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14 rockets hit Afghan capital ahead of Independence Day, injuring 10

Ten people, including four children and one woman, were wounded after 14 rockets struck in a diplomatic district and other neighborhoods in Kabul on Tuesday morning as

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Palestinian killed in East Jerusalem after stabbing an Israeli police officer: sources

The Israeli police shot dead on Monday a Palestinian young man in the old city in East Jerusalem after he stabbed an Israeli police officer and wounded him, Palestinia

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Update: At least 8 killed, 28 injured in blast at Mogadishu hotel

Doctors and nurses at Medina hospital are sending wounded to the ward after a blast at Mogadishu's Elite hotel, Somalia, Aug. 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Hassan Bashi) At least eight people, including three su

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Biden, Harris lash Trump in introduction of historic VP pick

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris delivered an aggressive one-two attack on the character and performance of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, as they made their election

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Change needed in Lebanon after Beirut blast, says German foreign minister

Germany’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that Lebanon needed a government that can fight corruption and enact reforms as he toured Beirut port, scene of the devasta

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Hundreds ransack downtown Chicago businesses after shooting

Hundreds of people descended on downtown Chicago early Monday following a police shooting on the city's South Side, with vandals smashing the windows of dozens of businesses and making off with merch

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Int'l community pledges aid to blasts-stricken Lebanon

Damaged buildings are seen at the Port of Beirut in Lebanon, Aug. 8, 2020. The Lebanese Health Ministry announced on Saturday that 158 people died and 6,000 were wounde

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16 port employees arrested over Beirut explosions: Lebanese judge

16 employees at Beirut's port have been detained over Tuesday's explosion that killed more than 100 people and wounded thousands.BEIRUT, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- A total of 1

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China contributes greatly to defeat of fascism, says expert

As the main eastern battlefield in World War II, China contributed greatly to the victory of the global war against fascism, Mikhail Morozov, deputy editor-in-chief of Russia's Trud newspaper, has

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3 killed in south China house fire

Three people were killed and three others injured after a fire broke out at a self-built house in Baise City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region early Wedn

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Death toll rises to 6 in China factory blast

The death toll has risen to six as of 7 a.m. Tuesday after a flash explosion at a chemical plant on Monday in central China's Hubei Province, local authorities said. F

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11 people injured in hard landing of UN plane in Mali

A United Nations' plane made a hard landing and skidded off the runway Monday morning in Mali's northern city of Gao where the UN forces are deployed, the United Natio

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2 civilians killed, 24 wounded in attack during Eid ceasefire in E. Afghanistan

At least two civilians were killed and 24 other people wounded in a car bomb blast and ensuing gunfire outside a prison in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province Sun

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Iran says it has arrested head of U.S.-based 'terrorist group'

Iran said Saturday it has arrested the head of a U.S.-based "terrorist group" accused of being behind a deadly 2008 bombing in the southern city of Shiraz and of other

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8 civilians killed, 30 injured in car bomb blast in E. Afghanistan: official

At least eight civilians were killed and 30 others wounded when a car bomb explosion took place in Afghanistan's eastern Logar province on Thursday evening, spokesman of the Interior Ministry confirm

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Louie Gohmert who refused to wear a mask tests positive for COVID-19

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) questions Attorney General William Barr who appears before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 28, 2020. /Reuters Rep. Louie Gohm

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2 officers, border guard killed in IS attacks in Iraq

Two Iraqi officers and a border guard were killed on Tuesday in two attacks by the Islamic State (IS) militants in western Iraq, the Iraqi military said. In one incide