NEW DELHI -- One person was killed and three others were hospitalized Saturday following a gas leak at a snacks manufacturing plant in India, police said.

Over two dozen workers were evacuated from the plant.(India-Gas leak)

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MANILA -- An outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in Davao Occidental province in southern Philippines has killed more than 1,000 pigs, local officials in the Mindanao region said on Saturday.

"This is the first ASF case in the entire Mindanao (island)," Liza Mazo, the regional director of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in the Davao region, said in a report.(Philippines-Swine fever)

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JAKARTA -- Indonesian troops on Saturday left for Australia to help extinguish bushfires after the neighboring nation declared a state of emergency.

A total of 44 personnel comprising 41 soldiers, one person from the National Disaster Management Agency and two others from the Foreign Affairs Ministry were dispatched in a ceremony led by Indonesian Military Commander Air Chief Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto at the Halim Perdana Kusuma Air Force Base.(Indonesia-Australia-Bushfire)

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KABUL -- The Afghan security forces have arrested six people affiliated with the Taliban and Islamic State (IS) in three eastern provinces, the state-run news agency reported Saturday.

Afghan National Army personnel, in anti-insurgents operations, have arrested the individuals since early Friday in Nangarhar, Laghman and Kunar provinces, Bakhtar News Agency said on its website.(Afghanistan-Militants)

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MANILA -- Three soldiers, including two army officers, were killed in a shooting inside a military camp in Patikul town, Sulu province, in the southern Philippines late on Friday night, an army spokesman said on Saturday.

Philippine Army spokesman Colonel Ramon Zagala said the fatal shooting broke out around 11:00 p.m. on Friday when Corporal Jack Indap, who was allegedly drunk, shot dead the two officers, Major Rael Gabot and First Lieutenant Ryan Lamoste, after a heated argument.(Philippines-Army-Accident) Enditem

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