Mogadishu / AFP Fighting between Somali troops and Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab fighters was ongoing on Tuesday in the key town of Afgoye, some 30 kilometres (18 miles) northwest of the capital Mogadishu, a security source and a witness said. “There is heavy fighting going on at several bases in Afgoye district and one of the bases was attacked with a …

  New Delhi / AFP Three staff at an Indian hospital have been suspended after a deadly blaze in the intensive care unit, authorities said on Tuesday, as the toll from the disaster rose to 20.Fire broke out on Monday night in the dialysis ward of the hospital in eastern Odisha state before quickly spreading to other floors, killing 19 …

  Berlin /AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to Berlin on Wednesday for a summit focussing on escalating tensions between Moscow and the West over the Kremlin’s strategy in Ukraine and Syria. The meeting—the first in a year between the Russian, German, French and Ukrainian leaders—will “evaluate the implementation” of the Minsk peace accords for Ukraine, Berlin and Paris said …