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Wanted Islamic extremist leader surrenders in Somalia A top leader of Somalia's Islamist al-Shabab terror group has given himself up. The move is likely the result of internal splintering within the group. A senior member of al-Shabab, the al Qaeda-linked terror group based in Somalia, surrendered to Somali police in the southwestern Gedo region on Saturday. Zakariya Ismail Ahmend Hersi had...

AirAsia plane missing with 162 aboard A relative of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 passengers weeps as she waits for the latest news on the missing jetliner at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, Indonesia, Dec. 28, 2014. A jet flying from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore with 162 people aboard lost contact with air traffic control over the Java Sea about an hour before...

Gunmen kill policeman in Egypt's Alexandria An official said armed men aboard a minibus opened fire on the police officers then took off. Gunmen killed a policeman and wounded three others in a drive-by attack on a patrol in Egypt's second city Alexandria on Sunday, a security official told AFP. “Armed men aboard a minibus opened fire on them and then made...

NATO to mark end of its Afghan war in Kabul ceremony On January 1, the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) combat mission will be replaced by a NATO “training and support” mission. NATO will hold a ceremony in Kabul later Sunday formally ending its war in Afghanistan, officials said, after 13 years of conflict that have left the country...

North Korea lambasts U.S. over 'The Interview,' says Obama is the 'culprit' (CNN) -- The North Korean government is fuming over the release of the "The Interview," claiming President Barack Obama forced the film into theaters and onto streaming video services. "U.S. President Obama is the chief culprit who forced the Sony Pictures Entertainment to 'indiscriminately distribute' the movie and took...

Rookie police officer in Arizona killed during domestic violence call (CNN) -- A rookie police officer who was answering a domestic violence call has died from gunshot wounds, the Flagstaff, Arizona, Police Department said Saturday. Officer Tyler Stewart, 24, was shot several times in a residential area and died at a hospital, officials said. The gunman apparently killed himself, police said. "We are...

Malaysia, Thailand hit with epic flooding; threat of landslides loom Neighborhoods turned into islands surrounded by a sea of murky brown water. Streets doubling as rivers. Cars swept away and toppled over. The flooding has forced more than 132,000 people to evacuate, Malaysia's official Bernama news agency said. Strong currents and interrupted power supply are adding to the chaos, Prime Minister Datuk...

Panettone french toast with mixed berries If you've got leftover panettone, turn it into this delicious dessert or decadent breakfast. Ingredients 3 eggs 1/3 cup (80ml) thin cream 1/3 cup (80ml) milk 2 tablespoons caster sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 1.5cm-thick rounds of panettone* (cut across horizontally), quartered 250g frozen mixed berries, thawed 2 tablespoons icing sugar, plus extra to dust 40g unsalted butter Thick cream or yoghurt, to serve   Method *...

Qatar 2015 official song to have fusion of 24 global musicians Algeria's Amine Babylone (left), Tunisia's Hasan Kharbech and Carmen Suleiman from Egypt (right) are among the 24 artists and musicians who will feature in the song, the lyrics of which have been provided by Amir Teima and Shady Ahmed, and music composed by Sveinung S Nygaard. The Qatar 2015 Organising...

Palestinians Injured in Clashes with Israeli Forces Tulkarem, December 27 (QNA) - Four Palestinians, including an elderly women, were injured in the occupied West Bank last night after Israeli forces opened fire on protesters in two separate villages. According to the Palestinian news agency (Ma'an), two Palestinian women were injured in the village of Farun, south of Tulkarem, in the...

Hamad International Airport Customs Foil Marijuana Smuggling Doha, December 27 (QNA) - Customs authorities at Hamad International Airport have managed to abort the smuggling of 17 kilogrammes of marijuana seized with a passenger coming from one of the Asian countries on board a direct flight to Doha. Director of International Airport Customs Department Khalid Hamad Rashed Al-Kaabi said customs officers monitoring...

Malmö boy will be held for bomb plot A court has ordered a 15-year-old boy held in jail to stop him destroying evidence of a bomb plot. A police spokesperson says despite the suspect's young age, the court decided there was good reason to think he would interfere with the investigation. And they do not think he acted alone. "If you're 15...

Sudan pressures U.N. as it reviews Darfur force The expulsions follow Bashir’s call for a “clear program” to end the joint mission in Darfur, known as UNAMID, established in 2007 to protect civilians caught in a 2003 conflict between rebels and the government. Sudan’s government is stepping up pressure on the United Nations as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon prepares recommendations on...

Barzani, Larijani Discuss Fight against Daeesh Baghdad, December 27 (QNA) - Speaker of Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani discussed here with President of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq the latest developments on the fight against Daeesh. According to a statement issued by the Kurdish presidential office, Barzani described Larijani’s visit as "a new stage in relations between the two countries." Barzani...