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By Abdiqani Hassan and Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU/GAROWE, Somalia (Reuters) - Islamist gunmen killed 26 people, including Kenyans, Americans, a Briton and Tanzanians, when they stormed a hotel in Somalia's southern port city of Kismayo, a regional state president said on Saturday, the deadliest day in the city since insurgents were driven out in 2012. A car bomb exploded at the hotel where local elders and lawmakers were having a meeting on Friday night, and then three gunmen stormed in, police said. Читать дальше...

By Collin Eaton and Brian Thevenot NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Barry was churning off Louisiana on Saturday, poised to make landfall as the first Atlantic hurricane of 2019 in a westward shift that appeared to spare low-lying New Orleans from the massive flooding feared earlier this week. The National Hurricane Center, which said Barry had became a hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour (120 kph) on Saturday morning, added the storm was likely to weaken

By Nadine Awadalla and Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Thousands demonstrated in cities across Sudan on Saturday, witnesses said, to mark 40 days since security forces killed dozens when they stormed a protest camp in the capital Khartoum. The demonstrations were the first since the ruling military council and civilian opposition agreed in principle to a power-sharing arrangement ahead of elections.

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday he had approved the creation of a space command within the French air force to improve the country's defence capabilities. Addressing military personnel a day before the Bastille Day parade, Macron said the new military doctrine setting up a space command would strengthen protection of French satellites

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen will visit Haiti on Saturday in an attempt to bolster support in the region after neighboring Dominican Republic broke diplomatic ties with Taiwan last year. The visit to the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince is the first stop on a 12-day trip to the Caribbean, with St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis to follow.

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Nearly 70% or 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd), of crude oil production in the U.S.-regulated areas of the Gulf of Mexico has been cut because of Tropical Storm Barry, the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) said on Saturday Natural gas output from offshore platforms in the Gulf has been cut by 56%, or 1.5 billion cubic feet per day, BSEE said.

A 56-year-old man died on Saturday after his hand got stuck between two doors of a metro train which started moving soon after, from Park Street station.

Until this year, Simona Halep had never got beyond the semi-finals at Wimbledon while a last-four run in 2015 remains her best performance at the US Open.

Billie Jean King had said that running a business, looking after a child and battling for equality for women and ethnic minorities, could largely all be dealt with Serena Williams' staff while she focussed on tennis for a couple of years.

Phil Tufnell, who was part of the England side that lost the 1992 World Cup final, has backed Eoin Morgan's current squad to go one step further and lift the trophy.

Four Afghan security forces were killed Saturday when Taliban insurgents attacked a hotel, officials said, as violence continues across Afghanistan.

Lewis Hamilton brushed off questions about his lifestyle and heaped praise on Valtteri Bottas after the Finn had beaten him to pole position for the British Grand Prix.

Ricky Ponting lauded New Zealand for making two consecutive World Cup final but said England boast of 'too much class' for the Black Caps.

A short video of Hema Malini cleaning a road inside the complex came in for severe criticism on social media as her broom barely touched the ground.

Right-hander Martin Guptill's form is a far cry from the man who blasted the Black Caps to the final four years ago on his way to finishing the tournament as the top run scorer

India lost the crucial match 2-5 against DPR Korea despite a spirited performance in the second half as defensive errors once again costed the team big time.

Humble and grounded, Halep had already shown incredible resolve to win the 2018 Roland Garros title having lost all three of her previous Slam finals.

The Congress on Saturday made senior state leader Balasaheb Thorat, Maharashtra party chief.

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson says his side are happy to embrace their underdog status in Sunday's World Cup final against England at Lord's.

The 24-year-old won an easy race as he finished nearly one second ahead of silver winner Omelko Rafal (46.19) of Poland. Anas' earlier national record time stood at 45.24 seconds which he recorded last year.

With the Karnataka political crisis continuing, coalition leaders Saturday were locked in hectic parleys to pacify rebel MLAs, as the BJP upped the ante.

Union health ministry set up an eight-member sub-committee to draft a central law to check violence against doctors and medical professionals.

Valtteri Bottas upstaged teammate Lewis Hamilton to secure pole position as Mercedes locked out the front row of the grid for the British Grand Prix.

The US, China, Russia and Pakistan have jointly urged the Taliban to agree to a ceasefire and begin direct negotiations with the Afghanistan government.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary (Organisation) Ramlal was on Saturday sent back to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).