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GENEVA | Xinhua | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said Tuesday that he was “horrified” by the Israeli airstrikes and shelling in Gaza, which have reportedly killed hundreds. “This will add tragedy onto tragedy,” Turk said in a statement. Turk emphasized that the past 18 months of …

ABUJA, Nigeria | Xinhua | At least 30 suspected terrorists were killed recently when the Nigerian military launched a series of airstrikes on their hideouts in the country’s northern region, the air force said Wednesday. The airstrikes targeted the hideouts of the suspected terrorists in the northern states of Borno …