MOSCOW -- U.S. efforts to clamp down on popular short video-sharing app TikTok are an "egregious" example of unfair economic competition for U.S. dominance in the international information space, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Saturday.

"The actions of the U.S. authorities run counter to the basic principles of a free market economy and violate rules of the World Trade Organization," Zakharova said in a commentary posted on the foreign ministry's website. (Russia-China-TikTok)

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BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi will pay an official visit to the United States to meet with the U.S. President Donald Trump on August 20 for talks on bilateral ties and cooperation in various fields.

Al-Kadhimi would head a government delegation on his visit, which came at an official invitation from the United States, said a statement by the Premier's office without saying when al-Kadhimi would leave. (Iraq-Donald Trump-Visit)

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MOGADISHU -- At least eight people have been killed and 14 others injured following a suicide bombing in the Somali capital here on Saturday, a medical charity has confirmed.

Abdikadir Abdirrahman, director of Aamin Ambulance, said the injured have been rushed to the hospital after a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into a military base in Mogadishu's Wardhigley district. (Somalia-Blast-Casualties)

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LISBON -- One person died in a plane crash during a major Portuguese-Spanish joint fire-fighting operation in the Peneda-Geres National Park, northern Portugal, according to Portuguese news agency Lusa.

The deceased was identified as a 65-year-old Portuguese air pilot. Another occupant of the "Canadair CL215" amphibious tanker was seriously injured after the fall in the northern region of Lindoso.

The injured, the second pilot, is a 39-year-old man of Spanish nationality. He was attended on the spot and then transported to a local hospital, said Lusa. (Portugal-Plane-Crash) Enditem

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