A Japanese court on Friday sentenced an African man, one of four who attempted to hijack a Japanese tanker off the coast of Oman, to 11 years in jail, a report said. The 21-year-old man was a juvenile under Japanese law at the time of the incident and among four Africans, believed to be from Somalia, arrested in March 2011 over the attack in the Indian Ocean, Jiji Press said. Men armed with submachine guns tried to seize the tanker, which was operated by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and had 24 crew members aboard, the report said.

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Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited PTCL has organized a seminar here to introduce newly launched ‘Managed WAN Service’, which caters to the growing ICT needs of its corporate customers. Walid Irshaid, President & CEO PTCL; Hamid Farooq, PTCL Senior Executive Vice President SEVP Business Development; Zaman Gulzar, Executive Vice President EVP Business Zone South and Sameer Ajjawi, Advisory Team Member Etisalat along with other company officials and a large number of corporate customers were also present at the occasion. ‘Managed WAN Service’ helps companies outsourc

By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A bomb exploded outside the headquarters of Somalia's biggest bank on Tuesday, wounding at least two people hours after al Qaeda-linked militants ordered the company cease operations in areas under their control. The blast outside Dahabshiil's office in Mogadishu shattered its doors and littered the area with debris, police said.