Somali militant siege ends, at least 29 civilians dead

Somali government troops shot dead three Islamist militants holed up in a building in central Mogadishu on Friday, police said, ending a day-long bomb and gun attack that killed at least 29 civilians.

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Irish PM says to fix law that prompted border trawler seizures

(This March 1 story corrects paragraph 2 to say trawlers seized by Irish Naval Service not Coast Guard)

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Climate change: Angela Merkel welcomes school strikes

Students' mass walkouts to demand action have sparked a debate over school attendance in Germany.

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Wounded and alone, children emerge from last Islamic State enclave

Hareth Najem fled Islamic State's last enclave in eastern Syria wounded and alone. The Iraqi orphan's family had died two years earlier in air strikes across the border in al-Qaim region.

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France anti-Semitism: Strasbourg Jewish memorial vandalised

The site of a synagogue burned by Nazis in 1940 was targeted by anti-Semitic vandals, the city says.

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Explainer: In Trump-Russia probe, when does collusion become a crime?

As Special Counsel Robert Mueller has pursued his investigation into Moscow's role in the 2016 U.S. election, legal experts have debated what sort of contacts between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia may have violated U.S. criminal law.

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Gateway Moon station: Canada joins Nasa space project

PM Trudeau announces $1.4bn (£1.2bn) for a Nasa space station to help land humans on the Moon.

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Bernie Sanders hits 2020 trail with a return to Brooklyn roots

Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders will hit the 2020 campaign trail for the first time on Saturday with a rally in his native Brooklyn, New York, giving his supporters a rare glimpse into his past and how it helped shape his views.

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House panel demands Kushner clearance details from White House

A Democratic-led congressional panel on Friday demanded that the White House comply with requests for documents and witnesses for a probe into alleged security clearance abuses involving President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and others.

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Explainer: Does Islamic State still pose a threat?

Islamic State looks about to lose its last foothold - on the banks of the Euphrates near the Iraq border - but while its era of territorial rule may be over for now, there is near universal agreement that IS remains a threat.

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Iran condemns Britain for listing ally Hezbollah as 'terrorist' group

Iran criticized Britain for its decision to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, saying on Saturday it ignored both the will of a large portion of the Lebanese people and the Tehran-backed group's role in fighting Islamic State.

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Timeline: The rise and fall of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria

Islamic State faces territorial defeat as U.S.-backed Syrian forces attack its final, besieged enclave near the Iraqi border. This timeline chronicles the lightning rise, cruel reign and gradual fall of Islamic State.

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Russian Nobel Prize winner for physics Alferov dies aged 88

Zhores Alferov, the 2000 Nobel prize winner in physics and a member of Russia's parliament, has died aged 88 in St Petersburg, the Russian Communist party said on Saturday.

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The carnival parade shining a light on mental health

For 18 years, those treated at the Nise da Silveira Institute in Rio de Janeiro have taken part in a street parade.

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Slovenian president says 'a lot' of EU states would back Brexit extension

Slovenia's president said his country and many other European Union states would be open to extending the date Britain is due to leave the bloc, a possibility British Prime Minister Theresa May has raised amid deadlock in parliament.

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Far-right Proud Boys members sentenced over Manhattan brawl

Two members of the far-right group are sentenced over a violent brawl. Six others have pleaded guilty.

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SpaceX astronaut capsule demo for Nasa lifts off

America takes the first step towards launching astronauts from home soil again after a gap of eight years.

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Pakistan and India step back from the brink, tensions simmer

A flare up between arch-foes India and Pakistan appeared to be easing on Saturday after Islamabad handed back a captured Indian pilot, but tensions continued to simmer amid efforts by global powers to prevent a war between the nuclear-armed neighbors

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Blaze in tower block in London's Canary Wharf area brought under control

About 60 firefighters and eight fire engines attended to a fire on top of a commercial tower block in London's Canary Wharf area, but there were no injuries and the fire was under control at 0158 GMT, London Fire Brigade said early on Saturday.

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