KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says the police chief of a volatile district in the country’s south has been killed by a roadside bomb. Helmand provincial police chief Nabi Jan Malakhail, says the explosion happened early Thursday, as Hikmatullah Akmal was heading toward a Taliban attack on a checkpoint …
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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency says gunmen have killed eight Iranian border guards in the country’s volatile southeast, near the border with Pakistan. The report says the attack took place on Monday in the restive Sistan-Baluchistan province. Fars says four of the killed soldiers were conscripts. The …
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JAKARTA, Indonesia – Aviation authorities are questioning a man they suspect stowed away in the wheel well of a jetliner for a free flight in Indonesia, officials said Thursday. Mario Stevan Ambarita, 21, survived a nearly two-hour flight at high altitude from Pekanbaru, Riau’s provincial capital, to the national capital, …
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EL-ARISH, Egypt – An Egyptian army official says an armored military vehicle struck a roadside bomb during a raid on militant hideouts in northern Sinai Peninsula and the explosion killed one officer and wounded another. The official says Thursday’s bombing took place in the town of Sheik Zweid. No one …
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BEIRUT – Several hard-line rebel groups have launched a new offensive in northwestern Syria, less than a month after seizing control of the provincial capital. The conservative Islamic opposition factions, including the al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front, are coordinating the multi-pronged campaign whose primary target appears to be Jisr al-Shughour in Idlib …
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The main state oil company in the United Arab Emirates says Japan’s Inpex has won a stake in the development of major oil fields in the energy-rich emirate of Abu Dhabi. The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said Monday’s deal gives Inpex’s JODCO Onshore Limited …
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BRUSSELS – A top European Union leader has laughed off allegations that Germany’s foreign intelligence service may have spied on his offices on behalf of the United States. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Thursday that given the rumors of spies in Brussels, “the Commission should have a secret service.” …
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia – A U.S. passenger flight has made an emergency landing at Vancouver International Airport. Alaska Airlines Flight 76 was en route from Juneau, Alaska to Seattle, Washington, when problems arose with one of the plane’s two electrical systems. The Boeing 737-400 touched down in Vancouver shortly before …
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BEIJING – Chinese police fatally shot a man in northern China who was on his way to Beijing to ask the central government to help house and take care of his sons and elderly mother. His relatives received approval for the aid three days after the Saturday killing. Lawyer Xie …
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SYLHET, Bangladesh – Police say masked men hacked a blogger and author to death near his home in northeastern Bangladesh while he was on his way to his job at a bank. Police official Rahmat Ullah says Ananta Bijoy Das died instantly after the attack Tuesday in Sylhet city. It …
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