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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 11

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NAIROBI -- Flash floods from heavy rains pounding several parts of Kenya have claimed 158 lives and displaced 299,859 others since March, a humanitarian agency said on Thursday.

The Kenya Red Cross said numerous effects of heavy rains have caused displacement of populations, destruction of roads and water infrastructure, deaths and injuries, disruption of access to essential services and loss of livelihoods. (Kenya-Floods)

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LONDON -- Foreign ministers from the European Union (EU) members are expected to meet in London on Monday for a crisis meeting with Iran in order to save the Iran nuclear deal after U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of the nuclear agreement, the Guardian newspaper reported Thursday.

"Foreign ministers aim to reassure Tehran that the nuclear deal is salvageable at a meeting currently slated for Monday in London which they are expecting their Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif to attend," the newspaper said. (UK-Iran Nuclear Deal)

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DAMASCUS -- The evacuation of rebels and their families from three towns south of Syrian capital Damascus has completed on Thursday, under a Russian-mediated deal that saw them leave for rebel-held areas in northern Syria.

Hundreds of rebels and their families left Beit Sahm, Yalda and Babila towns south of Damascus in seven batches, as the evacuation process started earlier this month, state-run news agency SANA reported. (Syria-Rebels Evacuation)

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MOGADISHU -- Five people were killed on Thursday in a military operation in southern Somalia, local officials have said.

South West state Information Minister Ugas Hasan Abdi said the military were pursuing the militant group al-Shabab in Ma'alinka village which lied between Afgoye and Barire towns in southern Somalia. (Somalia-Military) Enditem

 

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