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Istanbul mourns after deadly suicide attack blamed on PKK

  Istanbul / AFP Turkey observed a day of mourning on Sunday after twin bombings killed 38 people near an Istanbul football stadium in attacks authorities said were likely the work of Kurdish militants. A car bomb detonated Saturday night outside the home stadium of football giants Besiktas after a Super Lig match against Bursaspor, and less than a minute later ...

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Somalia suicide truck bombing claims 20

  Mogadishu / AFP More than 20 people were killed on Sunday in a suicide truck bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police said, in a fresh strike claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab group. “The tally we have made so far indicates that more than 20 people, most of them civilians, were killed in the blast,” said Ibrahim Mohamed, a Somali ...

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Indian pilots lie on low fuel to get priority landing

  Bloomberg Pilots of at least three Indian flights, including one operated by market leader IndiGo, lied to air traffic controllers about being short on fuel to get priority landing at an airport, according to an investigation by the country’s aviation safety regulator. The incident occurred on November 30, when pilots of an IndiGo plane radioed traffic controllers at Kolkata ...

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