early as February following “encouraging signs” from the Israeli government, a Palestinian Authority official in Ramallah predicted over the weekend, Jerusalem Post reported. Nevertheless, US efforts to get the …
‘Encouraging signs’ could lead to talks next month – official
The Head of Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, January 6-7, will undertake an official visit to Ankara, TRT reported. It was reported that Abbas will meet with Turkish President Abdullah Gul and exchange views on the resumption of peace negotiations with …
Mahmoud Abbas to visit Turkey
Heavy snow hit Beijing on Sunday to close expressways, delay flights and disrupt bus services, Xinhua reported. As of 10 a.m., 120 outbound flights, including both domestic and international ones, had been delayed at the Beijing Capital International Airport and …
Heavy snow hits Beijing, disrupting traffic
The United States, with the full support of the Yemeni government, led the recent ground and air strikes on suspected Al-Qaeda positions killing more than 60 militants, a television report says. According to CBS television report broadcast on Saturday, the …
US led strikes on Al-Qaeda in Yemen, report says
A suspected senior member of one of Mexico’s major drugs cartels has been arrested, officials say, BBC reported. Carlos Beltran Leyva was arrested in Culiacan, capital of the northern state of Sinaloa, the public safety office said in a statement. …
‘Mexican druglord’ Carlos Beltran Leyva captured
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev expressed the hope, at the beginning of the year, for a full economic recovery in 2010 and urged the people to get united for national prosperity, Xinhua reported. Despite global financial turmoil, Kazakhstan had achieved a …
Kazakh leaders express hope for economic recovery in 2010