Afghanistan's Taliban government took over management of Kabul's famed Serena hotel on Saturday, a hotel statement said, a luxury property targeted by Taliban attacks during their insurgency. The Kabul Serena Hotel was run for nearly 20 years by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development in the Afghan capital and was popular with business travellers…

India's finance minister unveiled broad income tax cuts on Saturday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government looks to bolster consumption and perk up a slowing economy. The world's most populous country is forecast to expand at its slowest pace since the Covid pandemic in the current fiscal year, after growing at more than eight percent…

Gunmen in Syria have shot dead 10 people in a "massacre" in a village home to members of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority, a war monitor said on Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday's attack killed "10 citizens in Arzah village in the northern Hama countryside, which is inhabited by citizens…

Four lawmakers in Ghana's Parliament have been suspended after exchanging punches during a ministerial screening process. The legislative process on Thursday saw the ministerial screening committee members destroy furniture in the chambers. They had gathered from across parties to screen lawmakers from the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) nominated to become ministers. The NDC accused…

The Police command in Bauchi State has foiled a robbery attempt and arrested three suspects in Bauchi metropolis.