ISTANBUL -- Turkish police detained 641 people in the last two days for their alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, NTV broadcaster reported Saturday.

Citing a statement issued by the Interior Ministry, NTV said operations were conducted in 42 provinces to capture the suspects in coordination with chief prosecutor's offices across the country. (Turkey-PKK-Operations)

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KATHMANDU -- Another one-horned rhinoceros has been found dead within Chitwan National Park in Nepal, taking the death toll of the endangered species to 16 from July 16, according to a national park official.

Lokendra Adhikari, an information officer at Chitwan National Park, told Xinhua that an injured rhinoceros aged between 20-25 years died in course of treatment on Saturday morning. (Nepal-Rhinoceros)

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TEHRAN -- Senior Iranian officials have unanimously condemned the assassination of the country's prominent nuclear scientist and called for punishment of those behind the terror attack.

On Friday, Iran confirmed that Mohsen Fakhri Zadeh, a high-ranking Iranian nuclear physicist, was assassinated near the capital Tehran by "armed terrorists." (Iran-Assassination-Nuclear Scientist)

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MOGADISHU -- At least six people were killed and eight others injured in a suicide bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday evening, a government official said.

Ismael Mukhtar Omar, a government spokesman said the suicide bomber blew himself up inside a popular restaurant. (Somalia-Attack)

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