BAGHDAD -- Four Islamic State (IS) militants, including a senior group member, were killed in an airstrike on their hideout in Salahudin province, north of Baghdad, the Iraqi military reported on Tuesday.

The airstrike, conducted by Iraqi F-16 jet fighters on Monday, targeted an IS hideout based on intelligence reports in a rugged area near the town of al-Eith, according to a statement from the Security Media Cell, which is affiliated with the Iraqi Joint Operations Command. (Iraq-IS Militant-Death)

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GAZA -- At least 24 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in central and southern Gaza on Tuesday, Palestinian sources said.

Israeli warplanes hit a four-story residential building in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, killing 16 people, according to Gaza's Civil Defense Authority. (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel)

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KAMPALA -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has said he is ready to mediate peace in the ongoing conflict in Sudan that has left thousands dead and millions displaced.

According to a statement issued here on Tuesday, Museveni made the remarks during a meeting with visiting United Nations Special Envoy to Sudan Ramtane Lamamra on Monday at State House in Entebbe, 40 km south of Kampala, the Ugandan capital. (Uganda-UN Sudan Envoy-Meeting)

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COLOMBO -- Over 40,000 dengue cases have been reported so far this year in Sri Lanka, according to the latest statistics released by the National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU) on Tuesday.

The NDCU said 40,109 cases had been reported with 19 fatalities so far. The Western Province recorded the highest number of cases accounting for 42.3 percent of the total. (Sri Lanka-Dengue)

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KATHMANDU -- Five Russian climbers who went missing on Sunday while descending from Mount Dhaulagiri were found dead on Tuesday.

A search team located the Russians at an altitude of 7,100 meters of the peak, the world's seventh tallest at 8,167 meters located in Nepal. (Nepal-Climbing-Deaths) Enditem

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