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Five Egyptian policemen killed in armed attack in Sinai

Five Egyptian policemen were killed late Wednesday in an armed attack by unknown gunmen in Egypt's North Sinai city of Arish, a local official newspaper reported.

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8 killed, over 50 injured in university attack in NW Pakistan

At least eight people were killed and over 50 others injured when an unknown number of gunmen stormed a university in Pakistan's northwest district of Charsadda on Wednesday morning, reported local media.

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11 killed in suicide blast near check post in Pakistan's Peshawar

At least 11 people were killed and 36 others injured on Tuesday morning in a suicide blast that hit a security check post in Pakistan's northwestern provincial capital of Peshawar, officials said.

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12 killed, 13 wounded in Afghan blast targeting tribal leader

About 12 people were killed and 13 others wounded after a suicide bombing rocked near the house of a tribal elder in eastern Afghan town of Jalalabad on Sunday morning, sources said.

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1 police, 3 civilians killed in Indonesian capital attacks, IS believed involved

One policeman and three civilians were killed, and two other policemen were injured after gunmen attacked a traffic police post near a shopping mall here on Thursday, national police spokesman, Brigadier General Anton Charliyan told reporters.

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At least 7 killed in suicide bomb attack in Baghdad mall

At least seven people were killed and another 20 were injured Monday as two suicide bombers attacked a crowded shopping mall in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, said both a top security officer and a security source.

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Iraq, Syria, France deadliest places for reporters in 2015

The Islamist attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo made France the third deadliest country for journalists in 2015, just behind Syria and Iraq, media freedom organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday.

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Indian security forces kill 6th gunman to end operation against militants at airbase

Indian security forces killed the remaining two gunmen on Monday at an airbase attacked by militants, ending a three-day combing operation against the attackers, said local media.

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IS leader linked to Paris attack mastermind killed by coalition airstrike: Pentagon

A Syrian-based IS leader with direct link to Paris attack mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud was killed in an airstrike, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

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More than 70 killed in Nigeria bombings, suicide attacks

More than 70 people have been killed and more than a hundred others injured in sporadic bombings and suicide attacks that struck northern Nigeria since Sunday, according to police and eyewitnesses.

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Nine killed as Typhoon Melor causes chaos in central Philippines

Nine people were killed and hundreds spent the night huddled on their roofs in the central Philippines as floods generated by a powerful typhoon inundated villages, disaster officials said on Wednesday (Dec 16).

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42 IS militants killed in clashes, air strikes in western Iraq

​A total of 42 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed and 28 were wounded on Sunday in clashes with Iraqi security forces and air strikes by Iraqi and U. S.-led coalition aircraft in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a provincial security and medical sources told Xinhua.

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Twenty-eight terrorists killed in 56-day hunt in Xinjiang

Xinjiang police have busted a terrorist gang and killed twenty-eight members in a 56-day hunt, local publicity authority announced on Friday.

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Violence continues between Israel, Palestinians

​Violent tensions continue between Israel and the Palestinians which left two Palestinians killed Thursday in separate incidents in southern West Bank city of Hebron, Palestinian authorities said.

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Nigerian police arrest suspected masterminds of Abuja bombings

Nigerian police say they have arrested two suspected masterminds of the Oct. 2 bombings that hit two satellite towns of the capital Abuja.

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Over 170 killed in major attacks in Afghanistan in Sept.

​More than 170 people, largely civilians, lost their lives while about 600 others injured in Taliban-led attacks and conflicts across Afghanistan in September, according to official sources.

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4 Indians among pilgrims killed in stampede outside Mecca

​At least four Indians were killed in Thursday's stampede at Mina outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, Indian media reported Friday.