Militant Attack on a Hotel in Mogadishu

A militant attack on a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has left at least 10 people dead - including two members of parliament who had been living there. Gunmen opened fire at the Ambassador Hotel after a suicide car bomber crashed through the gates. The Islamist militant group, al-Shabab, says it carried out the attack.

The United States, France and Britain have called on the UN to begin air drops of humanitarian aid to besieged areas in Syria. They said the government of President Assad had failed to respect the deadline of 1 June for the widespread distribution of urgent supplies.

Ghana's Food and Drugs Authority says it will ban the sale of cosmetic products that contain the skin-bleaching ingredient hydroquinone, which has been linked to cancer.