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A general view of the Rocinha favela, one of the slums that was included in the “police pacification unit” program that began in 2008, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 24, 2016. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
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India’s Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel pose for pictures inside their base camp in New Delhi Nov. 6, 2014.Adnan Abidi/Reuters
Gunmen Kill 13 in Market in India’s Northeast
Attackers wearing military uniforms shot dead at least 13 people and wounded 15 on Friday in a busy market in a restive area of northeast India. The attack was blamed by the authorities on a regional separatist group. The gunmen fired indiscriminately and threw hand...Caption:
Mohammad Mouradi’s funeral service in Isfahan on Wednesday
War Fatalities Expose Iranian Army Flow into Syria
London-Iran had recently admitted to the grave losses suffered by its deployed units due to military operations in Syria’s Aleppo rocketing. Officials have announced at least five Iranian soldiers dead, who were lost in the latest battle in southwestern Aleppo. The...Caption:
Harry Sarfo, a former ISIS fighter from Germany, inside the maximum-security prison in Bremen where he is serving a three-year sentence on terrorism charges. Credit Gordon Welters for The New York Times
How a Secretive Branch of ISIS Built a Global Network of Killers
BREMEN, Germany — Believing he was answering a holy call, Harry Sarfo left his home in the working-class city of Bremen last year and drove for four straight days to reach the territory controlled by the ISIS in Syria. He barely had time to settle in before members of...Caption:
A picture taken on June 6, 2016 shows Jordanian security forces vehicles patrolling near the Jordanian intelligence agency office in the Baqaa camp north of the capital Amman following a gun attack. STRINGER / AFP