BAGHDAD -- At least a policeman was killed and three others wounded in a suicide car bomb attack in Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk on Wednesday, a provincial police source said.

The attack took place in the afternoon when a suicide bomber drove his explosive-laden car into a federal police checkpoint near the town of al-Riyadh in the south of the provincial capital Kirkuk, some 250 km north of the national capital Baghdad, Saad al-Obeidi told Xinhua. (Iraq-Suicide Bomb)

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BANGKOK -- Thailand's Election Commission on Wednesday set March 24 as the date for the country's long-awaited general election, one month later than an earlier schedule of Feb. 24.

The decision was made after a royal decree for the election, approved by King Maha Vajiralongkorn, was promulgated in the Royal Gazette hours earlier on Wednesday. (Thailand-Election)

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ANKARA -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday departed for Moscow to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, amid the U.S. troops' withdrawal from Syria.

During Erdogan's one-day working visit, the two leaders will exchange views on regional and international issues, particularly Syria, as well as bilateral relations between the two countries, according to state-run Anadolu Agency. (Turkey-Russia-Syria)

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MOSCOW -- The Russian government is planning to allocate more than 515 billion rubles (7.78 billion U.S. dollars) for the development of the country's aerospace industry from 2019 to 2021, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday.

"This money should be effectively used to build up our orbital capabilities, create a super-heavy class carrier and carry out a manned flight program," said Medvedev at a meeting on the financial conditions of the Roscosmos state space corporation and its affiliates, according to a transcript by the government. (Russia-Space Industry) Enditem

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