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Conflict, rocket attacks kills 2, wounds 16 in N. Afghanistan

​Gun battle and rocket attacks have killed two people and injured 16 others, including six civilians, in the northern Baghlan province on Monday, police said.

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Australian authorities arrest 4 men in connection with global fraud racket

​A routine traffic stop test for alcohol use led to the uncovering of an international fraud syndicate involving a global banking giant.

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At least eight arrested amid violent taxi protests against Uber in France

​At least eight people were arrested and placed into custody on Thursday in France on charges of presumed violent acts during angry taxi drivers' protests against U.S. online ride sharing service, UberPOP, local media reported.

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Shooting incident in Singapore classified as unlawful discharge of firearms: Police

Singapore Police Force on Sunday night have classified a shooting at a hospital on Saturday as unlawful discharge of firearms, which carries the death penalty.

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Egypt court jails policeman for 15 years over killing female activist

​An Egyptian court sentenced on Thursday a policeman to 15 years in prison over the death of a female protester during a leftist march earlier this year, official MENA news agency reported.

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Egypt police foil suicide attack against tourists in Luxor

​Egyptian police foiled a suicide attack Wednesday near Karnak Temple in the Upper Egypt city of Luxor, security sources told Xinhua.

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South Carolina ex-police officer indicted in murdering black man

​A grand jury on Monday indicted a white former police officer on a murder charge for fatally shooting a black man earlier April in North Charleston, South Carolina.

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Boston police hunting 3rd terror suspect: report

​Police in the east U.S. coastal city of Boston are searching for a third man in conjunction with a terror case, after police had shot and killed the first suspect Usaama Rahim on Tuesday, U.S. media reported on Thursday.

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Over 20 hospitalized after toxic liquid leak in Switzerland

​The Zurich cantonal police of Switzerland reported on Tuesday that hundreds of litres of formaldehyde, a toxic liquid, leaked from a lorry carrying hazardous merchandise in the Uetliberg motorway tunnel, south of Zurich on A3.

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Oil tanker explosion kills 69 in southern Nigeria

​An oil tanker truck exploded Monday in a bus station in the southern Nigerian state of Anambra, killing at least 69 and wounding dozens of others, Nigerian Red Cross said.

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More than 2 killed per day in U.S. police shootings in 2015: report

U.S. law enforcement officials have shot and killed at least 385 people so far this year, a rate of more than two per day, The Washington Post has reported.

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Muslim cleric with terrorism link charged in Kenya

​Kenya's Muslim cleric arrested with explosive in the coastal city of Mombasa was on Tuesday charged with three terrorism related offense.

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Outrage resurges in U.S. after white patrolman's acquittal in 2 black deaths

Public indignation and outcry for justice have rocked U.S. society once again after a white police officer in Ohio was acquitted in the killing of two unarmed blacks.

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One protester killed by police in Burundi protest over president's re-election bid

​One demonstrator was killed and several others injured when police fired live bullets to disperse the crowd on Monday in Mugamba, a region of Burundi's Bururi province, the national radio said, as protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term entered their fifth week.

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Egypt acquits policeman of torturing Islamist to death during Mubarak time

​An Egyptian court on Thursday acquitted a police officer of torturing a young Islamist man to death when investigating a church blast case in 2011, a few days before the turmoil that toppled former leader Hosni Mubarak, state-run Ahram news website reported.

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Violent protests break out in Sri Lanka over alleged rape, murder of school girl

​Over 120 people were arrested by Sri Lankan police on Wednesday after violent clashes erupted between protestors and the police outside a northern court over the alleged gang rape and murder of a school girl.

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White House bans police from using certain military-style equipment

​U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday banned the country's police department from using certain military-style equipment in a move to improve the troubled relations between the police force and protesters over deaths of unarmed black men in police arrest.