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Tight security as leaders gather for Peres funeral ASIA

Tight security as leaders gather for Peres funeral

Israeli security forces were on high alert with world leaders set to gather for the funeral of former president Shimon Peres on Friday, deploying thousands of officers and closing off key roads.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Modi scraps visit to Pakistan for regional summit INTERNATIONAL

Modi scraps visit to Pakistan for regional summit

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not attend a regional summit of South Asian leaders in Pakistan in November because of increasing cross-border attacks in the region, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian soldiers kill eight intruders along Kashmir border INTERNATIONAL

Indian soldiers kill eight intruders along Kashmir border

Indian soldiers killed eight people trying to cross the disputed border with Pakistan in Kashmir and security forces were also fighting suspected militants near the frontier, two days after a major attack on an Indian base.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Suspected jihadists kill 3 Yemeni soldiers ASIA

Suspected jihadists kill 3 Yemeni soldiers

Islamist suspects killed three Yemeni soldiers in two separate shootings in the south on Sunday, officials said, the latest in a spate of attacks on security forces.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Afghan forces encircled by Taliban in Uruzgan INTERNATIONAL

Afghan forces encircled by Taliban in Uruzgan

Exhausted Afghan security forces were surrounded on Friday by Taliban fighters in the capital of Afghanistan's south-central province of Uruzgan, a day after fighting off a concerted push by the militants, officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Curfew reimposed in Kashmir after fresh clashes INTERNATIONAL

Curfew reimposed in Kashmir after fresh clashes

Authorities reimposed a curfew in parts of India-administered Kashmir following fresh clashes on Monday between protesters and Indian security forces hours after the government announced an end to a 52-day lockdown.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Hospital in Kashmir filled with beating, shooting victims INTERNATIONAL

Hospital in Kashmir filled with beating, shooting victims

More than 40 days of clashes between protesters and security forces have overwhelmed the main hospital in Indian-administered Kashmir, where some patients with severe injuries said they had been beaten in their homes by troops.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bangladesh arrests four women in cafe attack probe INTERNATIONAL

Bangladesh arrests four women in cafe attack probe

Bangladeshi security forces said on Tuesday they had arrested four women suspected of being members of a home-grown militant group blamed for an attack on a Dhaka cafe last month in which 22 people were killed.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India urges security forces to exercise restraint in Kashmir INTERNATIONAL

India urges security forces to exercise restraint in Kashmir

India has asked its security forces to exercise restraint in responding to protests in disputed Kashmir and replace pellet guns with non-lethal weapons, its home affairs minister said on Sunday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraq holds parade to celebrate victories over IS ASIA

Iraq holds parade to celebrate victories over IS

Iraqi security forces paraded through Baghdad on Thursday to celebrate victories over the Islamic State jihadist group, but an unannounced rehearsal two days earlier put a damper on the festivities.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Afghanistan welcomes Nato's renewed security pledge INTERNATIONAL

Afghanistan welcomes Nato's renewed security pledge

Afghan president Ashraf Ghani on Monday welcomed as an "achievement" the renewed funding commitment from Nato for his country's fledgling security forces amid increasing Taliban insurgency.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nato commits to fund Afghan forces to 2020 INTERNATIONAL

Nato commits to fund Afghan forces to 2020

Nato allies have promised the United States they will help fund Afghan security forces to the tune of around $1bn annually over the next three years despite public fatigue in Western countries about their involvement in the conflict.

4:45 AM November 25 2016