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El Arish – In a brazen daytime attack, about a dozen Islamic militants robbed a local bank, lobbed grenades and traded gunfire with security forces guarding an unused church in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Monday, killing seven people, including three civilians, officials said. The militants drove into the city center of el-Arish in the morning, then split into two groups. ...

Mogadishu – The Eiffel Tower will dim its lights in solidarity with Somalia and in mourning for more than 300 people killed in the country’s deadliest-ever attack. The tower management tweeted Monday: “I will turn myself off at midnight to pay homage to the victims of the Mogadishu attack.” Normally the Paris monument stays lit later into the night. The ...

Former football star George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai are headed for a run-off in Liberia’s presidential election. Nearly all the results from Tuesday’s poll have been counted, the election commission says. Mr Weah, the first African to win the Ballon D’Or football award, is leading with 39%, while Mr Boakai is in second place with 29%. A second round ...

Mogadishu – The director of an ambulance service in Mogadishu says 15 primary school children are among the over 300 people killed in Somalia’s deadliest blast. Abdulkadir Adam told The Associated Press that the children were on a school bus died when the massive truck bomb detonated nearby. Saturday’s attack struck a crowded street near some of Somalia’s government ministries. ...

  JOSE MOURINHO has claimed he left Real Madrid because he was unhappy at the Bernabeu and suggested talk of a move to Barcelona in 2008 was true. Jose Mourinho left Real Madrid in 2013 after three mediocre seasons in charge at the Bernabeu to return to Chelsea. Despite winning the 2011/12 La Liga title, Real largely played second fiddle ...

TOTTENHAM will “dominate” Real Madrid in their own home when the two sides meet in the Champions League tomorrow, says Mauricio Pochettino. Tottenham travel to Madrid today to begin preparations for Tuesday’s 7.45pm showdown. Spurs are going strong in the Champions League, having won their opening two games of the group stage. An against-the-odds victory over Real would put them ...

Germany’s Merkel suffers state vote setback as coalition talks loom Reuters By Michelle Martin and Petra Wischgoll Reuters15 October 2017 German Chancellor Angela Merkel campaigns for regional election in Lower SaxonyView photos German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her speech during a Lower Saxony’s Christian Democratic Union’s (CDU) regional election campaign rally in Stade, Germany October13, 2017. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer More By ...

There is, many believe, a cycle to Jose Mourinho’s work that tends to evolve across three seasons. Three different stages of a process that has been repeated again and again at the clubs he has managed across Europe. It usually involves a high peak and a very, very low trough. In year one, Mourinho begins constructing a team he believes ...

Atletico Madrid head coach Diego Simeone is expecting a tough test against Barcelona on Saturday, even if he believes rivals Real Madrid are the better side. Barca lead LaLiga by five points after just seven games, with champions Madrid trailing Atleti in fifth place. But Simeone, while praising Barca’s work in adapting to the loss of Neymar, still sees Zinedine ...

Manchester United have started this season on fire. Jose Mourinho has galvanised the troops and they’re playing excellent football with a cutting edge. United are top of the table along with Manchester City with 19 points after seven games with a goal difference of 19. Liverpool on the other hand are in somewhat of a rut. They only have one ...