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A Somali MP was killed in a hotel blast in the town of Dusa Mareb in central Somalia.
A suicide attacker burst into a local hotel where MPs and defense officials were holding a meeting and detonated an explosive device.
The same day, a car bomb killed two people in the capital Mogadishu.
No one has claimed responsibilities for the attacks, but police have pointed the finger at Ash Shabaab militants.
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US President Barack Obama declared a major disaster in Oklahoma after deadly tornadoes struck the state on Sunday and Monday and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts, the White House said on Monday.
A judge has approved a defense request to get records on Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev compiled while he's in federal prison, but said prosecutors are entitled to the same records. Also on Monday, prosecutors and defense attorneys filed a joint motion to delay a May 30 probable cause hearing at least until July 2.
Intense fighting is reported from the strategic Syrian town of Qusair, as rebels and government forces fight to control the area. Opposition activists say 30 members of Hezbollah were killed, while the government claims to have captured the area.
The US and Chinese presidents will hold their first summit in California in June, both sides have announced.
US President Barack Obama said on Monday that Myanmar's President Thein Sein planned to release more political prisoners and institutionalize democratic reforms in his country.
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that a new agreement on strategic cooperation between Russia and the EU has already been worked out in the majority of points.
Israeli troops shot at a target across the Syrian frontier on Tuesday in response to gunfire that struck its forces in the Golan Heights, the Israeli military said.
Intense fighting is reported from the strategic Syrian town of Qusair, as rebels and government forces fight to control the area. Opposition activists say 30 members of Hezbollah were killed, while the government claims to have captured the area.
The Syrian government troops have captured, in the wake of long fighting, a strategically important city on the Lebanese border, Al-Quseir. The Syrian Army has thus cut off the opposition supply routes.
Russia’s police department chief Vladimir Kolokoltsev has praised the recent law enforcement reform in the country, saying it boosted security to the levels that are in some aspects incomparable with New York.
A number of earthquakes have hit Russia’s Kamachatka region in the Far East, with seismic activity still being felt in the area.
Russia is unlikely to overcome its demand for migrant labor in the coming decades, so the country needs an effective system to control migration processes, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is certain that Russia will avoid an economic crisis like the one in 2008, he told the Moscow-based daily Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper.
At a time of slowing economic growth, labour market issues are becoming more apparent. Currently, experts in Russia talk of a lack of qualified specialists, a deteriorating demographic situation and complicated legislative framework as being among the key concerns to be addressed by politicians and the business community.
On Monday morning with index gains helped by a 4.4% climb for China Coal Energy, Hong Kong shares were set to start at their highest point in over a week.
A white-tailed deer crashed through the windshield of a public bus in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It was filmed by a surveillance camera. (VIDEO)
In a harsh rebuttal to George Soros, the President of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research Hans-Werner Sinn accused the speculator of “playing with fire” and stated that “Germany will not accept Eurobonds” in spite of the pressure from the investing community.
In an exclusive interview with the Voice of Russia, Wolf Richter talks about the ECB's desperation, the money printing bonanza of the world's central banks and about a French finance minister who is barking at the wrong tree. Wolf Richter is the editor of , entrepreneur, private equity specialist and the author of "Big Like: Cascade Into An Odyssey".
The death toll from a massive tornado that swept through a US suburb of Oklahoma City has risen to 91, including at least 20 children, an official told CNN early Tuesday.
Legislators in the US state of Vermont approved a "death-with-dignity" bill enabling terminally ill patients to take their own lives with lethal medication requested from their doctors.
Death toll from US tornado climbs to 91 - official
