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Daesh captures 3,000 fleeing Iraqis: UNHCR
The UN refugee agency UNHCR says Daesh terrorists may have captured up to 3,000 fleeing Iraqi villagers on Thursday and subsequently executed 12 of them.

The UN refugee agency UNHCR says Daesh terrorists may have captured up to 3,000 fleeing Iraqi villagers on Thursday and subsequently executed 12 of them.

India extends curfew in Kashmir to prevent pro-independence rallies in the disputed Himalayan region.

Militants attack a market in northeast India, killing at least 12 people and injuring 15 others.

Australia suspends a major international NGO over Israeli claims that the head of its Gaza head funneled money to Hamas.

Suspected Israeli extremists attack a herdswoman with a knife, injuring her and slaughtering 11 of her goats in the West Bank.

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party concedes defeat in municipal elections in a key southern industrial town.

A UN report says the Saudi military has violated international humanitarian law during attacks against Yemen.

A group US military veterans have visited Congress to denounce Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Saudi Arabia has launched a forced evacuation of locals in its Jizan region as Yemeni forces advance deeper into the Saudi territory.

The German FM says there is no more basis for talks with Turkey, which is engaged in a heavy-handed crackdown after the mid-July coup.

The US Green Party has warned of election fraud in the country, which it says includes unfair ballot access laws.

The South Sudanese army has murdered dozens of people and raped women during the latest outbreak of fighting in the country, says the UN.

An Iranian MP says terrorists dispatched to Iran from Daesh hotspots in Iraq and Syria have been arrested by Iranian security forces.

An attack with explosive devices at a prison in Venezuela kills seven inmates and wounds at least 47 others.

A group of US protesters were kicked out of a rally held by Donald Trump after standing up silently and waving copies of the US Constitution.

The head of a major British child sex abuse inquiry has quit, marking the third time a leader has left this role in the past two years.

Syrian government forces and their allies have thwarted a militant attack in the west and southern parts of Aleppo.

Russia has criticized the US for backing Takfiri militants who use poison gas on civilians in Syria.