Lebanon Crisis Monitor – Lebanon says Israel is planning to attack it (MalaysiaNews.net)
Lebanon says Israel is planning to attack it (MalaysiaNews.net) Lebanon’s ambassador to the United Nations has told the international body Israel is preparing an attack on his country.
Suspect Arrested In Attack On Israel (OfficialWire) Lebanese troops have arrested a suspect in a rocket attack on northern Israel and dismantled four rockets ready for launch, [...]
Afghanistan – Clinton: Afghan runoff not affected by Abdullah (AP via Yahoo! News)
Clinton: Afghan runoff not affected by Abdullah (AP via Yahoo! News) Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Abdullah Abdullah’s call for a boycott of next weekend’s runoff election in Afghanistan will not affect the legitimacy of that runoff.
Karzai’s Rival ‘To Quit’ Afghan Run-Off Vote (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) President Hamid [...]
Iraq – Iraqi man suspected in attacks kills officer (AP via Yahoo! News)
Iraqi man suspected in attacks kills officer (AP via Yahoo! News) A man being questioned in connection with this week’s deadly double bombings in the Iraqi capital was able to seize a gun and kill an investigative officer during an interrogation before being shot himself, the government said Saturday.
Cross-border insurgents flood Afghanistan – Navy [...]
North Africa – Tunisia: MDS Political Bureau Holds Special Session
Tunisia: MDS Political Bureau Holds Special Session The Socialist Democrats Movement (MDS) politburo held, on Wednesday, a special session to look at the various stages and results of the presidential and legislative elections.
Tunisia: Country Takes Part in the Global Fair and Festival in South Korea [...]
World News – General – Manhattan moves to Doha for Tribeca film festival
Manhattan moves to Doha for Tribeca film festival
A part of Manhattan and Hollywood stars moved to Qatar with the glittering opening on Thursday night of the inaugural “Doha Tribeca Film Festival.” Ma …
Clinton applauds Pakistan for taking on militants
U.S. Secretary of [...]
Philippines – Video shows kidnapped priest in Philippines (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Video shows kidnapped priest in Philippines (AFP via Yahoo! News) Kidnappers holding an elderly Irish Catholic priest hostage in the southern Philippines have released a video of their captive in which he says two million dollars must be paid for his release.
Typhoon Mirinae batters Philippine capital (The Globe and Mail) Typhoon Mirinae is the [...]
South Africa Politics and News Monitor – Obama Boosted by Janitors; Racial Limbo in South Africa: Film (Bloomberg)
Obama Boosted by Janitors; Racial Limbo in South Africa: Film (Bloomberg) Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) — Sandra Laing lived in racial limbo under South Africa’s apartheid system, a mixed-race child of white parents who apparently passed on genes from unknown black ancestors.
Taj Hotels to Open First South Africa Property (Hospitality Design) Taj Hotels Resorts & [...]
Somalia – Radical Somali-Canadians potential threat: RCMP boss (Ottawa Citizen)
Radical Somali-Canadians potential threat: RCMP boss (Ottawa Citizen) Islamic radicalization of Canada’s Somali community is becoming a national security concern, RCMP Commissioner William Elliott said Friday.
Somali pirates say British couple taken to land (Channel NewsAsia) MOGADISHU : Somali pirates have moved a British couple kidnapped from their yacht to a village in Somalia, as [...]
Sri Lanka Conflict Monitor – Sri Lanka editors receive death threats for Channel-4 video comments (TamilNet)
Sri Lanka editors receive death threats for Channel-4 video comments (TamilNet) Sunday Leader, a weekend broadsheet in Sri Lanka, said in the latest edition that two of the paper’s editors, Frederica Jansz, and Munza Mushtaq, received Thursday “hand written death threats by post.” The threats relate to Sunday Leader news stories on the authenticity of [...]
Pakistan – Bomb kills seven Pakistani soldiers (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News)
Bomb kills seven Pakistani soldiers (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News) PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – A bomb killed seven Pakistani soldiers and wounded 11 others Saturday, officials said after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Al-Qaeda is at the core of the country’s terrorist threat.
Seven soldiers, 15 Taliban die in Pakistan (UPI) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. [...]
