OSLO (AP) — Norway is set to make the first transfer of direct aid to the Palestinians’ new government, the foreign minister said Monday — more than two months after the Nordic country broke with most Western nations by recognising the Hamas-led coalition.

TEHRAN (AFP) — One of Iraq’s most powerful Shiite leaders, Abdel Aziz Hakim, said on Monday he was in Iran for medical tests on a “swelling” after undergoing similar treatment in the United States.

MOGADISHU (AFP) — The Somali president warned that “terrorists” were threatening his shattered country’s security and slammed international donors for failing to help as promised, in an interview with AFP.