Somali army clashes with local forces for control of Baidoa

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    An Italian court has convicted three Egyptian security officials for their involvement in the kidnapping of student Giulio Regeni, who…

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    A Paris court has found Swiftair guilty of corporate manslaughter over the 2014 Air Algerie crash that killed 116 people…

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