A double car bomb attack near the Interior Ministry building in the restive Somali capital killed at least 10 people on Saturday, officials said.


10 killed in attack on Somali Interior Ministry


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At least seven people were killed on Saturday when two car bombs were detonated close to the Interior Ministry building in the restive Somali capital, security officials said.


7 killed in attack on Somali Interior Ministry


Thousands of displaced people have returned to Syria after negotiations brought about a pause in hostilities following a week-long government offensive aimed at regaining the territory from armed opposition, a UK-based watchdog said on Saturday.


Thousands return home following ceasefire in Syria


Three civilians, including a teenage girl, were killed when security forces allegedly opened fire at a stone-pelting mob during a cordon and search operation in a south Kashmir  village on Saturday.


3 civilians shot dead in Kashmir


One protestor was killed during a clash with the security forces on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, police said.


1 killed in J&K clash


Life across the Kashmir Valley was adversely affected on Saturday by a protest shutdown called by the separatists against shifting of Asiya Andrabi, chief of a separatist women group to Delhi.


Separatist called shutdown affects life in J&K


Seven Maoists, including four with rewards on their heads, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Friday, police said.


7 Maoists surrender in Chhattisgarh (Lead, Correcting figure)


Eleven Maoists, including four with rewards on their heads, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Friday morning, police said.


11 Maoists surrender in Chhattisgarh


Scores of people on Friday attended the funeral prayers of Jammu and Kashmir constable Javaid Ahmad Dar who was abducted and murdered by militants.


Scores attend funeral of slain policeman in Kashmir


Asiya Andrabi, chief of the Kashmiri women's separatist group "Dukhtaran-e-Milat" (Daughters of Faith), and two of her associates were remanded to 10-day National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody on Friday.


Asiya Andrabi remanded to 10 days NIA custody


Authorities on Friday placed two senior separatist leaders under detention in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of a separatist-called shutdown on July 8, the second death anniversary of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani.


Separatist leaders detained ahead of Wani death anniversary


Asiya Andrabi, chief of the women's separatist group "Dukhtaran-e-Milat" (Daughters of Faith) and two of her associates were shifted to Delhi by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday.


Separatist leader Andrabi shifted to Delhi by NIA


Pakistan on Thursday pressed the Taliban to join the reconciliation process to find out solution to the Afghan conflict.


Pakistan urges Afghan Taliban to join peace process


India will continue to make efforts to cripple terrorists operating out of Pakistan through UNSC 1267 sanctions, the government said on Thursday.


Will keep striving to pin terrorists by UNSC 1267 sanctions: MEA


An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced 21 loyalists of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group from 10 to 25 years in prison over forming a terrorist cell targeting policemen, soldiers and judges.


Egypt jails 21 Brotherhood loyalists up to 25 years


India's request to extradite controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik is under "active consideration" of the Malaysian authorities, the government said on Thursday.


Zakir Naik's extradition under 'active consideration': MEA


The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Thursday warned that 320,000 people have been displaced by increased hostilities in southwest Syria while another 750,000 risk being caught in the crossfire.


Over 320,000 displaced by Syrian conflict: UN


Iranian Foreign Ministry on Thursday announced that it has summoned the ambassadors from France, Belgium and Germany to protest against the arrest of the country's diplomat suspected of being tied to a terror plot in Paris.


Iran summons 3 EU envoys after diplomat's arrest


A man and woman found unconscious in Wiltshire, England, were poisoned by Novichok -- the same nerve agent that poisoned ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal, police said.


UK couple were poisoned with nerve agent: Police


Rome, July 4 (IANS/AKI) Italy's hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said on Thursday he had signed deportation orders for three alleged Islamic extremists, vowing "zero tolerance" for jihadists.


Italian Minister signs expulsion orders for three 'Islamic extremists'


Iran on Wednesday denied allegations that it was training Afghanistan's Taliban militant group.

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