Kenya / AFP Five Kenyan policemen were killed on Monday when suspected radical Shabaab fighters attacked their convoy in the far northeast of the country, the local governor said. The police vehicle exploded into flames after it was hit by a suspected rocket-propelled grenade as it provided security for a bus near the remote Kenyan town of Elwak, on …

  Jakarta / AFP Indonesia on Monday defended opening fire on Chinese sailors as an action aimed at stopping illegal fishing, after the latest confrontation between the nations in the South China Sea. Beijing has protested strongly over clash near Indonesia’s Natuna Islands, saying one Chinese fisherman was injured. The Indonesian navy said that seven sailors and a Chinese-flagged vessel …

  Geneva / AFP Widespread and ongoing violations against Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority, including denial of citizenship, forced labour and sexual violence, could amount to crimes against humanity, the United Nations warned on Monday. In a report on the human rights situation for minorities in Myanmar, the UN human rights office said it had found “a pattern of gross violations …