Mogadishu (Keydmedia) - At least seven Somali civilians have been killed as a result of fresh clashes between African Union troops and al-Shabab fighters.

Saana (Keydmedia) - Hundreds of anti-government demonstrators have clashed with supporters of Yemen's president, with both sides hurling rocks as protests escalated in the impoverished Arabian Peninsula state.

Cairo (keydmedia) - Egyptian vice President Omar Suleiman says President Hosni Mubarak has "abandoned the presidency," after millions of Egyptians demonstrated for 18 days.

Washington (Keydmedia) - American Muslims have voiced concerns that a congressman's upcoming hearing on “radicalism” in the US Muslim community will be biased.

Cairo (Keydmedia) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, in a TV address, has said that he does not plan to step down, angering pro-democracy protesters in the country who had urged his immediate resignation.

A boy in a school uniform blew himself up at a Pakistani army recruitment centre today, killing 31 cadets, officials say.

Kalshale (Keydmedia) - At least 40 people have been killed after troops from the self-declared republic of Somaliland opened fire on local clan militias.

Juba (Keydmedia) - A south Sudanese minister, Jimmy Lemi Milla, and his bodyguard were shot dead in Juba on Wednesday in a revenge killing by the minister's brother-in-law, southern officials said.

Mogadishu (Keydmedia) - Heavy clashes between Somali government troops backed by African Union forces and al-Shabab fighters have resulted in the deaths of 14 people in Mogadishu.

Cairo (Keydmedia) - The US is putting pressure on Egypt to repeal its 30-year-old emergency law, which allows detention without charge.

Cairo (Keydmedia) - The Egyptian protestors in Liberation Square and all over the country demand the ouster of embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, says the co-founder of Egypt's April 6th Youth Movement.

Cairo (Keydmedia) - Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman held talks today with opposition groups including the officially banned Muslim Brotherhood to try to find a way out of the country's worst crisis in decades.