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Indian troops kill 3 senior Kashmiri militants
Srinagar, Oct 23 (AP/UNB) — Indian forces have killed a top militant commander and his two associates in a counterinsurgency operation in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said Wednesday.
Ukraine's president urges lawmakers to take polygraph test
Kyiv, Oct 23 (AP/UNB) — Ukraine's president on Wednesday urged a group of lawmakers to take a lie detector test to show they are not involved in a widening corruption scandal.
Former top general gets a shot at forming Israeli government
Jerusalem, Oct 23 (AP/UNB) — Israel's former military chief Benny Gantz is set to receive an official mandate to form the country's next government but has few options after last month's elections left him in a near tie with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Erdogan assured by Putin on Syrian Kurds
Beirut, Oct 23 (AP/UNB) — Turkish media quote President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying that Turkey will resume its offensive in northeastern Syria if neither Russia nor the U.S. ensure that Syrian Kurdish fighters completely pull out of the region along Turkey's border.
Spanish village gears up for dictator Franco's remains
El Pardo, Oct 23 (AP/UNB) — For visitors wondering why a tranquil cemetery outside Madrid suddenly needs around-the-clock police security, the answer is simple: an empty burial space awaits the remains of Gen. Francisco Franco, who is being reunited with his wife 44 years after he died.
UK prime minister mulls early election over Brexit impasse
London, Oct 23 (AP/UNB) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was weighing Wednesday whether to push for an early election or try again to pass his stalled European Union divorce deal, after Parliament blocked a fast-track plan to approve his Brexit bill before the U.K.'s scheduled departure from the bloc on Oct. 31.
China says US has 'weaponized' visas to target exchanges
Beijing, Oct 23 (AP/UNB) — China on Wednesday accused the U.S. of having "weaponized" the issuance of visas following the reported inability of a top Chinese space program official to obtain permission to travel to a key conference in Washington.
Yale graduates redefine Chinese food in American kitchens
New York, Oct 23 (Xinhua/UNB) -- When Zhao Yong was pursuing his PhD in Yale University in the early 2010s, he was frustrated to learn that some local Chinese restaurants he frequented would no longer be there in the near future due to low profit margins and increasing labor costs.
China gifts well-equipped school building to remote Sri Lankan village
Colombo, Oct 23 (Xinhua/UNB) -- The Tissapura Junior School in Hambantota in Sri Lanka’s southern province was a picture of joy on Oct. 18. Led by Principal A. H. Weerakeerthi, the kids were singing and dancing happily.
Third-generation hybrid rice achieves high yields in China
Changsha, Oct 23 (Xinhua/UNB) -- The third-generation hybrid rice developed by Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice," and his team underwent its first public yield monitoring from Monday to Tuesday and achieved high output.