Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Nov. 4

Twenty-six Afghan civilians, three local troops and two U.S. soldiers were killed Thursday in Kunduz province, Afghanistan, U.S. military officials said on Thursday.

The two Americans came under fire when working to clear a Taliban position and disrupt the group's operations in a Kunduz district, said Pentagon. Another four U.S. troops were also reported wounded in the fighting. (Afghanistan-US-Casuality)

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JAKARTA -- The death toll of a speedboat which sank in western of the country on Wednesday rose to 54 on Friday with 6 others still missing, rescuer said.

Search for the missing persons is underway now, involving rescuers from navy, police, local search and rescue office, local disaster agency personnel and volunteers, said Marsudi, spokesman of national search and rescue office. (Indonesia-Accident-Toll)

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MOGADISHU -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the UN envoy in Somalia Michael Keating have welcomed a ceasefire reached between forces of the country's Puntland and Galmudug states.

The rival forces clashed in the central city of Galkayo last month, killing more than 20 people, including civilians, and forcing displacement over 80,000. (Somalia-Clashes-Ceasefire)

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GENEVA -- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) warned Friday that Islamic State (IS) fighters defending the northern Iraqi city of Mosul are continuing to forcibly displace civilians amid concerns that they will be used as human shields to protect the extremist group from airstrikes.

"On Tuesday, we understand trucks full of abducted civilians, reportedly some 1,600 people, were taken from Hamam al-Alil to Tal Afar city," OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said in a statement. (IS-Mosul-Civilians) Endi