Suicide attack leaves 12 Pak soldiers dead

PESHAWAR, Nov 20 (AFP): A suicide attack in northwest Pakistan killed 12 soldiers, the military said Wednesday, following a separate clash that left eight dead in the same region bordering Afghanistan.The suicide blast occurred on Tuesday and resulted in the deaths of "12 brave sons of soil", the army said...

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Israeli strikes kill 17 including a boy in Gaza

GAZA, Nov 20 (Reuters/AFP): Gaza's civil defence agency said on Wednesday that at least 17 people, including a baby and a rescue worker, were killed in Israeli air strikes on the war-ravaged Palestinian territory, as tanks deepened their incursion in the area and blew up homes, according to residents.Medics said...

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Saudi prince uses fund to expand power, commit abuses, says HRW

DUBAI, Nov 20 (AFP): Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler is using the oil-rich kingdom's sovereign wealth fund to bankroll vanity projects linked to a host of rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.A 93-page report from the New York-based group describes how Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has asserted...

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N Korea bombarding South with blood-curdling sounds

GANGHWA-GUN, Nov 20 (AFP): Gunshots, screams, eerie laughter: South Korea's border island Ganghwa is being bombarded nightly with blood-curdling sounds, part of a new campaign by the nuclear-armed North that is driving residents to despair.Before it started, 56-year-old Kim Yun-suk fell asleep to the hum of insects and woke to...

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