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By  DARLENE SUPERVILLESaturday May 9, 2026 President Donald Trump said Friday that Russia and Ukraine had accepted his call for a three-day ceasefire and a prisoner swap, casting the limited pause as a possible first step toward ending a war that has dragged on for years. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Yuri Ushakov, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign affairs adviser, both said the arrangement had been agreed to. “I asked and, President Putin agreed. President Zelenskyy agreed -- both readily,” Trump…

Somalia announces 3-day state mourning after ex-leader's death MOGADISHU, Somalia - Outgoing Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has ordered the country's flag flown at half-staff as a sign of respect for former leader Ali Mahdi Mohamed, who died on Wednesday. Farmajo has ordered the country to observe a three-day state of mourning as a result of the death of the fourth…