BAGHDAD -- Three Iraqi soldiers were killed and another wounded on Sunday in an attack by Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a security source said.

The attack occurred in the evening when IS snipers opened fire on an army force moving on a desert road linking the provinces of Anbar and Salahudin, the source, who requested anonymity, told Xinhua. (Iraq-IS Attack-Casualties)

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NICOSIA -- Hundreds of demonstrators protested against the use of a British airbase in Cyprus for military activities related to the Gaza conflict.

The Cyprus Peace Council, the organizer of the event, said that around 500 people marched to the gate of the Akrotiri airbase on the fringes of the southern port city of Limassol. (Cyprus-Protest)

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LUSAKA -- Zambia on Sunday announced more stringent measures aimed at containing the cholera outbreak.

Minister of Health Sylvia Masebo said the government has introduced a clause in a statutory instrument announced earlier to enhance cholera prevention and control measures. (Zambia-Cholera)

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HELSINKI -- The volcanic eruption in Iceland took a turn for the worse on Sunday afternoon as a new fissure opened quite close to the town of Grindavik in the early afternoon local time. Magma from the new fissure was just 20 meters from the nearest building, an evacuated industrial structure, Icelandic radio RUV reported. (Finland-Volcano) Enditem

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