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Taliban say Pakistani strikes killed 46 in Afghanistan

Pakistan’s air strikes on eastern Afghanistan killed 46 people, mostly women and children, a Taliban government official said, raising fears of further straining the relations between the two neighbours. Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesman for the Afghan government, said those killed in the strikes that targeted four locations in Barmal, a district in the province of Paktika, were refugees, adding that six others were also wounded. This comes a day after Pakistani security officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said that Tuesday’s operation was to dismantle a training facility and kill insurgents in Paktika in Afghanistan.

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Palestinian forces crack down on militants

Gunfire has rung out for days from the West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp. But this time, it’s not Israeli forces that are facing off against armed groups. It is the forces of the Palestinian Authority clashing with Palestinian gunmen. The Palestinian Authority, which administers parts of the occupied territory, launched a rare crackdown earlier this month that has sparked one of the worst armed confrontations between Palestinians in years. The authority says it wants to bring law and order to what’s long been a hotbed of militancy and a place where it has little control.

1 hour ago

Survivors found after plane tragedy

More than 30 people have been killed and 32 have survived after a plane crashed in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan’s Emergency Ministry said 67 people, including five crew, were on board the plane. It added that 32 of them survived the crash and have been hospitalised. Both pilots were among the victims.

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Japan aims to improve ties with China

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya has met top Chinese leaders in Beijing in an effort to make positive inroads in the bilateral relationship. The two neighbours have had a tense relationship in recent years. At the top of Iwaya’s agenda is China’s ban on Japanese seafood in response to the release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as well as China’s increasingly assertive military activity in the East and South China Seas. Iwaya met China’s premier, Li Qiang as well as Wang Yi, his Chinese counterpart.

4 hours ago

Deadly attack at hospital reopening

Two reporters and a police officer have been killed and several people wounded in a gang attack in Haiti on the reopening of Port-au-Prince’s biggest public hospital. Street gangs forced the closure of the General Hospital early this year and authorities had pledged to reopen the facility in Haiti’s capital on Christmas Eve. But as journalists gathered to cover the event, suspected gang members opened fire.

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Taliban say Pakistani strikes killed 46 in Afghanistan

Palestinian forces crack down on militants

Survivors found after plane tragedy

Plea to help Turkey’s ‘lost generation’

Japan aims to improve ties with China

Deadly attack at hospital reopening