ISLAMABAD -- At least 18 people have been killed and over 30 others injured in armed clashes between two groups in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said on Saturday.

The clashes erupted in Kurram district of the province, where armed men killed dozens of people and torched shops, houses and government property, the official sources told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Pakistan-Clash)

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GAZA -- At least 17 Palestinians were killed from Friday night to Saturday morning by Israeli bombings across the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported on Saturday.

Seven Palestinians, including three children, were killed by the Israeli bombing of a house in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, in northern Gaza Strip, WAFA said. (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel)

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NEW DELHI -- In what is seen as a major electoral victory, India's main ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliance on Saturday won in the southwestern state of Maharashtra, which witnessed polling of votes three days ago.

Maharashtra's state capital Mumbai is the country's financial capital. (India-BJP Alliance)

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BAGHDAD -- Five Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in airstrikes in the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk, the Iraqi military said on Saturday.

Acted on intelligence reports, Iraqi forces on Friday carried out airstrikes on an IS hideout in a rugged area west of the namesake provincial capital, Kirkuk, some 250 km north of Baghdad, according to a statement from the Security Media Cell, a media outlet affiliated with the Iraqi Joint Operations Command. (Iraq-IS-Killing) Enditem

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