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Xinhua world news summary at GMT 0130 on June 26

Xinhua, June 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least seven people were killed in a car crash in Kenya's coastal region of Kwale on Saturday, officials have said.

Kwale County commissioner, Kutswa Olaka, said four pupils who were on a field trip were among those killed. Preliminary reports indicate the driver of the minibus was on the wrong side of the road. Olaka blamed the driver for careless driving. (Kenya-Traffic accident)

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MOGADISHU -- At least 11 people were killed and scores injured in twin car bomb explosions on a hotel in Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday afternoon, a police officer has said.

Police officer Mohamed Nor said those killed were mostly civilians who were in the Nasa-Hablod Hotel at the time of the explosions. Islamist group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack. Early this month, at least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in an Al-Shabaab attack on another hotel in Mogadishu. (Somali-Killings)

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TEHRAN -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said in a statement on Saturday that its forces have killed five armed insurgents in the fresh clashes in the Kurd-populated region of Iran's northwestern province of West Azerbaijan.

There were no casualties on the Iranian security forces, it added. Reports said that the "terrorists" belonged to the members of outlawed "counter-revolutionary terrorist groups," including the Kurdish Democrat Party, who had crossed the northwestern borders into the country.

(Iran-Insurgents-Killing)

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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi security forces on Saturday fought fierce clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants to free the last pockets of resistance in the IS stronghold in Fallujah, while other troops continue advance northward to recapture the IS-held town of Qayyara before heading to Mosul, security sources said. (Iraq-Fallujah-IS)

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RIYADH -- Saudi Interior Ministry warned Saturday of human trafficking charges against Saudi recruitment agents in Tanzania and Burundi, Saudi Press Agency reported. (Saudi-Human-Trafficking) Endi