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Tunisia kills militants after Libya raid

Tunisian soldiers pose during a presentation of the anti-jihadi fence, in near Ben Guerdane, eastern Tunisia

Tunisian security forces kill 21 militants after they launched a cross-border raid from Libya, an army spokesman says.

  • 7 March 2016
  • From the section Africa

Iranian billionaire sentenced to death

Billionaire Iranian businessman Babak Zanjani, accused by the West of sanctions-busting, has been sentenced to death for corruption, Iranian officials say.

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Dozens dead in Iraq truck bombing

At least 47 people are killed in a truck bombing claimed by so-called Islamic State at a checkpoint in Hilla province south of Baghdad.

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