George Mitchell, the US envoy to the Middle East, has returned to Washington after failing to secure a compromise deal for renewed peace talks bewteen Israel and the Palestinians.
Mitchell had hoped to reach a deal on a settlement freeze that would allow the two sides to meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly [...]
SANAA, (IRIN): At least 16 Africans died, and 49 others are missing and presumed dead, in three separate incidents as boats smuggling them from Somalia to Yemen capsized in the Gulf of Aden on 13 and 14 September, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
Ahmad Akam, a Yemeni coast guard official, said the people smuggling [...]
At least 11 people including six African Union (AU) peacekeepers have been killed after two large car bombs exploded in the AU’s headquarters in Mogadishu, the Somali capital.
Seven more people were also killed and 18 wounded in gun battles that broke out after the blasts on Thursday, witnesses said.
Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage, an spokesman for rebel [...]