DAMASCUS -- Unidentified warplanes struck overnight the positions of Iraq's paramilitary Hashd Shaabi fighters on the Syrian soil near the border between the two countries, killing eight of them, a war monitor reported Friday. (Syria-Warplane-Iraq)

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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi discussed with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by phone the recent the U.S.-Iran conflict in Iraq and the need to prevent escalation leads to open war, the Iraqi government said Friday.

"Iraq rejected and rejects all operations that violate its sovereignty, including the recent operation that targeted Ayn al-Asad and Erbil," Abdul Mahdi told Pompeo who made the phone call late Thursday night, according to a statement issued by Abdul Mahdi's media office. (Iraq-US-Iran)

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ISLAMABAD -- At least nine people including a police officer were killed and several others injured when a bomb went off inside a mosque in capital city Quetta of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Friday night, a senior police officer said.

The blast happened when people including the deceased deputy superintendent police of Quetta were offering prayers inside the mosque, Deputy Inspector General of Quetta police Abdul Razzaq Cheema told Xinhua. (Pakistan-Quetta-Blast)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. employers added 145,000 jobs in December, down from a revised 256,000 in November, and the unemployment rate remained at 3.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. (US-Jobs-Unemployment) Enditem

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