Islamic fighters have seized control of a strategic Somali port city just outside the capital, Mogadishu, where United Nations relief supplies enter the famine-stricken country.

Islamist fighters from Al-Shabaab group in Somalia display their flag.

Al-Shabaab fighters chanted “Allahu Akbar” — or “God is great” — on Wednesday as the armed men entered Merka, [...]

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — Iran announced Wednesday that it successfully test-fired a “Sajil” missile — a new generation of surface-to-surface missiles — according to state-run media reports.
Iran did not say when the missile was test-fired, but said it happened in the presence of Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Mostafa Mohammad Najjar.
“The two-stage missile uses combined solid [...]

HARRODS’ owner Mohamed al Fayed has been questioned by police on Wednesday over a newspaper report which alleged he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl at his London department store.
Mr al Fayed went to a police station in London to deny the report during a 30-minute meeting.
“We confirm that Mohamed al Fayed today voluntarily attended an [...]

A GLOBAL donors meeting today pledged $US4.55 billion ($6.7 billion) in aid to conflict-stricken Georgia, much higher than anticipated, the EU commission announced.
The sum included €2.8 billion ($5.41 billion) of public funding to meet Georgia’s urgent post-conflict “and priority investment needs”.
The amount raised at the one-day conference “is more than we had thought and therefore [...]