Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday thanked France and wrapped up his first visit that saw the two nations elevate their strategic ties to a new level as they agreed on a deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets and decided to move ahead with the log-stalled Jaitapur nuclear project.

At least 13 people, mostly security personnel, were killed and over 40 others injured today in two separate attacks claimed by an Islamic State affiliate in which militants targeted an army vehicle and a suicide bombing hit a police station in Egypt’s volatile North Sinai region.

Kenya said it has asked the UN refugee agency to repatriate hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees by July in the wake of the Garissa University massacre. “We have asked the UNHCR to relocate the refugees in three months” or “we shall relocate them ourselves”, a government statement quoted Vice …