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Afghanistan summons Pakistan envoy
Afghanistan summons Pakistan’s envoy to Kabul in protest at alleged cross-border shelling by Pakistani forces.

Afghanistan summons Pakistan’s envoy to Kabul in protest at alleged cross-border shelling by Pakistani forces.

Somali and African Union forces capture a key town from al-Shabab militants.

Japanese protesters hold another rally against controversial security bills.

The EU says it would review cooperation with Burundi in the wake of presidential polls.

The Pentagon chief says a US airstrike killed al-Qaeda commander in Afghanistan on July 11.

The governor of the US state of Illinois has signed a controversial bill prohibiting state pension funds from investing in companies that boycott Israel.

The Iraqi army has managed to liberate the village of Jarah from the ISIL in the western province of Anbar.

Russia is in talks with Iran for supplies of petrochemical products in exchange for assets as part of their barter deal, an official in Tehran has said.

A former US air force general says it is unlikely that Russian bombers carry any nuclear weapons close to US shores.

Seventy-two people are indicted over human trafficking in Thailand.

A man charged with murdering an Iranian asylum seeker is granted bail.

Most Americans are fed up with US wars and they want their government to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue, an American journalist and anti-war activist says.

A woman is shot dead in operations by Turkish police against terror suspects.

Local governors say Boko Haram militants are still holding on to some territories in northeastern Nigeria.

The International Monetary Fund has warned that Japan’s debt could rise three times the size of its economy by 2030.

Seven tortured bodies are found in Mexico’s troubled Guerrero state.

A Colombian soldier is killed during clashes with FARC rebels.

Turkish warplanes carry out airstrikes on targets inside Syria said to be ISIL positions.