NAIROBI — A US air strike on Somalia this month sparked widespread condemnation and predictions it would both worsen violence inside the country and hurt US interests across east Africa.

PARIS (AP) — The head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency said Thursday he was concerned that the UN sanctions on Iran could escalate the standoff with the US and its European allies.

CAIRO (AP) — Arab leaders were deeply skeptical of the US plan for Iraq, a day after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tried to sell it to them. Kuwait’s emir told Rice that America should work with Iran and Syria, officials said — something US President George W. Bush has …