Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, July 26
YAOUNDE– At least 20 Boko Haram fighters were killed when the insurgents raided a Cameroon army outpost in the country’s Far North region, an official who asked to remain anonymous said on Monday. Villagers found several bodies of the insurgents on Monday in Blangafe, an island in the region after Cameroon military repelled Boko Haram attack on its outpost in…
JAKARTA — A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked Central Sulawesi province in the central part of Indonesia on Monday evening, but no damages or casualties were immediately reported, local agencies said.
The tremors did not trigger a tsunami, according to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency. (Indonesia-Earthquake)
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YAOUNDE — At least 20 Boko Haram fighters were killed when the insurgents raided a Cameroon army outpost in the country’s Far North region, an official who asked to remain anonymous said on Monday .
Villagers found several bodies of the insurgents on Monday in Blangafe, an island in the region after Cameroon military repelled Boko Haram attack on its outpost in Sagme, a remote locality in the region, according to the same source. (Cameroon-Boko Haram)
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ROME — Regional emergency services in Italy’s Sardinia issued a new adverse weather warning for Monday, and the regional government has declared a state of emergency after large swaths of the major island were ravaged by wildfires in the last few days.
The hot weather alert especially concerned central and western Sardinia and some areas around northern Coghinas, and would last until 6 p.m. local time on Monday, according to the local civil protection department. (Italy-Sardinia-Wildfire)
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KABUL — At least 16 Taliban militants were killed and 12 others wounded on Monday after Afghan Air Force targeted a Taliban position on the outskirts of Pul-e-Alam, capital of eastern Afghan province of Logar, the Ministry of Defense said.
Nine militants’ motorcycles, one hideout and some amount of weapons and ammunition were also destroyed by the sortie in the province, 60 km in the south of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, according to the brief statement. (Afghanistan-Taliban-Fight) Enditem