TEHRAN -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps on Thursday downed a U.S. "spy" drone in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, official IRNA news agency reported.

The unmanned plane was a U.S. "RQ-4 Global Hawk spy drone" and it was struck when it entered Iran's airspace in Mobarak Mountain region in Hormozgan province on early hours of Thursday, the report said. (Iran-US-Drone)

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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani anti-terrorism forces killed two militants of the Islamic State near Multan city in Punjab province, officials said Thursday.

The militants were wanted by the law enforcement agencies in various cases of terrorism including the kidnapping of an American national. (Pakistan-IS-Killing)

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OTTAWA -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday that he will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington Thursday to mainly discuss trade issues.

Trudeau sees the meeting as an opportunity to discuss trade issues with Trump, including U.S. trade frictions with China and the ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement, before the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28-29. (Canada-US-Leader Meeting)

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PYONGYANG -- General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here Thursday for a state visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Xi's plane arrived at the Sunan International Airport around noon. Bathed in sunshine shortly after rain, the DPRK capital was brimming with a friendly atmosphere. (DPRK-China-Visit) Enditem

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