At least nine street cleaners have been shot dead by suspected al Shabaab militants in a village near Somalia's capital Mogadishu.
According to reports, the gunmen opened fire on a group of people from the refugee camps in Hawabdi.
The deputy governor of Lower Shabelle told Reuters that the group was attacked when clearing shrubs in the area.
Security forces were quick on the scene but were unable to catch the militants.
Sudan's RSF agrees to US proposal for humanitarian ceasefire
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces agreed to a proposal from the United States and Arab powers for a humanitarian ceasefire and is open to talks on a cessation of hostilities, it said on Thursday in a statement.
India top court says Air India crash report does not insinuate anything against pilot
India's top court said on Friday that a preliminary report on an Air India crash that killed 260 people in June does not insinuate anything against the captain, but it will hear a plea from the pilot's father on November 10 for an independent probe.
Explosion at mosque in Indonesian capital injures 54 people
Dozens of people were injured and hospitalised after an explosion occurred during Friday prayers at a mosque inside a school complex in Indonesia's capital Jakarta, police said.
Over 200 flights delayed at Delhi airport after glitch in air traffic system
More than 200 flights were delayed at Delhi airport, one of the world's busiest, after an air traffic control messaging system suffered a technical problem, India's airport authority and a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Typhoon Kalmaegi hits Vietnam as death toll nears 200 in Philippines
Coastal areas in Vietnam were assessing the damage from Typhoon Kalmaegi's destructive winds and heavy rain on Friday, with one death reported by state media, following its deadly passage through the Philippines where it killed at least 188 people.
