A military plane carrying Malawi’s vice president, Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine others has gone missing. Top military official Paul Valentino Phiri said that the airplane may have crashed in dense forest, but it has not yet been found.
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More than 70 soldiers killed in Burkina Faso
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for killing more than 70 soldiers, wounding dozens and taking five hostage, in an ambush on a military convoy in northern Burkina Faso. The statement, posted Friday by Amaq, the group’s news agency said it attacked a convoy trying to advance to areas under its control near Deou, in the Sahel’s Oudalan province. It said it seized weapons and chased retreating soldiers for miles into the desert.
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Hundreds of bodies found in Israeli kibbutz Be’eri after Hamas attack
More than 100 bodies have been found in the Israeli kibbutz Be’eri, as Palestinian Hamas militants launched their deadly surprise attack.
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Tropical Storm Ophelia makes landfall in North Carolina
Tropical Storm Ophelia has made landfall in Emerald Isle, North Carolina with winds of 70 mph as a flash flood warning has been issued surrounding the landfall location. Tropical storm warnings have also been issued for four states from North Carolina to Maryland.
