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Gunmen kill high-ranking Taliban official in Afghanistan in rare targeted attack

Gunmen have killed a high-ranking local Taliban official in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province

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China hits back at criticism over excess industrial capacity as more US tariffs loom

China has rejected criticism that its huge trade surplus reflects excessive manufacturing capacity

Romania shoots down stray drones from Ukraine war after years of incursions

Romania is taking a new approach to drones entering its airspace by shooting them down

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India’s Cockroach movement threatens to restart protests after mass student arrests

Cockroach Janta party says government has broken promise, with detentions in Delhi, Assam, West Bengal and BiharIndia’s youth-led “Cockroach” movement, whose nationwide protests forced the resignation of the education minister, has accused the government of backtracking on its promise not to act against student protesters and has threatened to restart demonstrations.The Cockroach Janta party (CJP), which organised mass protests over exam paper leaks and other irregularities, said it had received reports of hundreds of students being detained or “harassed” by police. Continue reading...

Bosnian authorities investigate desecration and fire damage at Medjugorje Virgin Mary shrine

Authorities in Bosnia on Tuesday investigated the desecration of a Virgin Mary statue and a shrine damaged by fire overnight in a southern Bosnian village, a popular destination for Roman Catholic pilgrims.