AFP, DAR ES SALAAM: Votes were being counted Monday in what is expected to be Tanzania’s tightest election race ever, with the governing party facing the first major challenge to its dominance in decades. But the opposition Chadema party have alleged fraud in Sunday’s presidential, general…

AFP, TRIPOLI: Human Rights Watch said Monday it had been able to meet slain Libyan dictator Moamer Gaddafi’s son Saadi in a Tripoli prison, where he said his rights were being violated. “He said lawyers were not present during any of the interrogation sessions, where, he alleged, prosecution…

AFP, LJUBLJANA: Southeast European countries facing an unprecedented influx of migrants reacted cautiously Monday to new EU plans to help stem the crisis,…

AFP, JERUSALEM: Efforts to douse Israeli-Palestinian tensions over Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound ran into trouble Monday when the Islamic trust which administers the holy site accused Israeli police of blocking the agreed installation of cameras. Israel on Saturday agreed to install surveillance…

AFP, PARIS: France is organising a meeting on Syria to take place in Paris on Tuesday, involving its “principal regional partners”, a foreign ministry spokesman said. “We are working to organise a new meeting involving the principal regional partners this Tuesday in Paris,” the…

AFP, ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has summoned a senior Indian diplomat in protest at ceasefire violations that killed three civilians including a teenage girl in the disputed Kashmir region, the foreign ministry said on Monday. The civilians were killed in shelling last week by Indian troops in the Shakargarh…

AFP, LONDON: Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Britain criticised Monday the breaching of “mutual respect” between the two countries, adding that the Gulf kingdom “will not be lectured to by anyone”. The envoy’s comments come after Britain this month cancelled a bid to…