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IRAQ

Deadly assault near US base fuels fears

At least three rockets struck late on Monday outside an airport near where US forces are based in northern Iraq, killing one US-led coalition contractor and wounding at least eight other people, Iraqi security and coalition officials said. The attack sparked fears of new hostilities. It was the first time Western military or diplomatic installations have been targeted in Iraq in nearly two months. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US is "outraged" by the attack and called for an investigation.

GUINEA

Ebola death toll increases to five

Five people have died of the Ebola virus in Guinea, the country's health agency said on Monday, as the government and aid groups began to roll out their response to the outbreak. Guinea announced the outbreak on Saturday－the first in West Africa since a 2013-16 epidemic that left more than 11,300 dead in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. According to an epidemiological report by the country's health agency dated on Monday, five people have now succumbed to the virus, rising from a death toll of four reported earlier on Monday.

Agencies Via Xinhua