Ten people were killed when a rickshaw loaded with explosives was detonated by the Al-Shabaab group at a popular restaurant in Mogadishu, according to the police. The three-wheeler rickshaw, fitted to carry a load on the back, had been packed with explosives when it hit the restaurant near the capital’s port, Somalia’s police spokesman Sadik Dudishe told journalists. “The terrorists carried out a cruel attack targeting a restaurant frequented by civilians. Ten people died and 30 others were wounded in the blast.” A security official and medical source r indicatedRead More

NEW DELHI: India expects to start full-scale operations at Iran’s Chabahar general cargo port it has built by the end of May, the country’s shipping minister said in a boost for regional trade. India has been developing a part of the port on Iran’s south-eastern coast along the Gulf of Oman as a way to transport goods to Iran, but also Afghanistan and central Asian countries, and avoiding rival Pakistan. But US sanctions on Iran slowed down the port’s development and Indian officials are now counting on a thaw inRead More

Hollywood celebrity Nicolas Cage got married on February 16 for the fifth time in a small ceremony in Las Vegas, less than two years after his last marriage with Erika Kookie. The actor married girlfriend Riko Shibata in a ‘very small and intimate wedding’ in Vegas. The actor’s representative said: ‘After the wedding, the happy couple was joined for a small celebration attended by Nicolas’ ex-wife, Alice and their son Kal.’ Cage met Riko, who is from Kyoto, in Shiga, Japan, over a year ago, shortly after the dissolution ofRead More