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Zimbabwe’s army said Wednesday it has President Robert Mugabe and his wife in custody and is securing government offices and patrolling the capital’s streets following a night of unrest that included a military takeover of the state broadcaster. CBC | World News

At least three explosions have been heard in Harare as military vehicles are seen in the streets. Tensions are high in the capital after the country’s army commander threatened to have the military step in and calm political turmoil and the ruling party accused him of “treasonable conduct.” CBC | World News

FOUR tanks have been spotted heading towards the Zimbabwean capital Harare after a military chief warned the armed forces are ready to “step in” to a political row that began last week. Daily Express :: News Feed

India plans to spray water over its capital, New Delhi, to combat toxic smog that has triggered a pollution emergency, officials said on Friday, with conditions expected to worsen over the weekend. CBC | World News

Ukraine’s Interior Ministry says a policeman has been killed and four other people including a parliament member injured by an explosion in the capital that it considers a terrorist attack. CBC | World News

A commander with the U.S.-backed Syrian forces battling ISIS says the city of Raqqa has been liberated from militants and that combing operations are underway to clear the city of land mines and extremist sleeper cells. CBC | World News

The death toll from two bomb attacks that tore through busy junctions in the heart of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has risen to 85, making it one of the deadliest attacks in the country since Islamist militants launched an insurgency in 2007. CBC | World News

A huge explosion from a truck bomb has killed 20 people in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. CBC | World News

LISBON, in Portugal, is a city of culture and culinary treats as writer George Mills discovered. Daily Express :: Travel Feed

I last visited Marrakech 10 years ago when, as an eager yet cash-strapped student, I stayed in charming-but-basic riads, ate some dubious street food and got lost in the desert. Daily Express :: Travel Feed