Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Nov. 19

Troops from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), alongside the Somali National Army (SNA), on Friday killed six Al-Shabaab militants in an area about some 35km northeast of the southern Somali town of Kismayo and captured a location.

AMISOM force spokesperson Joe Kibet told Xinhua by phone that the joint forces took the Bula-Gadud location and recovered weapons during the operation in Lower Juba region.(Somalia-Al-Shabaab)

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GENEVA -- The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday announced that Zika outbreaks and associated neurological abnormality have no longer constituted a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) while requires a robust longer-term technical mechanism to manage the global response.

The announcement came after the fifth meeting of the Emergency Committee on Zika, microcephaly and other neurological disorders convened by WHO on Friday afternoon. (WHO-Zika)

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SAN FRANCISCO -- A small plane crashed into a home south of San Francisco on Friday, with one dead and another wounded.

San Mateo County Fire Department said it received a report at 11:18 a.m. local time that a plane went down near the Half Moon Bay Airport, about 25 miles, or 40 kilometers, south of San Francisco on the U.S. west coast.

Fire crews responded to the scene at the edge of a residential neighborhood near the airport. (San Francisco-Small Plane)

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SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir -- Troops of India and Pakistan Friday exchanged heavy fire and targeted each other's positions on Line of Control (LoC), dividing Kashmir, officials said.

The two sides exchanged fire on LoC in Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch districts.

Defense officials said the exchange started on Thursday evening and continued until early Friday.(India-Pakistan-LoC) Endi