Bloomberg Egypt’s government said extremists were behind a blast that killed at least 20 people in central Cairo, one of the deadliest acts of violence by extremists in the North African nation’s capital in years. Extremists were transporting an explosives-laden vehicle for an attack when it detonated outside the National Cancer Institute, the Interior Ministry said. Forty-seven other people were ...

Bloomberg Somalian authorities executed two al-Shabaab militants who were convicted for a December attack that killed at least 13 people in the capital, Mogadishu. The men “were executed by firing squad on Monday morning,” Chairman of the Somali military court Hassan Ali Nur told reporters. The al-Qaeda-linked militants have waged an insurgency in Somalia since 2006 in a bid to ...

Bloomberg Iran is responsible for security in the Persian Gulf and is acting more vigorously to protect it, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said, suggesting that a showdown between his country and Western powers over crucial shipping lanes could escalate. “We used to overlook some violations but no longer,” Zarif said at a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Tehran. ...