AFP, MOGADISHU: At least seven people were killed after two car bombs exploded outside a popular Mogadishu hotel Wednesday, and gunmen forced their way inside the building and opened fire, police said. The attack, claimed by the Al-Qaeda-aligned Shabaab insurgent group, began when a car loaded with…

AFP, WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump will host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the United States later this year, the White House said after the pair spoke by phone Tuesday. During the call, Trump emphasized that the United States “considers India a true friend and partner in addressing…

AFP, EDINBURGH: The Supreme Court’s Brexit ruling has hit pro-EU Scotland hard by denying it the legal right to have a say on leaving the bloc and…

AFP, ROME: The head of Libya’s unity government said Wednesday he would soon hold talks with a rival field marshal to try to halt his country’s descent into chaos, Italian media reported. Fayez al-Sarraj, head of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord, said he would meet in Cairo…

AFP, ISTANBUL: Seven-year-old Syrian girl Bana al-Abed, who came to international attention with her tweets giving a tragic account of the war in Aleppo,…

May meets Trump with eye on Brexit future AFP, LONDON: Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May will this week be the first foreign leader to meet with Donald Trump since his inauguration, aiming to discuss a key post-Brexit trade deal with the US. The visit has been presented as a diplomatic coup…