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US first lady hospitalised with 'benign' kidney condition

US First Lady Melania Trump. She will spend the rest of the week in hospital after surgery for a "benign" kidney condition. [File, AFP]

US First Lady Melania Trump had surgery Monday for what aides called a "benign" kidney condition, and will remain in hospital for the rest of the week.

The Slovenia-born wife of Donald Trump underwent an embolization procedure, said her communications director Stephanie Grisham.

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