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Three dead, 120 wounded in police HQ attack in eastern Turkey

At least three people were killed and another 120 injured Thursday in a car bomb attack on a police headquarters in eastern Turkey, a local security source said.

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10 foreign tourists killed in attack in W. Afghanistan

At least 10 foreign tourists were killed and five others wounded in an ambush attack in Afghanistan's western province of Herat on Thursday, a district governor said.

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4 dead, 8 injured due to typhoon Mirinae in Vietnam

Typhoon Mirinae, which made landfall in northern Vietnam on Wednesday night, has left four dead, eight injured and one missing as of Friday morning.

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S.Korea seeks to defend THAAD deployment despite oppositions at home, abroad

South Korean government officials on Monday sought to tout the need for deploying the U.S. missile defense system, called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD),in its territory despite oppositions and controversies at home and abroad.

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Heavy rains sidelining couriers

Zou Huawei, a deliveryman at the Wuhan office of Yunda Express Co, said he has not been able to work for days because of the heavy rain.

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Armed men gun down ex-peace body chief in S. Afghanistan

​Unknown armed men gunned down a former chief of government-backed peace body, the High Peace Council (HPC), in Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan province on Sunday, spokesman for provincial government Dost Mohammad Nayab said Monday.

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Taliban key commander in Afghan northern Baghlan province detained

​The key commander of Taliban militants in the northern Baghlan province with Pul-e-Khumri as its capital was captured on Sunday, provincial governor Abdul Satar Bariz said.

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Drone strike kills 8 militants including group commander in N. Afghanistan

A Taliban commander was killed among eight militants as a pilotless plane targeted a Taliban hideout in Dasht-e-Archi district of the northern Kunduz province Saturday night, an army spokesman in the province Ghulam Hazrat Karimi said Sunday.

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"Chinese village" attraction in Belgian city of Liege

A "Chinese village", or a Chinatown, has opened to the public in the southeast Belgian city of Liege, as part of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Charter of Friendship between the Belgian province of Liege and the Chinese province of Fujian.

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Helicopter crashes in eastern Indonesia, killing pilot, injuring 3 others

A helicopter crashed in Papua province of eastern Indonesia on Saturday, killing the pilot and wounding three others, senior local police officer said.

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Air strikes kill 16 militants, wound 22 in W. Afghanistan

​Up to 16 militants were killed and nearly two dozen others injured as aircrafts pounded Taliban hideouts in Pasawand district of the western Ghor province on Sunday.

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Flood kills 4 people, washes away scores of houses in northern Afghan province

​At least four people have been confirmed dead and four others injured as heavy rainfall and flash flood hit several villages in the northern Badakhshan province on Wednesday night, director of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in the province, Sayed Abdullah Hamayon Dehqan, said Thursday.

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2 policemen killed in blast near university in SW Pakistan

At least two policemen were killed and 11 others injured when a bomb went off outside a university in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Tuesday afternoon, local media and officials said.

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Death toll in Ecuador earthquake climbs to 480, survivors found

The death toll from Saturday's earthquake in northern Ecuador had risen to 480 by Tuesday morning, the government said.

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Flood kills 30 people in N. Afghanistan

Up to 30 people including women and children lost their lives in downpour and flash floods that showered the northern Baghlan, Samangan and Takhar provinces on Sunday night, officials said Monday.

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Taliban local leader captured in Afghanistan: official

The Afghan National Police (ANP) had captured a Taliban local leader in the country's northern province of Sari Pul, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.

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Strong earthquake jolts South Asia, 2 killed in Pakistan

A strong earthquake struck South Asia on Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring 30 others in Pakistan.