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Xinhua world news summary at 1600 GMT, June 26

Xinhua, June 27, 2015 Adjust font size:

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled that there is a right to same-sex marriage in all 50 states across the country.

Justice Anthony Kennedy authored the 34-page 5-4 decision, saying that marriage is a "keystone of the nation's social order," and that there is "no difference between same- and opposite-sex couples with respect to this principle." (US-Supreme Court-Same-sex Marriage)

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TUNIS -- The death toll rose to 28 killed and 36 injured in deadly hotel attack in Tunisia's Sousse, stated the Tunisian Ministry of Health on Friday.

One armed man,Tunisian student from Kairouan, led the attack against the hotel using a Kalashnikov riffle. He was killed after opening fire inside the hotel, according to Interior Ministry. Another suspect was reportedly arrested during ongoing security operations. (Tunis-Hotel-Attack)

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KUWAIT CITY -- More than 10 people people were killed or wounded on Friday in a suicide bomb strike on a Shiite Muslim mosque, while the Islamic State (IS) militant group claimed responsibility for the attack, according to media reports.

According to the official Kuwait News Agency, a blast rocked the Imam Sadiq Mosque, located in the busy neighborhood of al-Sawabir of the capital city. (Kuwait-IS-Attack)

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PARIS -- An explosion rocked a U.S. gas company in Isere, southeast France, leaving several wounded victims and a decapitated body was found at the site with an Islamic State (IS) flag aside, news channel BFMTV reported Friday.

Two men entered by force into a liquid air factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier at around 10:00 a.m. local time (0800 GMT) and exploded gas containers, according to the report. (France-Terror-Attack) Endi