BAGHDAD -- Two members of Iraq's Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) were killed and an intelligence officer was wounded on Sunday in an explosion during a security operation in the western province of Anbar, the Iraqi military said.
The incident occurred at 3:00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT) when a joint force from the CTS and the Anbar intelligence and counterterrorism directorate was inspecting the site of a recent airstrike on hideouts of Islamic State (IS) militants in Anbar, according to a statement from the Security Media Cell, a media outlet affiliated with the Iraqi Joint Operations Command. (Iraq-IS)
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JAKARTA -- Two of seven workers who had been trapped after a landslide struck the Grasberg Block Cave mine in Indonesia's Central Papua province on Sept. 8 have been found.
PT Freeport Indonesia, the company operating the mine, said in a statement on Monday that rescuers retrieved two bodies in the incident last Saturday and identified the victims who worked as electrical technicians from another company PT Cita Contract. (Indonesia-Landslide-Deaths)
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MANILA -- A total of 216 individuals were arrested during anti-corruption protests on Sunday, Philippine Interior Secretary Juanito Victor Remulla said Monday.
Of those detained, 127 were adults and 89 were minors, said Remulla at a press briefing, adding that the suspects have been detained at the Manila Police District. (Philippines-Protest)
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ISLAMABAD -- At least 22 people were killed in an airstrike in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials and local sources said on Monday.
Three houses were struck in the bombardment in the Khyber district of the province, the sources told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Pakistan-Airstrike-Deaths) ■
