PHNOM PENH -- Twenty soldiers were killed on Saturday as fire swept through an ammunition warehouse in western Cambodia, setting off a series of explosions, the country's Prime Minister Hun Manet said.
The blaze broke out at 2:30 p.m. local time at the ammunition depot in the Third Military Command in Chamkar Doung village of Kampong Speu province's Chbar Mon town. (Cambodia-Explosion)
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WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon has confirmed that the United States will withdraw most of its troops stationed in the African countries of Chad and Niger.
"Do we have to adjust sometimes based on the dynamics? Yes, we do," U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Brown said Friday at a press conference when answering a related question. (U.S.-Chad-Niger)
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BEIRUT -- Two Hezbollah fighters and a civilian were killed, and three other civilians injured on Saturday in Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua.
The sources, who spoke anonymously, said that Israeli warplanes destroyed a house with two missiles in the southeast village of Kafr Kila, killing two Hezbollah members who were inside while wounding three other civilians. (Lebanon-Israel-Deaths)
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NEW DELHI -- Two paramilitary troops of the Central Reserve Police Force were killed and two others injured in a militant attack Saturday in India's northeastern state of Manipur, police said.
The attack was carried out at a stationed camp in Moirang area of Bishnupur district, about 45 km south of Imphal, the capital city of Manipur. (India-Attack) ■
