YANGON -- Myanmar's National Defense and Security Council on Monday announced the extension of the state of emergency for six more months.

The extension was made for necessary preparations for the multi-party general elections, the announcement said. (Myanmar-State of Emergency)

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WASHINGTON -- Multiple historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) in the United States received bomb threats on Monday, according to media reports.

Police responded to Maryland's Bowie State University, Washington, D.C.'s Howard University, and at least four other HBCUs around the country for bomb threats. (US-Universities-Bomb Threats)

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FRANKFURT -- Two men, 38-year-old and 31-year-old respectively, were arrested Monday afternoon on suspicion of shooting two police officers dead during a traffic control on a rural road in western Germany Monday morning, according to a press release by local authorities.

The shooting occurred at around 4:20 a.m. in Kusel in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, after the two police officers had pulled over a car during a routine traffic stop. (Germany-Police Officer-Shooting)

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JERUSALEM -- Israeli security forces have arrested nine Palestinian suspects during a large anti-terror operation in the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank, the army said Monday.

Hundreds of army troops and Israeli police officers operated overnight between Sunday and Monday in the Jordan Valley as part of "an operation to thwart terrorist activity and confiscate weapon infrastructure in the area," a military spokesperson said in a statement. (Israel-Operation-Arrests) Enditem

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