NEW DELHI / AP India on Monday joined an exclusive club of countries controlling exports in missile technology, just a day after bemoaning its exclusion from another elite group that governs international nuclear fuel and technology. Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar signed onto the Missile Technology Control Regime aimed at preventing the unchecked proliferation of missiles and their delivery systems. …

  Port Harcourt/ AFP Five foreign construction workers kidnapped last week with two Nigerian colleagues after their vehicle was attacked and driver killed have been released, officials said on Monday, with two suffering serious injuries. The commissioner of police in Cross River state, Jimoh Ozi-Obeh, said that the men, including three Australians, a New Zealander and a South African, had …

  BEIJING / AP China’s premier called on Monday for joint efforts to restore global economic confidence following the shock of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. Last week’s referendum “has had an obvious impact on international financial markets. We are seeing increasing uncertainties in the world economy,” said Li Keqiang, speaking at the World Economic Forum in the …