Ukraine said on Tuesday seven of its soldiers had been killed and 14 wounded in “very heated” fighting that marked the bloodiest clashes with pro-Russian separatists in two months.

The announcement - the highest daily death toll since Ukraine reported seven of its soldiers dying on May 24 - follows a flurry of talks between world leaders and Moscow on halting the 26-month war.

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At least 10 Indian paramilitary soldiers were killed in an attack by Maoist rebels in a forest area in eastern India, police said on Tuesday.

PK Thakur, the director-general of state police, said three insurgents were also killed in an exchange of gunfire on Monday in the Dumrinala area, about 170 kilometres south of Patna, the capital of Bihar state.

The rebels used improvised explosive devices and fired at paramilitary soldiers in the area that is known to be a rebel stronghold, PK Sahu, another police officer, said.

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A Fierce fighting between Somaliland and Puntland forces broke out early on Sunday morning in Sanag, a disputed region in northern Somalia, reports said.

Reports just reaching us from the region indicate the warfare between the two sides started at Booda-adde area, which is located near Baran town in Sanaag region.

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Suicide bombings at two army checkpoints in Yemen’s south-eastern city of Mukalla killed six soldiers and injured 18 others on Monday.

“A car bomb targeted Al Ghabr checkpoint, and a bus with explosives targeted Broom checkpoint,” the command of the second military region, which includes Hadramout province, said. It said both bombings took place at 6.10am.

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The Islamic State (Isis) group claimed responsibility for the truck attack that killed 84 people in Nice on France’s national holiday, a news service affiliated with the jihadists said Saturday.

Amaq quoted an Isis security source as saying one of its “soldiers” carried out Thursday’s carnage “in response to calls to target nations of coalition states that are fighting (Isis)”.

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