AFP, NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Pathankot air force base Saturday to carry out a firsthand assessment of the situation one week after a militant attack left seven soldiers dead, Press Trust of India reported. The premier flew to the base in northern Punjab state to conduct…

AFP, PARIS: Hundreds of French mosques are participating in a major open-house event this weekend, offering visitors the opportunity to come in for tea and a chat about Islam in a country shaken by jihadist attacks. Organised by the country’s leading Muslim body, the French Council of the Muslim…

AFP, CAIRO: Egypt’s top appeals court upheld on Saturday a three-year prison sentence for ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons for corruption. It was not immediately clear, however, how long Mubarak would remain in detention. Both of his sons were set free in October with time served…

AFP, PARIS: Just a week into the year, France has already been rattled by an attempted attack on a police station, but counter-terrorism officials have far graver fears for Europe in 2016. November’s attacks in Paris, in which 130 people were killed by Islamic State group jihadists, showed the…

AFP, COLOGNE, Germany: Around 500 women staged a noisy protest Saturday in the German city of Cologne against a shocking rash of sexual violence during…

AFP, NABLUS: Two Palestinians allegedly tried to stab Israeli soldiers manning a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Saturday before being shot dead, the army said. The attack occurred in the north of the Jordan Valley, according to a spokeswoman, who confirmed that the bodies of the two assailants…

AFP, COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena marked his first year in office Saturday with a pledge to introduce sweeping constitutional reforms aimed at preventing the island returning to ethnic war. Sirisena told parliament he wanted a new statute to guarantee the country will not…

AFP, KUWAIT CITY: The last Kuwaiti prisoner in the US Guantanamo Bay prison returned home Saturday to a family reception after 14 years of detention, the head of a detainee group said. Faez Mohammed Ahmed Al-Kandari became the last of 12 Kuwaitis held for long terms in the prison as the United States…