MANILA -- Philippine troops killed at least six suspected rebels in a clash in central Philippines, a military general said on Friday.

Lieutenant General Benedict Arevalo, commander of the Visayas command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, said fighting between the military and the New People's Army (NPA) broke out on Thursday on the outskirt of Kabankalan City in Negros Occidental province. (Philippines-NPA-Clashes)

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ACCRA -- At least nine people were shot dead and some others wounded by a group of unknown gunmen on buses in Ghana's Upper East Region, an official confirmed to Xinhua late Thursday.

The victims came under attack while traveling from Bawku, a restive urban community in the Upper East Region, to a market center in neighboring Burkina Faso, said Zubeiru Abdulai, district chief executive of Pusiga. (Ghana-Gunmen-Attack)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a new military aid package worth 325 million U.S. dollars for Ukraine, including more air defense, while the U.S. Congress is struggling to reach a compromise to avert a federal government shutdown.

Biden announced the package during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to Washington. (U.S.-Ukraine-Military aid-Congress deadlock) Enditem

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