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Yemen airstrikes resume; 15 allied fighters killed

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The Saudi-led coalition launched new airstrikes in at least two Yemeni provinces Monday, piercing a humanitarian pause that started at midnight Sunday, security officials and witnesses said. 

Ukraine’s biggest thermal power plant hit by shelling

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Ukraine’s biggest Vuhlehirsk thermal power plant in the Donetsk region got under shelling and had to stop operations, press service of the managing company CenterEnergo said on Monday.

Russian witness in ex-spy's death decline to give evidence

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The presidents of China, Russia, Iran and the United States are scheduled to speak at the 70th annual United Nations General Assembly of world leaders in September — a rare appearance for Russian President Vladimir Putin and the first for Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Russia not deploying Tu-22M3 bomber in Crimea

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Russia has no plans to deploy Tu-22M3 bombers in Crimea, Russian Air Force Commander Colonel General Viktor Bondarev said on Monday.

Kurdish militia retake northern Syrian town from ISIS

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Kurdish forces in northern Syria captured a key town along the Euphrates River from the Islamic State on Monday, while charging that Turkey has shelled Kurdish villages in the area.

2 remanded in prison for throwing man into river

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(Nigeria) Two men, Samson Akintiye and Rasaki Rauf,  who were alleged to have throwing a man into a river and killing him, were  on Monday in Ota, Ogun State, remanded in prison.

SERAP sues JAMB, UNILAG, others over ‘outrageous cut-off marks decision’

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(Nigeria) Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has dragged the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board and the University of Lagos to court over “outrageous cut-off marks decisions.”