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Xinhua world news summary at 1600 GMT, Aug. 21

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At least 15 people were killed in twin bomb explosions in Galkayo town in the semi-autonomous Puntland region, northern Somalia on Sunday, police and witnesses said.

The police said the twin explosions targeted local government office in Galkayo town amid fierce gunfire. (Somalia-Blasts)

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BRUSSELS -- A man was seriously injured in a shooting in Belgian capital Brussels Saturday evening, Brussels' public prosecutor said Sunday.

No suspect has yet been identified. The victim, who has already been hospitalized, was in critical condition, said prosecutor spokesman Ine Van Wymersch. (Belgium-Shooting)

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ANKARA -- The suicide bomber who carried out a deadly terror attack at a wedding in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep on Saturday night is aged 12 to 14, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.

The brutal terror attack was carried out by a teenager, and initial findings showed it was perpetrated by the Islamic State (IS) group, Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul. (Turkey-Blast)

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MOSUL, Iraq -- The Islamic State (IS) militants executed 40 people in the group's last major stonghold of Mosul on Sunday, a security source said.

The victims were executed over charges of conspiring against the group's rule in Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province, or helping people to flee the city, or being former Iraqi security members, according to Mohammed al-Baiyati, head of the security committee of Nineveh's provincial council. (Iraq-IS)

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong went back on stage again on Sunday and the National Day Rally resumed.

"I gave everybody a scare. The last time I did this I was on the parade square in Safti, I fainted. I've never had so many doctors look at me all at once. They think I'm all right but I'm going to have a full check-up after this," said Lee. (Singapore-Lee Hsien Loong) Endi