MANILA -- An army soldier, two militiamen and four civilians were wounded in an attack Saturday by suspected members of the New People's Army (NPA) insurgents in Camarines Sur province, south of Manila, a military spokesman said Sunday.

Joash Pramis, public affairs chief of Philippine Army's 9th infantry division, said the government security forces and civilians were repairing a busted water pipe in a remote village in Camarines Sur province when at least 10 NPA rebels opened fire at them around 7:30 a.m. local time on Saturday. (Manila-Attack-Military)

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KABUL -- At least 52 militants, including two local Taliban leaders, have been killed following Afghan army operations in the restive eastern province of Ghazni, the country's Ministry of Defense said Sunday.

"Up to 52 Taliban terrorists have been killed following three separate Afghan National Army commando operations and airstrikes against Taliban positions in Ghazni since early Saturday," the ministry said in a statement. (Afghanistan-Army Operation-Militants)

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MEXICO CITY -- A gun battle between police and an armed man in Mexico's eastern state of Veracruz has left two policemen killed and six other officers injured, local authorities said Saturday.

Police responded to a report of gunfire at a bar in the city of Minatitlan midnight Friday and the officers shot back after the armed men fired at them from a nearby house, the Veracruz Secretary of Public Safety said in a statement. (Mexico-Gun Battle)

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HARARE -- Zimbabwe's biggest opposition party leader Nelson Chamisa on Saturday demanded exclusive dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling ZANU-PF party on how to get the country back on its feet.

Chamisa, president of the Movement for Democratic Change, told thousands of people at a memorial service for his predecessor Morgan Tsvangirai in Buhera, Manicaland Province, that talks between the country's two biggest political parties were the only way towards solutions to challenges bedevilling the country. (Zimbabwe-Opposition Party-Dialogue) Enditem

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