3 govt. troops killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine

A Ukrainian paratrooper in Donetsk region, August 14, 2016. ©AFP

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  • A UK-based rights group warns Britain risks widening social division and racial tensions from ‘systemic and deep-rooted inequality’.
     
  • Russian bombers launch a third day of air strikes against foreign-backed militants in Syria from an Iranian air base killing a large number of them.
     
  • At least 12 people have been killed, over 200 others wounded in 3 separate bomb attacks in the restive southeastern Turkey over the past 24 hours.
     
  • Turkey officially requests Greece to extradite 8 military officers who fled the country following the mid-July failed coup.
     
  • At least 3 Ukrainian soldiers are killed in fresh clashes with pro-Russia fighters in the volatile east Ukraine.

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