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Eight militants killed in Army raids in Egypt

Cairo: Security forces in Egypt today killed eight militants in separate raids in the country's restive North Sinai governorate, officials said. Police launched an attack on a group of militants in an under-construction shelter in Al-Arish city, killing six of them, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

Suspect's DNA matches sample from girl in Pak

lahore: A 23-year-old neighbour has been arrested in the brutal rape and murder case of a minor girl and his DNA sample matched with the sample found from the victim's body, days after the heinous crime in Kasur city in Pakistan's Punjab province sparked a national outrage.

4 killed in mid-air aircraft collision

Berlin: At least four people were killed when a light aircraft and a medical helicopter crashed mid-air in Germany on Tuesday, police said. The two crashed over a rural area near the southwestern town of Philippsburg in the Karlsruhe district, Efe news agency reported.