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Mogadishu – A senior Somali intelligence official says a suspected US airstrike has largely destroyed a minibus travelling near a rebel-held village in southern Somalia. The official says the strike by an unmanned drone occurred near Mubarak village in Lower Shabelle region late on Monday night. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak ...

MANCHESTER UNITED were beaten by Manchester City on Sunday in a game that means the Premier League title race is all but over. But Manchester United could be looking down, rather than up, at their local rivals had Jose Mourinho got his way in the summer. At the time, fans were happy. Romelu Lukaku, Victor Lindelof and Nemanja Matic were ...

While Liverpool and the two Manchester clubs will be fairly pleased with the Champions League draw, Chelsea have paid a high price for finishing second to Roma at the group stage. The Blues have been drawn against Barcelona in the Round of 16, leaving them with an uphill struggle to make it into the later rounds. Though it might be ...

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United players will have to motivate themselves at home to Bournemouth on Wednesday after manager Jose Mourinho suggested their Premier League title challenge was probably over. The 2-1 defeat at home to Manchester City on Sunday leaves United second in the table but a daunting 11 points behind their city rivals. However, United’s Spanish ...

HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe has left the country for medical checks in Singapore, his first foreign travel since the army forced him from office last month, a state security official said on Tuesday. The 93-year-old, who ruled the southern African nation for 37 years, resigned after the army and his ruling ZANU-PF party turned against him ...

REAL MADRID and Neymar are pushing to advance a deal for next summer. Real Madrid want to land Neymar as their next superstar and believe he can take the mantle from Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the Ballon d’Or for the fifth time last week. And OK Diario chief Eduardo Inda has claimed both Real Madrid and Neymar are pushing for ...

ARSENE WENGER has revealed negotiations with Mesut Ozil are on-going. Ozil is out of contract in the summer and is expected to leave the club. Manchester United and Barcelona have been linked with moves in January and next summer. It emerged today that Arsenal were set to try and negotiate a deal one final time as they look to try ...

The suspect being held after an attempted terror attack at New York City’s main bus terminal has said it was in retaliation for US attacks on so-called Islamic State, US media say. Akayed Ullah, a 27-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant, was injured when a “low-tech explosive device” went off at the Port Authority terminal in Manhattan. Police say Mr Ullah chose the ...

MANCHESTER UNITED and Manchester City could be in hot water with the Football Association following the tunnel bust-up at Old Trafford yesterday. The Football Association have launched an investigation into the incident by writing to both clubs for their observations on the fracas that followed City’s 2-1 win. Up to 20 players and coaching staff were alleged to have been ...

Jose Mourinho was not a happy man after Manchester United’s 2-1 loss to Manchester City on Sunday. One glance at his postgame comments tells us so. “They are protected by luck,” he said of his victorious opponents. He called their goals “disgraceful.” But before any of those words came out of his mouth, according to several reports Sunday night, Mourinho confronted City players at ...