BEIRUT – An activist group and a Lebanese TV station are reporting that an Israeli drone attack in southern Syria has killed at least three pro-government gunmen. Al-Manar TV, the outlet of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, says the strike targeted a car carrying members of the Syrian National Defense Committees near …
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AMSTERDAM – Two cranes being used in the restoration of a bridge in a central Dutch city have fallen onto a row of buildings and local media report up to 20 people have been injured. Ton Koot, a spokesman for the local fire brigade in Alphen aan den Rijn, told …
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KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says drone strikes have killed up to 60 insurgents, many of them allied to the Islamic State group, in recent days. Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, spokesman for the Nangarhar provincial governor, said Wednesday that the strikes took place in Nangarhar and neighboring Paktika provinces in …
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ISLAMABAD – A local police official in northwestern Pakistan says the death toll from an army helicopter crash has risen to 12 and that rescuers have transported the bodies of all the victims to hospitals. Fida Khan said Friday that the helicopter suddenly went down a day earlier in the …
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MOSCOW – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s mission in eastern Ukraine says four of its armored cars were destroyed in an apparent arson attack. It was unclear who carried out the attack in Donetsk, the main rebel-held city. The white sport utility vehicles were parked outside the …
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SRINAGAR, India – Indian officials say government troops have killed two militants in a prolonged gunbattle that also left one police officer wounded in the Indian-ruled portion of Kashmir. Senior paramilitary officer Nalin Prabhat said the gunbattle began Monday after security forces cordoned off some houses in Ratnipora village. Shooting …
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GENEVA – Commodities and mining group Glencore PLC slumped to a first-half loss of $676 million in the wake of weak commodities prices and costs linked to the suspension of oil drilling operations in Chad. In the same period last year, the company made a net profit of $1.72 billion. …
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BANGKOK – Thai authorities say they’re making progress in their investigation into Monday’s bombing in central Bangkok and that the city’s security situation has stabilized. Still, the authorities on Saturday called on citizens to be alert for suspicious packages and not to spread rumors on social media. Col. Winthai Suvaree, …
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MINSK, Belarus – The warring sides in the eastern Ukraine conflict have called for a cease-fire on Sept. 1, the day that the new school year is to begin. Speaking after a meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group in the Belarusian capital Minsk, OSCE representative Martin Sajdik said Wednesday that …
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ROME – Prosecutors in Sicily detained 10 people on suspicion of smuggling and murder Friday for having allegedly crammed dozens of migrants into the airless hold of a boat where 52 bodies were found this week. The Swedish ship Poseidon rescued 439 survivors Wednesday but crew members made a grisly …
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