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  Former Maldives president injured in bomb attack

  Agence France-Presse . Malé | Updated at 11:33pm on May 06, 2021

  A suspected bomb blast injured former Maldives president and current parliament speaker Mohamed Nasheed on Thursday and he has been rushed to hospital, officials and...

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  Two rockets target Baghdad airbase housing US troops

  Agence France-Presse . Baghdad | Updated at 10:42am on May 03, 2021

  Two rockets targeted an airbase at Iraq’s Baghdad airport housing US-led coalition troops on Sunday, in the second such attack in 10 days, the Iraqi...

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  Thieves kill nine cops in NW Nigeria

  Agence France-Presse . Kano | Updated at 11:40am on April 27, 2021

  A gang of cattle thieves have killed nine policemen in a shootout in Nigeria’s north-western Kebbi state, police told AFP Monday.

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  Rebels capture military base in eastern Myanmar: official

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 11:04am on April 27, 2021

  A prominent ethnic rebel group attacked and captured a military base in eastern Myanmar near the Thai border early Tuesday morning, an official from the...

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  12 cops killed in Afghanistan attacks

  Agence France-Presse . Kabul | Updated at 12:00pm on April 26, 2021

  At least 12 Afghan policemen were killed on Sunday, including seven who were ambushed by the Taliban south of the capital, officials said, as fighting...

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  Israel hits Syria after attack near secretive nuclear site

  Agence France-Presse . Jerusalem | Updated at 11:36am on April 23, 2021

  A Syrian officer was killed and three soldiers wounded on Thursday in strikes launched by Israel after a missile was fired towards a secretive nuclear...

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  5 wounded in rocket attack targeting Iraq base hosting US

  Agence France-Presse . Samarra | Updated at 11:50am on April 19, 2021

  Five rockets targeted an Iraqi airbase hosting US soldiers on Sunday, wounding two foreign contractors and three Iraqi soldiers, in the latest attack coinciding with...

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  Iran blames Israel for attack on nuclear site

  Agence France-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 10:38pm on April 12, 2021

  Iran charged on Monday that its arch-enemy Israel was ‘of course’ behind an attack on its main nuclear site, the Natanz uranium enrichment plant, and...

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  Syria used chemical weapons in 2018 attack: OPCW

  Agence France-Presse . The Hague | Updated at 10:32pm on April 12, 2021

  The Syrian regime’s air force used the chemical weapon chlorine in an attack on the town of Saraqib in 2018, the global toxic arms watchdog...

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  Man shot dead in Chattogram

  Our Correspondent. Chattogram | Updated at 08:16pm on April 09, 2021

  A 45-year-old man was shot to death in front of his house at village Sarafbhata under Rangunia upazila in Chattogram district on Friday...