Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, May 16

Turkey on Saturday shot down a Syrian aircraft over violation of Turkish airspace near Surian border, local NTV broadcaster reported. (Turkey-Syria)

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CAIRO-- An Egyptian court banned on Saturday soccer fan groups in the country and designated them as "terrorist groups," the Egyptian state TV reported.(Egypt-Court-Football)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. special forces killed a senior leader of Islamic State (IS) group in eastern Syria, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said Saturday.(US-IS-Leader)

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DAMASCUS -- The Syrian government forces killed as many as 40 militants with the Islamic State (IS) group, including a commander responsible for oil-related affairs, in a "qualitative" operation in the oil-rich province of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria, the official Syrian TV reported Saturday.(Syria-IS-Militants)

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CAIRO -- An Egyptian court sentenced Saturday ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi to death over 2011 jailbreak charges.

The Cairo Criminal Court issued preliminary death sentences against Morsi and 105 other defendants in the case publicly known as the "Wadi al-Natron jailbreak." (Egypt-Morsi-Sentence)

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DAMATURU, Nigeria-- A bus station in Damaturu, capital of northern Nigeria's Yobe State was hit by a bomb attack Saturday, leaving at least 7 killed, reports said. (Nigeria-Bus-Bomb)

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KABUL -- Taliban militants on Saturday intercepted vehicles in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktia, kidnapping several dozens of passengers, reported local media. (Afghanistan-Taliban-Passengers) Endi