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Westminster stabbing: Armed police surround Regent’s Park mosque after man knifed to death nearby and ‘attackers fled to place of worship’

Armed police have swooped on a mosque near Regent’s Park in the hunt for suspects after a man was stabbed to death in central London. A man was found with stab wounds at a housing block in Cunningham Place, Westminster, at about 6.15pm on Thursday. The suspects had fled the scene, police said. The victim

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The Latest: 10 dead in blast at restaurant in Somali capital

The Latest on explosion in Somalia’s capital (all times local): 2:55 p.m. Police say at least 10 people have been killed and seven others wounded in a car bomb blast outside a restaurant in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. Capt. Mohamed Hussein tells The Associated Press that most of the casualties were among people who were dining

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Somali President Opens the 5th Session of the House of the People

Mogadishu, Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, who has been holding his constitutional mandate, officially opened the fifth session of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament of Somalia. The president’s speech in the opening session and pointed out that two years ago he signed

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Bomb in Somalia’s capital kills 1, injures another

Photo (AP) A bomb exploded in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, on Tuesday killing one person and wounding another. The blast from a bomb planted in a private luxury car exploded in Mogadishu’s Hodan district, killing the driver and injuring a nearby pedestrian, said police Col. Ahmed Abdi. There was no immediate claim for the bombing, the

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Somalia President says unity against enemies planning to destabilize Somalia

Mogadishu, Somali Times President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has said the country faces external and internal enemies trying to destabilize Somalia. Speaking to Somali National Army officials on Monday, President Mohamed vowed that his government will deal harshly with mercenaries and mules working to topple the Somali government. “The country is facing internal and external enemies

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Somalia govt minister among 5 victims in extremist attack

Gunmen stormed a government building in Somalia’s capital after a suicide car bombing on Saturday, killing at least five people including the country’s deputy labor minister, police said, in the latest attack by Islamic extremist fighters in the Horn of Africa nation. Somali security forces were exchanging gunfire with at least five attackers and trying

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Gunmen storm Somalia govt building after suicide car bombing

Gunmen stormed into a government building in the Somali capital following a suicide car bombing at the gates on Saturday, a police officer said, in the latest attack by Islamic extremist fighters in the Horn of Africa nation. Somali security forces were fighting to neutralize the attackers and rescue public servants trapped inside the Mogadishu

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Big explosion heard in Somali capital Mogadishu: Reuters witness

A big explosion was heard in the heart of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday, with a plume of smoke seen above the scene of blast, a Reuters witness reported. It was not clear who was responsible for the blast and what exactly had been detonated although Islamist group al Shabaab frequently carries out bombings in

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UK police probe attacks on five mosques in Birmingham

A mosque on Witton Road, Birmingham, central England, is seen on March 21, 2019, with its windows apparently smashed with a sledgehammer. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP) LONDON — A sledgehammer-wielding man was seen smashing windows at two mosques in Britain’s second city Birmingham and three more have been similarly vandalized overnight, the police said Thursday.

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‘Smokescreen for impunity’: U.S. hit with war crimes accusations in al-Shabab assault

Despite reports the Pentagon will pull back its presence in Africa, the Trump administration’s military campaign against a radical Islamist group in Somalia is accelerating to a record level amid allegations from leading human rights groups that the U.S. is killing civilians and perpetrating war crimes. At a time when the Pentagon has talked of

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