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Top OTT Releases This Week: Ae Watan Mere Watan, Lootere, Fighter and More
Top OTT releases this week include Sara Ali Khan starrer biopic Ae Watan Mere Watan on Prime Video, in which she plays freedom fighter Usha Mehta who ran a secret radio station during Quit Indian movement; Lootere on Hotstar, in which Indian cargo ship gets hijacked by Somali pirates; Fighter on Netflix where Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone pla...
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Somali Forces End Deadly Hotel Siege: Report
Somali forces have ended a deadly siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists at a hotel in the capital Mogadishu that lasted about 30 hours, a security commander told AFP around midnight Saturday.
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8 Civilians Dead In Siege At Somalian Hotel By Al-Shabaab Terrorists
At least eight civilians have been confirmed dead in an attack by Islamist terrorists on a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, an official said Saturday, as security forces continued to battle gunmen holed up inside.
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9 Sailors Of Indian Ship Kidnapped By Somali Pirates Rescued
Somali security forces have rescued nine of the 11 crew members who were kidnapped from an Indian cargo dhow and taken ashore by pirates, said Hirsi Yusuf Barre, the mayor of Galkayo town in central Somalia.
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Somali Pirates Flee Hijacked Indian Cargo Ship, Take Crew Hostage
Somali security forces rescued a hijacked Indian cargo dhow on Monday, but pirates took one of the 11-strong crew with them when they fled to land, authorities said.
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Somali Forces Ready To Use Force To Free Ship Seized By Pirates
Authorities in Somalia tracking the pirates who have seized an oil tanker with eight Sri Lankan crew members on board said Thursday that they are ready to use force if talks to free the ship fail.
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Pirates Demand Ransom For Tanker Seized Off Somalia: EU Naval Force
Pirates off the coast of Somalia, who hijacked an oil tanker with eight Sri Lankan crew on board, are demanding a ransom for the release of the vessel, the EU Naval Force said.
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Al Shabaab Attacks Somali Town West Of Mogadishu: Security Forces
Somali Islamist group al Shabaab today shelled residential areas in the town of Baidoa, west of the capital Mogadishu, hitting a hospital and likely causing casualties, the African Union (AU) peace keeping force AMISOM said in a Twitter post.
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Bomb Likely Caused Somalia Plane Blast, Say US Government Sources
Investigators believe a bomb probably caused the on board explosion that forced an Airbus A321 to return to the Somali capital of Mogadishu for an emergency landing this week, US government sources said on Wednesday.
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A Plane Landed With This Big Hole In It, 1 Passenger Killed
A man was killed in an explosion on an Airbus A321 that made a hole in the fuselage and forced the plane to return to the Somali capital of Mogadishu to make an emergency landing, officials said on Wednesday.
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Al Shabaab Militants Attack Somali Army Base, Say Dozens Dead
Al Shabaab fighters attacked a remote Somali army base and entered a nearby town close to the border with Kenya today, saying they had killed dozens of Kenyan soldiers in an African Union force supporting the government during the assault.
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Islamic Extremists Attack African Union Base In Somalia
Heavily armed fighters from the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab attacked a base for African Union peacekeepers in southwestern Somalia on Friday, blasting their way into the compound and exchanging fire with peacekeepers, a Somali military official said.
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Scarred by Islamist Attacks, Kenya Set to Re-Open Westgate Mall
Kenya's trendy Westgate shopping mall will reopen on Saturday, nearly two years after gunmen from the Somali militant group al Shabaab massacred at least 67 people inside and held out for four days as security forces laid siege to the complex.
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6 Killed in Somalia Shebab Attack on UAE Embassy Convoy: Police
Somalia's Shebab insurgents killed at least six people today in a suicide attack on a diplomatic convoy from the United Arab Emirates in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police and the Islamists said.
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Security Forces Foil Suicide Attack in Somali Town, Say Police
Security forces foiled an attempt by Islamist militants to launch a suicide attack on a political conference in a central Somali town on Thursday, killing three gunmen and the driver of a car packed with explosives, police said.
