Yemeni Houthi fighters and their allies seized a central Aden district on April 2, striking a heavy blow against the Saudi-led coalition that has waged a week of air strikes to try to stem advances by the Iran-allied Shi’ite group. Hours after the Houthis took over Aden’s central Crater neighbourhood, …

French President Francois Hollande spoke by phone with President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday and invited him to Paris for discussions on expansion of trade between France and Nigeria. A statement by the French Embassy in Abuja, said the French leader congratulated Buhari on his success and noted the generally smooth …

India on Thursday strongly condemned the “barbaric terrorist attack” on a university campus in northeastern Kenya in which 70 people were killed and said the international community needs to further strengthen its fight against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.