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Yemen

Suicide bombs kill dozens

Yemeni officials say two suicide bombings - one in Sanaa, the other in the country's south - killed at least 67 people. Security and hospital officials said 47 people died when a bomber set off his explosives in central Sanaa on Thursday morning, targeting a gathering of supporters of the rebel Shiite Houthi movement that recently overran the city.

Russia

Missile warning system planned

Russia will create a space-based ballistic missile warning system capable of detecting launches of intercontinental and tactical missiles, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Thursday. Creation of the unified space system is a key aspect in Russia's development of nuclear containment capacity, especially its nuclear deterrent forces, Shoigu told a teleconference with senior ministry officials. The system will be able to detect launches of various types of missiles, including those launched from underwater positions.

United States

Police officer kills teenager

A white off-duty policeman shot and killed a black teenager in St Louis, Missouri, on Wednesday, prompting a night of protests just miles from the site of an earlier police shooting of another black youth in the suburb of Ferguson.

Netherlands

MH17 man wore oxygen mask

Dutch prosecutors said the body of a male passenger of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was found wearing an oxygen mask, raising questions about how much those on board knew about their fate when the plane plunged out of the sky above Eastern Ukraine in July.

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