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By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Police in Somalia say nine people, including three soldiers, were killed in Friday night’s extremist attack on a beachside hotel in the capital, Mogadishu. The police statement said 10 other people were wounded while 84 people were rescued from the hourslong assault that ended early Saturday

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Country Club is opening itself to the world’s largest golf audiences with the arrival of the 123rd U.S. Open next week. For its first century of existence, the club and its two courses were rarely seen by anyone except its wealthy members.

ROME (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis spent another good night in the Rome hospital where he is recovering from abdominal surgery. The 86-year-old pontiff underwent an operation on Wednesday to repair a hernia and remove scar tissue that had formed following previous intestinal surgery. The Vatican said it would provide more details on

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano has erupted, spewing ash as high as 3 kilometers (2 miles) into the air, officials said Saturday. The volcano island located in Indonesia’s Sunda Strait between the main Java and Sumatra islands has erupted at least seven times since late Friday, Indonesia’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation

PARIS (AP) — The man suspected of stabbing four young children and two adults in a park in the French Alps is facing potential charges Saturday. The children are between 22 months and 3 years old, and remain hospitalized. The French president expressed hope after speaking to their doctors Friday that their conditions would continue

By JIM GOMEZ and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press BONGA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of people who fled their homes in the central Philippines to escape a restive volcano have to contend with another threat that’s complicating the ongoing evacuations: monsoon rains that could be unleashed by an approaching typhoon. More than 6,000 villagers have been

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s nuclear energy agency says it has put the last operating reactor at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant into a “cold shutdown” — a safety precaution amid catastrophic flooding from the collapse of a nearby dam as Russia’s war on Ukraine drags on through its 16th

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An official says an explosion at a rocket and explosives plant in Turkey caused a building to collapse, killing all five workers inside. The explosion occurred at around 8:45 a.m. Saturday at the compound of the state-owned Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation, on the outskirts of the capital, Ankara. Gov. Vasip

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Multiple victims have been struck by bullets during a mass shooting in San Francisco’s Mission District Friday night, but authorities say there were no fatalities. A tweet by the San Francisco Police Department says there are nine shooting victims but they all are expected to survive their injuries. Police say there

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Australian surfer who was jailed for attacking several people while drunk and naked in Indonesia’s deeply conservative Muslim province of Aceh is set to be deported to his country after he agreed to apologize and pay compensation. Bodhi Mani Risby-Jones, 23, from Queensland, was detained in late April on Simeulue

By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro votes in an early parliamentary election which is seen as a test of whether the small NATO-member Balkan country can overcome deep internal political divisions and instability that have hampered its European Union membership path. Some 542,000 voters will on Sunday choose between 15 parties

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — State media in Somalia are reporting that security forces have ended an hourslong extremist attack on a beachside hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, that began Friday night. There was no immediate official word Saturday on any deaths. Al-Qaida’s East Africa affiliate, al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen says the self-ruled island will work to improve its rescue and defense capabilities with new technologies, adding that strengthening Taiwan is key to maintaining peace. Tsai also pledged her government would promote policies to safeguard maritime and border security after inspecting an anti-terror drill in Kaohsiung city

TOKYO (AP) — Two passenger planes have bumped into each other on a runway at a major Tokyo airport. No injuries were reported in Saturday’s accident. Government official Isamu Yamane said a Thai Airways International jet headed to Bangkok accidentally hit an Eva Airways plane headed to Taipei at Haneda airport. The runway was temporarily

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Often depicted as an integral feature of the continent, African wildlife, from iconic big beasts to its vast array of species, continues to attract millions of foreign travelers every year. But a new art exhibition in the heart of Johannesburg is questioning the relationship between humans and