International

Guinea-Bissau’s military chiefs have closed the West African country’s air and sea space and say all violations will be met with a “military response”, defying the mounting international criticism of last week’s coup.

The South African presidency on Sunday refuted press reports that the government would bear the cost of President Jacob Zuma’s wedding next weekend.

Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has said intelligence failure on the part of NATO forces, allowed the Taliban to carry out the latest attacks in Kabul and elsewhere in the country.

The man accused over a bombing and shooting spree that left 77 people dead in Norway has acknowledged carrying out the killings but pleaded “not guilty” on terror charges, as his trial got under way in Oslo.

US nominee Jim Yong Kim has been chosen as the new president of the World Bank.

Sudan on Monday denied its warplanes had bombed an oilfield seized by forces from South Sudan and blamed the south for any damage to the facility during fighting that has raged since last week.