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Barca extends lead in La Liga but misses chance to stamp authority on league after Madrid loses

Barca extends lead in La Liga but misses chance to stamp authority on league after Madrid loses

APR 06, 2025

FC Barcelona extended its lead at the top of La Liga to four points over Real Madrid on Saturday, but missed the chance to give an almost definitive s...

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Seven Somalia U-17 players return after desertion attempt at AFCON in Morocco

Seven Somalia U-17 players return after desertion attempt at AFCON in Morocco

APR 05, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) — Seven players from Somalia's U-17 national football team have returned to camp after briefly disappearing from their team hotel du...

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Hassan Sheikh meets regional leaders to prepare national dialogue for political unity

Hassan Sheikh meets regional leaders to prepare national dialogue for political unity

APR 05, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met with the leaders of South West, Hirshabelle, and Galmudug states to lay the groundwork ...

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Somali forces kill 80 al-Shabaab militants in major weeklong offensive

Somali forces kill 80 al-Shabaab militants in major weeklong offensive

APR 05, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali government forces, supported by the country’s intelligence agency, say they have killed more than 80 Al-Shabaab militants...

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Al-Shabaab offensive pressures Mogadishu as U.S., Türkiye boost military support

Al-Shabaab offensive pressures Mogadishu as U.S., Türkiye boost military support

APR 05, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) — The road to Mogadishu runs through shattered towns and makeshift outposts that have changed hands too many times to count. However...

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Judge orders return of wrongfully deported Maryland man held in El Salvador

Judge orders return of wrongfully deported Maryland man held in El Salvador

APR 05, 2025

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn (HOL) — A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to return a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador, cit...

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Somaliland bans civilian firearms in El Afweyn after clan clashes

Somaliland bans civilian firearms in El Afweyn after clan clashes

APR 05, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) — The Somaliland government has banned civilians from carrying firearms in the town of El Afwayn in the Sanaag region following dead...

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Somalia confirms citizens among U.S. deportees stranded in Panama

Somalia confirms citizens among U.S. deportees stranded in Panama

APR 05, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) — The Somali government is working to verify the status of a group of its citizens reportedly stranded in Panama after being deporte...

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Minneapolis man pleads guilty in $120K juror bribery scheme tied to ‘Feeding Our Future’ fraud

Minneapolis man pleads guilty in $120K juror bribery scheme tied to ‘Feeding Our Future’ fraud

APR 05, 2025

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn (HOL) — A Minneapolis man has become the third person to plead guilty in a scheme to bribe a federal juror with $120,000 in cash d...

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Pakistan navy conducts counter-piracy patrol off Somalia

Pakistan navy conducts counter-piracy patrol off Somalia

APR 05, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) — Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) Aslat has conducted counter-piracy patrols in the Arabian Sea off the eastern coast of Somalia, as part o...

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