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According to several news reports, at least 15 people had died and many injured. Gunfire echoed round the seaside city after the blast and ambulances raced to the scene.
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The Indian Navy rescued an Iranian-flagged fishing vessel with 19 Pakistani crew members and a Sri Lankan trawler in two swift operations after armed pirates hijacked the boats in the Arabian Sea amid deteriorating security situation arising out of Iran-backed Houthi rebels targeting various cargo ships in the region.
The traffic helpline of Mumbai Police has received a WhatsApp message from an international number advising the force to take care to avoid a 'Somalia-type attack' in India, an official said on Friday.
The women receive no funding. When they play matches, the trainers pool money to buy a cheap cup as a prize. But they love what they do, and dream of starting teams all over Somalia.
Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab on Wednesday launched a deadly attack on a top Mogadishu hotel popular with MPs, killing at least 10 people, police said.
33 Indian labourers, including 25 workers from Uttar Pradesh, have been allegedly held hostage by a company in Somalia for the last eight months. They had joined the company 10 months ago.
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The toll is expected to rise as emergency crews are still pulling out bodies from burned cars and demolished buildings.
Nine hijacked vessels, carrying 95 Indians, have been traced to Mogadishu off Somalia and efforts are being made to secure their release, official sources said on Monday.
Somali militants hold their guns as they attend prayers to mark the first day of Eid ul-Fitr in the capital Mogadishu.
At least 64 people were killed by co-ordinated explosions while they were watching the Spain-Holland World Cup final in the Ugandan capital Kampala late Sunday night, emerging reports said.
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was stopped at a roadblock manned by forces of the Somali transitional government, but he sped through, forcing the troops to shoot him.
The United States has carried out airstrikes against Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants in Somalia and is now assessing the results of its "operation" against the hardline militia, the White House said.
Somali pirates have struck again, this time taking hostage 11 men hailing from Gujarat's Kutch district who were working on a Dubai-based cargo vessel. "According to information received late last night, some 11 men from Mandvi who were working on the Dubai-based vessel Al-Barari were taken hostage after Somalian pirates hijacked the ship from near the port of Mogadishu," Kutch Vahanvati Association president Kasam Ali Bholim told PTI.
The Indian crew members, who were onboard the Ship M V Victoria, which was hijacked on May 17 near the Somalia coast by heavily armed pirates, have been released, the Directorate General of Shipping on Friday said.
The ship carrying 4,200 tonnes of sugar was travelling between Mumbai and Mogadishu. "The hijackers of MV Victoria have offloaded the cargo from the vessel. Now negotiations are on for the safe release of the crew that includes 10 Indians," a top DG Shipping official told PTI.
The pirates have taken it northwards up the coast.
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Alleged Somalian pirates have set a ransom of $400,000 to release Indian cargo ship Bhaktisagar and its 21-man crew.
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The alleged Somali mastermind of the attack on a Kenyan mall connected with jihadists while studying in Pakistan and later fought in Afghanistan and Kashmir, according to a media report on Thursday.
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An astounding 11,400 athletes will travel from more than 200 countries to compete at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. In all, 20 nations will be represented by three or fewer athletes - including Afghanistan, Belize, Gambia and South Sudan - nine will be represented by only two competitors, and one country will be represented by a sole athlete. Sprinter Etimoni Timuani will carry the flag at the opening ceremony for the South Pacific nation of Tuvalu - the smallest delegation destined for Rio de Janeiro.
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'Pakistan persists in the belief that such attacks will enable it to obtain the territory it covets. Their plans will not succeed.'
The ninth edition of the Global Peace Index, which ranks the nations of the world according to their level of peacefulness, has ranked Syria as the most dangerous country in the world.
The number of people killed in acts of terror reached a record high last year, with almost four in five of these deaths occurring in just five countries, new research shows.
While Iraq and Afghanistan top the Global Terrorism Index 2014 as the most terror-affected nations, India has been ranked number six.
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