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Islamic State suicide bombings kill 13 Iraqi troops

Iraqi military and security officials say Islamic State suicide bombings and clashes between the extremist group and Iraqi troops have killed 13 soldiers in western Anbar province. The officials say Wednesday’s attacks involved at least two suicide bombers that targeted a military outpost in the volatile province, which fell to the IS group during the Islamic State’s blitz last year. ...

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Convert or die: Confessions of ISIS chief Baghdadi’s personal slave

When ISIS came for Zeinat and her family, they ran, terrified, for the safety of the mountains. They had heard the horror stories and knew only too well what might happen to them if they stayed in their home. But they were too late; stranded at the foot of Iraq’s Mount Sinjar by the huge crowds of refugees struggling uphill, ...

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Nepal police open fire on constitution protesters, 4 killed

Four people were killed in two separate incidents of police firing in Nepal on Wednesday as protests over demarcation of fresh states in the country’s new constitution escalated in Madhes, the southern plains bordering India. In the first incident, a 60-year-old was killed when police fired on a group of protesters in Saptari district, after they clashed with security personnel ...

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No talks with US outside nuclear deal: Iran’s top leader

Iran’s supreme leader said Wednesday that Tehran will not expand talks with the United States beyond the international negotiations over its nuclear program and predicted that Israel would not exist in 25 years. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s statements underscored his lingering distrust of the United States and hostility toward Israel as the U.S. Congress prepares to vote on the landmark nuclear ...

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Netanyahu missed chances to repair US ties: Rivlin

President Reuven Rivlin said Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has missed several chances to repair ties with Washington, which have been frayed by the Iran nuclear accord. In an interview with army radio, Rivlin also acknowledged his own differences with the premier, especially over ties with the United States, Israel’s number one ally. Rivlin said he and the premier ...

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Ready to respond to enemy’s ‘misadventure’: Pakistan Army chief

Pakistan Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif has responded to his Indian counterpart’s remarks about terrorist violence triggering short wars by saying Kashmir is the “unfinished agenda” of Partition and his troops are ready to inflict an “unbearable cost” for any aggression. Sharif’s remarks, made during a ceremony held at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi on Sunday to commemorate the 1965 ...

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Air strike kills 11 Afghan police: officials

An air attack has killed at least 11 Afghan police officers in the volatile and opium-rich southern province of Helmand, officials said on Monday. An interior ministry spokesman said the strike on Sunday was carried out by NATO forces but another ministry official could not confirm who was responsible. NATO said in a statement it conducted no air strikes in ...

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IS captures oil field in central Syria

Activists say members of the Islamic State group have captured an oil field in central Syria. The activists say the extremists captured the Jazal oil field late Sunday after intense clashes with government forces in the area in the central province of Homs. Syria-based activist Bebars al-Talawy said via Skype that IS fighters first attacked army posts around the Jazal ...

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Bangkok bomb: Second foreign suspect arrested

A second foreign suspect has been arrested in connection with the deadly bombing at a Bangkok shrine in August, the Thai prime minister has said. The male suspect was arrested in Sa Kaeo province, east of Bangkok on the border with Cambodia, Prayuth Chan-ocha told reporters. He described the man as “a main suspect”. A foreign man was arrested in ...

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Fresh factory data confirms slowdown in China’s economy

China’s factory activity contracted at its fastest pace in three years in August, confirming fears that the country’s growth is continuing to slow. The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) dropped to 49.7 from 50 in July. A figure below 50 indicates contraction. The weak data is likely to add to global concerns over China’s economy losing steam and could ...

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