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Jordan arrests three suspects in deadly church attack, state media says

Jordanian security forces arrested three armed suspects after a shootout on Monday in connection with an attack ​on a church in the US-allied country that killed nine people, state television ​reported. Friday's attack during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in ⁠the village of Hamoud in Karak governorate, about 120 km (75 miles) southwest of ​the capital Amman, also wounded 40 others. Witnesses said the shooting lasted several minutes. Jordan's Public ​Security Directorate said the suspects were located while hiding in an abandoned house in Karak. They refused to surrender and attacked security forces, who returned fire and arrested all three after wounding ​them, the directorate said in a statement published on state media. No security ​personnel were injured, and a number of firearms and ammunition were found in the suspects' possession. Jordanian ‌authorities ⁠have said the violence was carried out by "extremist terrorists". There has been no c...
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Protesters clash with police over India dam project bordering China

Indian protesters angry over a proposed Himalayan mega-dam, intended to counter an upstream Chinese hydropower project, have clashed with police and torched buildings, officials said. The violence in northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state erupted late on Friday during protests against the proposed 11,200-megawatt Siang Upper Multipurpose Project of state-run hydropower company NHPC, Chief Minister Pema Khandu told reporters on Saturday. “The mob destroyed a lot of properties, police station, the NHPC office was vandalised, several elected representatives’ homes were ransacked,” Khandu told reporters. Around 40 police personnel were injured by stones thrown by protesters, who also vandalised the NHPC’s offices. Police fired tear gas canisters to disperse the crowd. Read: UN experts urge Indian authorities to cease 'use of excessive force' to curb protests Khandu urged opponents of the project to engage with the government. “Question us, have dialogue with us, instead of violence,” Khandu said. India says the proposed dam is needed to counter China’s $167-billion Yaxia project, a likely record-breaking hydropower scheme upstream in Tibet. New Delhi fears the Chinese project could affect water flows downstream, and says the proposed Indian dam would create a vast reservoir to store water and help maintain flows into the Brahmaputra river. Beijing has said its project will have no “negative impact” downstream. China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of southern Tibet. India says the state is an integral part of its territory. India’s proposed dam, which would be by far its largest hydropower project, has drawn fierce opposition from local communities who fear the loss of their homes and land. Read More: Injuries in China's Tibet rise to 76 after earthquake, death toll remains at 16 The project underscores tensions between the two most populous countries, which share a disputed Himalayan border patrolled by tens of thousands of troops. India’s foreign ministry said on Friday the two sides remained in regular contact to manage border tensions, after a top Indian border police official Shatrujeet Kapur reported “face offs” between Indian and Chinese forces. “The situation in the India-China border areas gets disturbed from time to time when Chinese forces diverge from established patrolling patterns,” foreign ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told reporters in New Delhi. “Both sides continue to use existing diplomatic and military mechanisms to resolve outstanding issues and avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation.”

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