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Xinhua World News Summary at 1530 GMT, May 12

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A German government spokesman on Friday announced that the newly-elected French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Germany on May 15.

Macron, whose inauguration will take place on Sunday, will be received by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin the day after, according to German government spokesman Steffen Seibert.(Germany-France-Macron)

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MOSUL, Iraq -- Iraqi forces battling Islamic State (IS) militants on Friday seized new areas at the ninth day of a new push that initiated new fronts in the northwestern edge of IS stronghold in the western side of Mosul, the Iraqi military said.

The special forces of the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) took control of the first part of Islah al-Ziraie neighborhood after defeating IS militants in heavy street-to-street clashes during the past 24 hours, the Joint Operations Command (JOC) said in a statement.(Iraq-Mosul-Military)

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ISLAMABAD -- At least 17 people were killed and 30 others including deputy chairman of Pakistan's Senate injured when his convoy came under attack in the Mastung district of the country's southwest Balochistan Province on Friday afternoon, local media and officials said.

The deputy medical superintendent of the Mastung Civil Hospital, where all the victims were initially shifted to, confirmed that they have received 17 bodies, according to local reports.(Pakistan-Blast)

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ANKARA -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that he would demand the extradition of preacher Fethullah Gulen during his upcoming visit to the United States.

Speaking on a press conference ahead of visits to China and the U.S., Erdogan said that he would discuss the extradition of Fethullah Gulen with the U.S. President Donald Trump on May 16.(Turkey-Erdogan-U.S.)

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PYONGYANG -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Friday demanded foreign governments to arrest and extradite all suspects involved in an alleged assassination plot against its top leader Kim Jong Un.

The Korean Central News Agency quoted the DPRK's Central Public Prosecutors Office as saying in a statement that it has launched legal prosecution against the suspects involved in the plot.

"We urge the relevant authorities to immediately detect and arrest and hand over to the DPRK the masterminds, accomplices and their followers of the hideous state-sponsored crime," said the prosecutors office in a statement.(DPRK-Kim-Assassination Plot) Endi