Peru police seize 8.0m fake dollars

LIMA, May 26 (AFP): Officers in Peru's capital Lima seized over $8 million in counterfeit currency destined for the United States and Europe, the police's fraud division said Friday. The operation "dismantled a criminal organization dedicated to the falsification of foreign currency," police said in a statement, adding they recovered...

Somali leader urges calm after clashes in north

MOGADISHU, May 26 (AFP): Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has urged troops from two rival provinces to halt their fire after heavy clashes in a disputed northern border region left several dead.Tensions in the unrecognised breakaway northern state of Somaliland and the semi-autonomous Somali state of Puntland erupted into violence...