Nairobi: Kenyan troops are in "control" of Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall three days after a deadly siege by Islamists, who, according to Kenya's foreign minister, include "two to three Americans"

Kenyan security forces were locked in a fierce, final battle with Somali Islamist gunmen inside an upmarket Nairobi shopping mall on Monday as huge explosions and a barrage of heavy gunfire echoed out of the complex.

An Egyptian court on Monday banned the Muslim Brotherhood from operating and ordered its assets seized, in the latest blow to the Islamist movement of deposed President Mohamed Morsi.

Syrian President Bashar Assad says his government will allow international experts access to its chemical weapons sites but rebels might block them from reaching some of the locations.

Super typhoon Usagi killed at least 25 people after it pounded south China’s Guangdong province with torrential rain and winds that blew cars off the road, crippled power lines and threw transport systems into chaos.

Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas in the third day of clashes Monday with thousands of garment workers demanding better minimum wages amid escalating tension over the country’s main export business.

New satellite images suggest North Korea tested a long-range rocket engine last month, a US research institute said Monday.

Hundreds of passengers scheduled to board an Australian Qantas jet were forced to spend a night in hotels after a tiny snake was found on the door of the aircraft.

As many as 49 prisoners, including five US nationals, allegedly involved in high-profile terrorism cases have been shifted to Pakistan’s high-security Central Jail Faisalabad, according to a media report Monday.

Nairobi: Heavy gunfire and loud explosions erupted at Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall on Monday as Kenyan troops fought al Qaeda-linked gunmen who were holding hostages after massacring at least 69