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One dead in attack on missionaries' home in France, hunt under way for suspect

Police are searching for an armed man after finding a dead woman in a retirement home where some 60 missionaries are living in southwestern France, sources close to the matter said on Friday.

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6 killed in 4 bomb attacks in Iraq's Baghdad

​Six people were killed and 21 wounded in four bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Wednesday evening, a police source said.

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U.S. to release Internet of Things principles after Friday's cyberattacks

​The U.S. government said Monday that it will release in the coming weeks a set of principles for securing the Internet of Things, or Internet-connected devices, which were employed partly by hackers to carry out Friday's cyberattacks that disrupted major U.S. websites.

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Aleppo battered as Russia slams “unacceptable” rhetoric

Syria's Aleppo faced worsening food and medical shortages on Monday and warplanes again pounded the city as Russia condemned what it called "unacceptable" Western rhetoric after allegations of war crimes.

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FBI investigation of Brad Pitt's child abuse allegation unlikely to proceed: report

​The investigation by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over the allegations of child abuse by the 52-year-old actor Brad Pitt is unlikely to proceed, a source close to the situation has told the U.S. People Magazine.

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Teenage girl charged with planning attack in France

A French court on Monday remanded in custody a 16-year-old girl accused of planning an attack in a country on edge following a series of brutal terror assaults, a judicial source said.

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Overseas DPRK officials "use S.Korean smart phones"

The Chosunilbo reported that the DPRK officials posted overseas secretly use smartphones made in South Korea, the Daily NK reported Monday quoting a source in China.

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Truck bombing hits foreign guesthouse in Kabul

Scores were feared killed and injured after a powerful truck bombing and ensuing gunfire rocked a foreign guesthouse in eastern Kabul in the early hours on Monday, sources and witnesses said.

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Japanese govt to protect source code in economic deals

The Japanese government has decided to include stipulations on protecting the confidential data of software in future economic deals it signs, aiming to curb China and other countries that have requested such data from companies, sources say.

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79 people killed in suicide car bomb attack in Baghdad

The suicide car bomb attacks at a crowded commercial area in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad early Sunday has killed 79 people and wounded 133 others, an Interior Ministry source said.

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12 people killed in car bomb attacks in Baghdad

At least 12 people were killed and 27 others wounded in two car bombings at busy commercial areas in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad early Sunday, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.

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Suicide bomber hit bus in Afghan capital, leaving casualties

​A suicide bomber struck a bus carrying security personnel in eastern Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday, leaving casualties, sources and witnesses said.

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Man arrested in France for 'planning attack' on foreign tourists

​A 22-year-old man has been arrested in France on the suspicion that he was planning to attack American and Russian tourists, legal sources said Thursday.

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Samsung SDI "in talks with Tesla over batteries"

Samsung SDI is making progress in talks with Tesla Motors to supply batteries for the U.S. automaker’s Model 3 electric car as well as its energy storage products, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

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Iraqi forces foil multiple suicide attacks at gas plant near Baghdad

Iraqi security forces on Sunday foiled multiple suicide bomb attacks targeting a gas plant in the northern suburb of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.

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13 killed in 2 car bomb attacks in Iraq's Baghdad

​At least 13 people were killed and 31 others wounded in two car bombings in northern and western the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.

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Up to 64 killed in car bomb attack in Iraq's Baghdad

​The death toll from a car bomb attack at a marketplace in eastern Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Wednesday, rose to 64 people killed and 87 others wounded, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.