BAGHDAD -- Two Islamic State (IS) militants were killed and one soldier wounded Sunday in a clash in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh, a provincial police source said.

Earlier in the day, a fierce clash erupted during an operation to hunt down IS militants in Qara-Chokh Mountain near the town of Makhmour, some 60 km southeast of Nineveh's provincial capital Mosul, leaving two IS militants killed and one soldier wounded, Major Saad al-Baiyati from Nineveh police told Xinhua. (Iraq-IS Militant-Clash)

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TEHRAN -- At least two people were killed and five others injured in a mine explosion in Iran's central Semnan Province on Sunday, official news agency IRNA reported.

Mohammad Ali Taheri, head of the Center for Management of Medical Accidents and Emergencies under Semnan University of Medical Sciences, told IRNA that the accident took place in the Florine mine in Tuye village in Damghan city. (Iran-Mine Explosion-Casualty)

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LAGOS -- Nigerian police on Saturday gunned down two suspected armed robbers after an exchange of fire in southwest Nigeria's Lagos state, a police spokesperson said on Sunday.

The two suspects killed were among five gunmen who invaded a communication facility located at Adisa Street in the Okokomaiko area of the state, Lagos Police Spokesperson Benjamin Hundeyin said in a brief statement. (Nigeria-Police-Armed robbers) Enditem

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