Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, June 12

Fifty people were killed and 53 others were injured early Sunday morning in a shooting incident at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, said the city's authorities.

The gunman was found dead inside the Pulse nightclub after a shootout with police, according to Orlando Police Chief John Mina.(US-Shooting)

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YAOUNDE -- At least three people were killed in a new escalation of violence occurred Saturday in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic (CAR).

Members of the Muslim community have decided to take revenge after the discovery of a Muslim body suspected to be murdered by Christians on Saturday night in Bangui, sources told Xinhua on Sunday.(CAR-Violence)

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MOGADISHU -- At least three people including a soldier were killed and six others injured in clashes between a militia and the Somali National Army (SNA) Sunday in Somalia's central Galmudug state.

Deputy Information Minister in Galmudug state, Dahir Farah Fidow, told Xinhua by phone that the clashes occurred at the Kafalo military base when the soldiers were being paid their salaries.(Somalia-Clashes)

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KABUL -- Up to 46 militants had been killed in clashes with security forces and airstrikes across Afghanistan within day, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

"Over the past 24 hours, Afghan security and defense forces conducted several military and cleanup operations, killing 46 militants, wounding 24 and detaining four other militants," the ministry said in a statement providing daily operational updates.(Afghanistan-Clashes) Endi