News of the day from across the globe, May 12

Shell closed the terminal exporting Nigeria’s benchmark Bonny Light crude oil on Wednesday and was evacuating workers from a threatened oil field as renewed militant attacks cut production in Africa’s biggest petroleum producer, the company said.

Three soldiers guarding an oil installation were shot and killed when they came under fierce attack Monday, Col. Isa Ado said Wednesday in the embattled and oil-rich Niger Delta.

The Kenyan government will close Dadaab refugee camp, which has hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees and is often referred to as the world’s largest camp, the country’s interior security minister said Wednesday.

The decision has been condemned by domestic and international rights groups and organizations dealing with refugees.

Dadaab camp, with an estimatated 328,000 refugees mostly from Somalia, harbors some of Somalia’s al-Shabab Islamic militants and is a conduit for smuggling weapons, Joseph Nkaissery said.

Nine Nepalese guides reached the top of Mount Everest on Wednesday, becoming the first climbers in two years to conquer the world’s highest mountain after two successive natural disasters.

Minister of State for Happiness Ohood Al Roumi, who was appointed to the newly formed post in February, says focusing on positive aspects of everyday life could help give people in the Middle East hope.