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An Afghan commando today killed two American soldiers and wounded two others during a joint operation in eastern Nangarhar province, a stronghold of Islamic State militants, an official said.
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Theresa May's two closest aides quit after election
Debacle
By Aditi Khanna
London:British Prime Minister Theresa May's two closest advisers, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, resigned today after taking responsibility for the poll debacle for the Conservative Party which lost its majority in the House of Commons.

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UN chief congratulates India, Pak on full SCO membership
By Yoshita Singh
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has congratulated India and Pakistan on getting full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a China-dominated security grouping increasingly seen as a counterweight to NATO.

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Xi snubs Sharif by skipping bilateral meet after murder of Chinese nationals
Beijing: In a rare snub to all-weather ally Pakistan, Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped a customary meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the SCO summit in Astana after the murder of two Chinese teachers in Balochistan.
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May finalises cabinet amid minority govt talks with DUP
By Aditi Khanna
London: Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May today began finalising her cabinet of ministers and held talks with the Democratic Unionist Party to determine the contours of the party's support for her minority government.