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Nigerian troops kill 4 bandits, rescue 20 hostages in anti-terror operations

Abuja, Sep 18 (UNI) At least four bandits were killed and 20 hostages rescued by Nigerian troops during separate anti-terror raids in the northwestern state of Kaduna early Tuesday, local authorities said.
The troops combed thick bushes suspected to be the hideouts of some bandits in Birnin Gwari and Giwa local government area to carry out the "successful operations" on Tuesday, Samuel Aruwan, the commissioner for internal security and home affairs in Kaduna, told reporters.
Citing credible intelligence by the military ahead of the operations, the official said a special clearance raid was held in one of the locations, and an ambush was carried out along a withdrawal route of bandits in another location.
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Paris, Oct 8 (UNI) Deputies of the French National Assembly rejected a no confidence vote in the government of new Prime Minister Michel Barnier, put forward by the left-wing New Popular Front bloc, the results of the vote showed on Tuesday.

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Putin invites CIS leaders to BRICS outreach summit in Kazan

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08 Oct 2024 | 10:44 PM

Moscow, Oct 8 (UNI) Russia will be happy to see the leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) at the BRICS outreach meeting, which will be held on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan in October, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.

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Norway raises terror threat level to second highest

08 Oct 2024 | 10:12 PM

Oslo, Oct 8 (UNI) The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) raised the national terror threat level from moderate to high on Tuesday, the second-highest level in the country. In response to the heightened threat, police across Norway will be armed.

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iPhone 16 not yet allowed to enter Indonesian market

08 Oct 2024 | 8:02 PM

Jakarta, Oct 8 (UNI) Indonesian Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said Tuesday that the Southeast Asian country had yet to allow Apple's newly-released mobile phone product, iPhone 16, to enter the market as the U.S.-based company had not met the import requirement.

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Two scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics

Two scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics

08 Oct 2024 | 6:00 PM

Stockholm, Oct 8 (UNI) The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics went to two scientists, John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton, for their foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Tuesday.

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