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Rescuers, security and paramedics are seen at the scene of a car explosion near Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia on Saturday.

8 killed in Mogadishu suicide bombing

Al Jazeera :At least eight people have been killed and nine others wounded after a suicide car bombing targeted a convoy carrying Mogadishu’s police chief, according to Somali officials.Farhan Mohamud, the police commissioner, survived...

Teenager makes history at US spelling bee

BBC Online :A teenage basketball prodigy has become the first African American to win the US Scripps National Spelling Bee.Zaila Avant-garde, a 14-year-old from New Orleans, Louisiana, cruised to victory with the word “murraya”,...

Nine killed in Sweden plane crash

Al Jazeera :A small plane carrying skydivers crashed outside the Swedish city of Orebro on Thursday night, killing all nine people on board, police said.The dead included the pilot and eight passengers, police said.The...

A member of the anti-Taliban 'Sangorians' militia fires a heavy machine gun during an ongoing fight with Taliban insurgents in the village of Mukhtar, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Taliban says controls 85% of Afghan territory

AFP :The Taliban said Friday it now controls 85% of Afghanistan’s territory as the militants mount an offensive amid a US military withdrawal, though the group’s claims cannot be independently verified.At a press conference...

Pope walking after surgery

Reuters :Pope Francis is walking and working and no longer running a fever as he recovers from intestinal surgery, but he is not well enough to return to the Vatican in time for his...