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11 extremists gunned down in Bangladesh

  Dhaka / AFP Bangladeshi forces on Saturday killed 11 suspected extremists including the new leader of a banned group behind a Dhaka cafe massacre, a minister said. “Eleven extremists were killed. They are all members of the new JMB (Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh),” Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said, referring to the outlawed group that killed 22 mostly foreign hostages at ...

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‘Huge disaster’ averted in Turkey as suspects blow themselves up

  Ankara / AFP Two people suspected of planning a car bomb attack on the Turkish capital Ankara on Saturday blew themselves up after being confronted by police, averting what the justice minister called a “huge disaster”. The suspects, who both died in the explosion, were believed to be preparing an attack when they set off the explosives, the official ...

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Top pro-Saudi commander killed in Yemen fighting

  DUBAI / Reuters A top general in forces loyal to Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s government has been killed in fighting with Iran-aligned Houthi troops east of the capital Sanaa, sources on both sides of the conflict said. Major-General Abdel-Rab al-Shadadi, commander of Yemen’s Third Military Region — which has its headquarters in the city of Marib east of ...

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