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Top OTT Releases This Week: Ae Watan Mere Watan, Lootere, Fighter and More
Top OTT releases this week include Sara Ali Khan starrer biopic Ae Watan Mere Watan on Prime Video, in which she plays freedom fighter Usha Mehta who ran a secret radio station during Quit Indian movement; Lootere on Hotstar, in which Indian cargo ship gets hijacked by Somali pirates; Fighter on Netflix where Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone pla...
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Somali Forces End Deadly Hotel Siege: Report
Somali forces have ended a deadly siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists at a hotel in the capital Mogadishu that lasted about 30 hours, a security commander told AFP around midnight Saturday.
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8 Civilians Dead In Siege At Somalian Hotel By Al-Shabaab Terrorists
At least eight civilians have been confirmed dead in an attack by Islamist terrorists on a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, an official said Saturday, as security forces continued to battle gunmen holed up inside.
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9 Sailors Of Indian Ship Kidnapped By Somali Pirates Rescued
Somali security forces have rescued nine of the 11 crew members who were kidnapped from an Indian cargo dhow and taken ashore by pirates, said Hirsi Yusuf Barre, the mayor of Galkayo town in central Somalia.
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Somali Pirates Flee Hijacked Indian Cargo Ship, Take Crew Hostage
Somali security forces rescued a hijacked Indian cargo dhow on Monday, but pirates took one of the 11-strong crew with them when they fled to land, authorities said.
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Somali Forces Ready To Use Force To Free Ship Seized By Pirates
Authorities in Somalia tracking the pirates who have seized an oil tanker with eight Sri Lankan crew members on board said Thursday that they are ready to use force if talks to free the ship fail.
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Pirates Demand Ransom For Tanker Seized Off Somalia: EU Naval Force
Pirates off the coast of Somalia, who hijacked an oil tanker with eight Sri Lankan crew on board, are demanding a ransom for the release of the vessel, the EU Naval Force said.
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Al Shabaab Attacks Somali Town West Of Mogadishu: Security Forces
Somali Islamist group al Shabaab today shelled residential areas in the town of Baidoa, west of the capital Mogadishu, hitting a hospital and likely causing casualties, the African Union (AU) peace keeping force AMISOM said in a Twitter post.
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Bomb Likely Caused Somalia Plane Blast, Say US Government Sources
Investigators believe a bomb probably caused the on board explosion that forced an Airbus A321 to return to the Somali capital of Mogadishu for an emergency landing this week, US government sources said on Wednesday.
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A Plane Landed With This Big Hole In It, 1 Passenger Killed
A man was killed in an explosion on an Airbus A321 that made a hole in the fuselage and forced the plane to return to the Somali capital of Mogadishu to make an emergency landing, officials said on Wednesday.
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Al Shabaab Militants Attack Somali Army Base, Say Dozens Dead
Al Shabaab fighters attacked a remote Somali army base and entered a nearby town close to the border with Kenya today, saying they had killed dozens of Kenyan soldiers in an African Union force supporting the government during the assault.
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Islamic Extremists Attack African Union Base In Somalia
Heavily armed fighters from the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab attacked a base for African Union peacekeepers in southwestern Somalia on Friday, blasting their way into the compound and exchanging fire with peacekeepers, a Somali military official said.
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Scarred by Islamist Attacks, Kenya Set to Re-Open Westgate Mall
Kenya's trendy Westgate shopping mall will reopen on Saturday, nearly two years after gunmen from the Somali militant group al Shabaab massacred at least 67 people inside and held out for four days as security forces laid siege to the complex.
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6 Killed in Somalia Shebab Attack on UAE Embassy Convoy: Police
Somalia's Shebab insurgents killed at least six people today in a suicide attack on a diplomatic convoy from the United Arab Emirates in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police and the Islamists said.
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Security Forces Foil Suicide Attack in Somali Town, Say Police
Security forces foiled an attempt by Islamist militants to launch a suicide attack on a political conference in a central Somali town on Thursday, killing three gunmen and the driver of a car packed with explosives, police said.
