Af officials: Taliban kill 11 cops, 10 others

Kabul: Afghan officials say 21 people have been killed in the latest Taliban attacks in the country, including 11 policemen who were slain when the insurgents stormed a checkpoint in northern Baghlan province. Safder Mohsini, head of the provincial council, says the checkpoint attack late on Monday night in Baghlan’s district of Baghlani Markazi also wounded five local policemen. He says the Taliban made away with all the weapons and ammunition from the security post.

C Africa inks peace deal with 14 armed groups

Khartoum: The Government of the Central African Republic and 14 armed groups inked a new peace accord on Tuesday to end years of fighting that has left thousands of people dead.

Three terrorists killed in Pakistan

Peshawar: Pakistani security forces gunned down three terrorists during an operation in a tribal district bordering Afghanistan in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday. The security forces conducted the operation against terrorists

in Gul Kutch area of South Waziristan District merged into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

2 dead in oz floods as fresh warning issued

Townsville: Two bodies were discovered in Australia’s flood-ravaged northeast on Tuesday as continuing heavy rain prompted authorities to warn of further flash flooding in the hours ahead. Prime Minister Scott Morrison toured the region where “once-in-a-century” floods have inundated thousands of homes and closed airports and schools, leaving cars and houses submerged.