MOSCOW -- Russian troops have taken full control of the town of Avdiivka near Donetsk, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Saturday.

The Defense Ministry announced on its Telegram channel that Shoigu had reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin that the troops of the Center group, led by Lieutenant General Andrey Mordvichev, had completely captured the city of Avdiivka. (Russia-Ukraine-Battle)

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SINGAPORE -- Chinese passenger jet C919 made a trial flight Sunday in Singapore to prepare for the upcoming airshow.

Five aircraft developed by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd., including C919, will meet the public at the airshow, said China Eastern Airlines Singapore Branch. (Singapore-Airshow-Chinese Passenger Jet)

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BANGKOK -- Thailand's convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Sunday, six months after his return to the country from self-exile.

Xinhua reporters observed that a car carrying Thaksin left a police hospital in Bangkok at 6:06 a.m. local time (2306 GMT) on Sunday, where he received medical treatment and served six months of his one-year prison sentence. (Thailand-Thaksin-Release)

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ISLAMABAD -- One soldier and nine terrorists were killed on Saturday in two separate counter-terrorism operations in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the military said.

The security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in the South Waziristan district of KP, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said in a late-night statement on Saturday. (Pakistan-Terrorism-Death) Enditem

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