At least 59 people were killed and 175 injured in Saturday’s attack on a Nairobi shopping centre, the Kenyan interior minister has said. Joe Lenku said 1,000 people had managed to escape from the Westgate centre after the assault by suspected al-Shabab militants. He added that between 10 to 15 attackers were still in the […]

American forces are “ready” to launch strikes on Syria if President Barack Obama chooses to order an attack, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel says. “We have moved assets in place to be able to fulfil and comply with whatever option the president wishes to take,” Mr Hagel told the BBC. US Secretary of State John […]

Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo has been assaulted in prison, according to Sky sources. It was gathered that Adebolajo lost two of his teeth during a violent confrontation. Adebolajo, 28, of Romford, Essex, and Michael Adebowale, 22, of Greenwich, London, are both charged with the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in May. A statement from […]

An Italian politician who compared the country’s first black minister to an orangutan said he would not quit as vice-president of the senate. Roberto Calderoli, who represents the anti-immigration Northern League, told parliament he did a “silly thing” and offered to send Cecile Kyenge flowers. But he said a majority of parties did not want […]

Cairo — Egypt’s military deposed the country’s first democratically elected president Wednesday night, installing the head of the country’s highest court as an interim leader, the country’s top general announced. Gen. Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi said the military was fulfilling its “historic responsibility” to protect the country by ousting Mohamed Morsy, the Western-educated Islamist leader […]

Former President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital in South Africa with a lung infection. A presidential spokesman said he is in a “serious but stable condition”, although he was able to breathe on his own – a “positive sign”. Mr Mandela, 94, has been ill for some days but deteriorated overnight and was […]

AFP – Over ten people were killed on Sunday when a suicide attacker rammed a car laden with explosives into a government convoy at a busy junction in Mogadishu the Somali capital. Police official Mohamed Adan said “Several people have been killed, the blast was big, we are gathering details but the number of those […]

Two bomb explosions rocked the US state of Boston on Monday during the popular Boston Marathon. The explosion occurred close to the finish line of the marathon turning the event into a bloody scene of destruction. Sources said the first explosion occurred at about 2:45 pm local time while the second occurred 12 seconds afterwards […]

London – Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a towering figure in post-war British and world politics, and the first woman to become British prime minister, has died at the age of 87, her spokeswoman said Monday.Thatcher served from 1979 to 1990 as leader of the Conservative Party. She was called the “Iron Lady” for […]

President Francois Hollande of France has said that troops from his country will start disengaging from Mali next month. The military will end its final phase of operation in March before withdrawing gradually. Four French soldiers have been killed so far since the operation began. Mr Hollande while speaking in Warsaw said “The terrorist kingpins […]