Eighteen civilians killed in central Mali ambushes: officials

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  2 police officers, 35 militants killed in E. Afghan province

  GHAZNI, Afghanistan, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Two Afghan police officers and about 35 Taliban militants were killed in separate clashes in the country's eastern province of Ghazni overnight, an official said Monday.Photos: VCGA group of Taliban militants attacked police checkpoints late on Sunday night, but left 18 fighters dead in an ambush from security forces and 10 others arrested in

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  Two killed in Indian cyclone: official

  Two people died on Friday as Cyclone Fani slammed into eastern India with winds gusting at speeds of up to 200 kilometres (125 miles) per hour, an official said."I can confirm two deaths for now. One old man in one of the shelters died because of (a) heart attack. Another person went out in the storm despite our warnings and

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  Escalation in Syria's Idlib rattles months-old truce

  (Photo: AFP)Air strikes and shelling killed 13 civilians in northwestern Syria on Tuesday, a monitor said, in the latest escalation to rattle a months-old truce and spark displacement.At least 53 fighters have also been killed since Monday, in one of the deadliest flare-ups since a demilitarised zone around the Idlib region was agreed in September last year, the Britain-based Syrian