Aden: At least 14 people have been killed and 40 wounded when car suicide bombers and gunmen tried to storm the headquarters of a Yemeni counter-terrorism…

KINSHASA: One person was killed and at least four injured as police fired live bullets and tear gas to disperse banned protests calling on DR Congo President Joseph Kabila to stand down. The church-backed protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo come after months of tension sparked by Kabila’s…

OUAGADOUGOU: More than 80 people go on trial before a military court on Tuesday over the failed 2015 coup in Burkina Faso, including two top generals accused of masterminding the plot, reports AFP. The case is being seen as a test of the credibility of justice in the former French colony which has been…

SEOUL: North Korea yesterday slammed the latest US measures against it as an “act of war”, after US President Donald Trump announced the “heaviest sanctions ever” on the nuclear-armed regime, reports AFP. The measures, which Washington says are aimed at forcing Pyongyang to roll…

LONDON: Democrats on the US House Intelligence Committee have released a memo that counters Republican claims of bias in the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential poll, reports BBC. It says the FBI and justice department did not - as the Republicans allege - abuse powers…

LONDON: Britain’s opposition Labour Party warned yesterday that it could team up with Conservative rebels to force the country to become part of…