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BAGHDAD – Suicide car bombs targeting security checkpoints killed 15 people in Iraq on Thursday, officials said. Police said a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a police checkpoint in the town of Youssifiyah, just south of the capital Baghdad, killing three police and four civilians, and wounding another …

YEREVAN, Armenia – Armenian police have launched a nationwide manhunt for a Russian soldier suspected of shooting dead a family of six. Police said the soldier, Valery Permyakov, who was serving at a Russian military base in Armenia, had deserted from his unit and was suspected of killing the family …

YEREVAN, Armenia – Police in Armenia have clashed with protesters demanding the handover of a Russian soldier suspected of murdering a family to Armenian authorities. A crowd of about 2,000 protesters attempted to break through a police line to get into the Russian consulate building in the city of Gyumri. …