Militants of the Somalia-based al-Shabab group have launched an attack against a military base used by US and Kenyan forces in neighboring Kenya, with conflicting accounts of the aftermath. In a statement on Sunday, Kenya’s army spokesman Colonel Paul Njuguna said an attempt had been made at 5:30 a.m. local time “to breach security at Manda Air Strip,” located on Kenya’s coast near the border with Somalia. “The attempted breach ...