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6 policemen killed in attack in Pakistan

Peshawar: At least six policemen were killed on Sunday when their vehicle was attacked by unidentified militants in Pakistan’s restive northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Erdogan returns as ruling party boss

Ankara: Turkey’s ruling party today reappointed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as its chief after a nearly three year break, swiftly exploiting a key change agreed in a controversial referendum on expanding his powers.

Bangladesh ‘terrorists’ surrender after Fb plea

Dhaka: Five young Bangladeshis accused of being Islamist terrorists surrendered to authorities on Sunday, an official said, after a lengthy siege that prompted questions about heavy-handed police tactics. Elite counter-terror troops surrounded a one-storey house in the central district of Narsingdi on Saturday afternoon after a tip-off that Islamist extremists were holed up there. The information came from terrorists arrested in April after a raid on an extremist hideout that left 10 people including a senior police officer dead.