US, UK say bomb may have downed Russian jet in Egypt

advertisements The United States and Britain said Wednesday a bomb may have brought down a Russian airliner which crashed in Egypt, as the Islamic State group insisted it caused the disaster.

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22 Kenyans charged in Somalia

advertisements TWENTY-TWO Kenyans were charged yesterday in Somalia with being in the country illegally.

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MI5 'secretly collected phone data' for decade

advertisements MI5 has secretly been collecting vast amounts of data about UK phone calls to search for terrorist connections, the BBC has learned. The programme has been running for 10 years under a law described as "vague" by the government's terror watchdog

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Toronto council votes to ban hookah use at licensed lounges

City council has voted to ban the use of hookah pipes at all licensed establishments in Toronto. Councillors voted 34-3 in favour of a motion filed by Toronto Coun. Joe Mihevc, which will take effect on April 1, 2016. advertisements

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Attacks By Al Shabaab Cause Casualties To Kenyan Forces

The Somali Islamist group, Al-Shabab attacked, on Tuesday, Kenyan soldiers who are part of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces, causing an undetermined number of casualties, according to a press statement released by the extremist group. According to the statement, wired to local and…

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World Bank-Backed Committee Urges Somalia to Cancel Fishing Deal

advertisements A World Bank-backed committee criticized a deal in which a company partly owned by Saladin Security Ltd. was granted the rights to manage all aspects of Somalia's fishing industry and said it should either be scrapped or renegotiated with reduced scope.

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EU NAVFOR and CTF Commanders meeting off Somalia

Commander CTF 151 Rear Admiral Ayhan Bay and the Japanese Counter Piracy Division Commander Captain Futoshi Toyozumi seen [left] together with CTF 151 staff and ship's officers onboard JS Akizuki . Clockwise: LCDR (TUR N) Ozgur Ozkan, Capt. (JPN N) Futoshi Toyozumi, Rear Admiral (TUR N) Ayhan Bay,…

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No 'direct evidence' of terrorism in Egypt crash: US

advertisements A top US intelligence official has said there is no direct evidence of terrorism in the crash of a Russian passenger jet in Egypt that killed all 224 people on board, after the airline said it came down due to "external" factors.

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Kenyan among 15 killed in Mogadishu hotel attack

A Kenyan citizen is among 15 people killed in Mogadishu on Sunday after gunmen stormed a hotel popular with Somali officials and foreigners, before a standoff ended when Somali troops shot dead the last attacker in the building,

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Somalia honors fallen military General

A prominent Somali military general who was killed in militants attack on Mogadishu hotel on Sunday was laid to rest in front of a hundreds of distraught family and fellow officers in central Somalia on Monday.

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UK Pledges To Pay Salaries Of 60th Battalion Of SNA

02 November - Source: Goobjoog News - 195 Words UK government has pledged to support SNA by paying the salaries 60th of battalion of Somali National Army and promised to turn the promises into action as soon as possible:"We are always ready to support Somalia especially SNA, our government ready…

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Shafana: The journalist who believed in Somalia

advertisements Al Jazeera contributor, Mustaf Abdi Noor, has been killed in an al-Shabab attack on a hotel in Mogadishu. He was 23.

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Trial of Gaddafi son adjourned to December

advertisements The son of deposed Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi appeared in a Tripoli court on Sunday to face charges of murdering a football player and other crimes before the 2011 revolution that ended his father's rule. The judge adjoined proceedings against Saadi Gaddafi, who was extradited…

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First bodies delivered to Russia after Egypt plane crash

at Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg, Russia November 2, 2015. Photo/Reuters advertisements The first bodies from a plane crash in Egypt in which all 224 passengers, most of them Russians, died over the weekend arrived in St Petersburg early on Monday morning aboard a Russian government plane.

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Former US senator Thompson dies at 73

advertisements Fred Thompson, the folksy former US senator from Tennessee and Hollywood actor, has died after losing a battle to lymphoma, his family said Sunday. He was 73.

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Foundation for new Somali embassy building

President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, and Dr. Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, have laid the foundation stone of the new Somali Embassy building at the Embassies' quarter in the capital, Abu Dhabi.

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Security Council condemns Al-Shabaab attack on Somalia hotel

A deadly attack against a hotel in Somalia's capital has been condemned in the strongest terms by the UN Security Council. advertisements

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Somalia hotel attack underlines need for supporting Somali army – UN envoy

As the siege on the Sahafi hotel prolonged, Somali forces have ended stalemate, killing all attackers who were holed up in compound where they killed at least 15 people including a Somali legislator, former general and the owner of the hotel. "Bloody attack in Mogadishu underlines the need to help…

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A Freelance Journalist killed, another Wounded in Mogadishu's Hotel Attack

Mogadishu, November 1, 2015: The National Union of Somali Journalists is saddened to learn the terrible loss of life of a freelance journalist which another wounded , while covering the incident on Sunday morning November 1, 2015 Mustaf Cabdinur Safaana, a freelance cameraman was killed in the second…

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One Journalist killed and other sustains injuries in Al Shabaab Mogadishu hotel attack.

Somali Independent Media Houses Association (SIMHA) has learnt that Aljazeera cameraman lost his life and Reuters photographer sustained wounds following Al Shabab attack on popular hotel in Mogadishu.

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