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Indonesian militants jailed over deadly Jakarta attack

  Jakarta / AFP An Indonesian IS group supporter was jailed for 10 years on Thursday for helping make a bomb used in a deadly attack in Jakarta, as the country faces an increase in IS-linked assaults. Dodi Suridi, 23, was found guilty of committing an act of terror over his links to the attack in the Indonesian capital in January, ...

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N Korea conducts another failed missile launch

  Seoul / AFP North Korea on Thursday conducted what appeared to be a failed test—its second in a week—of a powerful medium-range missile that experts warn could be deployed as early as next year. South Korean and US military monitors said the missile—believed to be an intermediate-range Musudan—exploded shortly after take-off at around 6:30 am Pyongyang time. The attempted launch ...

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Mass Muslim pilgrimage to boost unloved A380 in Malaysia

  Bloomberg Malaysia Airlines Bhd. said it will use six surplus Airbus Group SE A380 superjumbos to form the core of a fleet of 700-seat jets dedicated to transporting Muslim travelers on the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Peter Bellew, the carrier’s chief executive officer, met Airbus’s senior management in Toulouse, France, on Wednesday to hammer out details of the ...

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