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In a move to stop what the U.S. military said was an imminent threat against U.S. troops and African peacekeeping forces in Somalia, a U.S. strike in Somalia killed as many as 150 suspected Al-Shabaab fighters, the Pentagon said Monday.
The Pentagon initially characterized the attack as a drone strike, but later clarified that the operation involved both manned and unmanned aircraft....

An Indian man allegedly killed 14 family members, including eight children, with a knife before taking his own life Sunday, a police spokesman said.
Husnain Anwar Warekar, 35, put sedatives in his relatives' food before slashing their throats with a knife, according to Gajanan Kabdule, a police spokesman in the western Indian city of Thane....

Preliminary results in Iran's first major election since last year's landmark nuclear deal show moderates making a strong showing in a high-stakes ballot that could shape the future of the country and its relationship with the West.
Voters cast ballots Friday for members for parliament as well as a powerful clerical body -- the Assembly of Experts, the committee of clerics that chooses the Islamic Republic's supreme leader....

Iran has been in the news a lot lately. The nuclear agreement has been implemented, prisoners have been freed, sanctions lifted. All is right with the world, and Iran is on track to becoming a friend of the West, right?
Not so fast.
Iran is holding elections Friday, and many pro-reform candidates who might support President Hassan Rouhaniand his more moderate agenda have been disqualified from participating....