The jury was still out yesterday as to whether Kenya may have got a raw deal from the flurry of economic pacts signed with Uganda during President Yoweri Museveni’s three-day visit. While some praised President Uhuru Kenyatta’s success at gaining his counterpart’s backing for the extension of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to Uganda in

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May speaks in the Parliament in London, Britain, March 29, 2019 in this screen grab taken from video. Reuters TV via REUTERS Lawmakers rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal for a third time on Friday, sounding its probable death knell and leaving Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union in turmoil

The death toll from a fire in a high-rise building in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka has risen to 25, officials said Friday. A temporary information center set up by the fire service at Thursday’s blaze site confirmed the death toll to Anadolu Agency, adding that 70 wounded are being treated at various hospitals of the city.

Photo (AP) Arab leaders meeting in Tunisia on Sunday hope to project unified opposition to the Trump administration’s acceptance of Israeli control over the Golan Heights and Jerusalem, but as with past Arab League summits, the gathering is likely to expose their own bitter rivalries. Gulf states, especially Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates,

Armed police have swooped on a mosque near Regent’s Park in the hunt for suspects after a man was stabbed to death in central London. A man was found with stab wounds at a housing block in Cunningham Place, Westminster, at about 6.15pm on Thursday. The suspects had fled the scene, police said. The victim

Photo Reuters U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry told lawmakers on Thursday he did not know whether any of the approvals he authorized for U.S. companies to sell nuclear power technology to Saudi Arabia were made after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October last year. Perry told a Senate hearing he has approved six

The Latest on explosion in Somalia’s capital (all times local): 2:55 p.m. Police say at least 10 people have been killed and seven others wounded in a car bomb blast outside a restaurant in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. Capt. Mohamed Hussein tells The Associated Press that most of the casualties were among people who were dining

Photo Reuters U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has approved six secret authorizations by companies to sell nuclear power technology and assistance to Saudi Arabia, according to a copy of a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. The Trump administration has quietly pursued a wider deal on sharing U.S. nuclear power technology with Saudi Arabia, which

The UN Security Council on Wednesday roundly rejected Washington’s decision to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. Syria called for an emergency meeting of the council following U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision Monday to unilaterally recognize Israel’s claim to the territory. All members of the council except the U.S. harshly condemned the

British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain March 27, 2019. ©UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS British Prime Minister Theresa May offered on Wednesday to quit if her European Union divorce deal passes at the third attempt, making a last-ditch sacrifice to try to win over dozens of rebels