HARARE – Zimbabwe police said on Friday they had detained two Pakistani men heading to South Africa, one of them under an international arrest warrant, which state media said was for terrorism. South Africa is hosting the World Cup and experts had said that terrorism could not be ruled out because of the huge attention that even a small attack would get during the June 11-July 11 tournamen
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations is sending its two top officials in Sudan to the inauguration next week of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the target of an international arrest warrant, a U.N spokeswoman said on Friday.Bashir, the subject of an arrest warrant issued in March 2009 by the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) on suspicion of war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region,
ROME – Italian police have arrested a suspected member of a gang of jewel thieves known as the Pink Panthers, who are believed to have carried out daring robberies across the world.The Interpol and Rome police said Friday that Radovan Jelusic, a Montenegrin national, was arrested in the Italian capital on an international arrest warrant.The 39-year-old is suspected of involvement in robberi
KHARTOUM – Presidential hopefuls in Sudan, Africa's largest country, began campaigning on Saturday for the first multi-party poll since 1986, with the nation wondering whether an end might be in sight to incumbent Omar al-Beshir's many years in power.After being pushed back twice, the presidential election is set to take place on April 11, alongside legislative and regional polls.Beshir, w
A high-profile former Nigerian minister has gone to court to challenge moves to arrest him over corruption allegations.As a close ally of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Abuja Minister Nasir el-Rufai used to be one of Nigeria's most powerful people.His lawyer has described the international arrest warrant issued last week as part of a witch-hunt .Mr el-Rufai is currently in the US but has