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US Central Command commander General Kenneth McKenzie admits the United States made a "mistake" when it launched a drone strike against suspected Islamic State militants in the Afghan capital Kabul on August 29, confirming that it killed 10 civilians instead. "The strike was a tragic mistake," McKenzie tells reporters at a Pentagon briefing after an investigation. SOUNDBITE
At least 183 people have been killed since July in clashes in Ethiopia's Amhara region, the United Nations says. Tension in the northern region ratcheted up this year after the end of a devastating war in the neighbouring region of Tigray that also drew in fighters from Amhara. SOUNDBITE
Images from the working-class neighbourhood of Pissevin in the southern French town of Nimes, where a 10-year-old boy was shot dead the previous day in suspected drugs-related violence. IMAGES
A light plane crashed into a street in Malaysia's central Selangor state on Thursday, killing eight people on board and two motorists on the ground, the local police chief said. IMAGES
Military personnel stand guard as voters queue outside a polling station in Kolkata, after at least seven people were killed and dozens more injured following clashes over local polls in West Bengal, a state notorious for political violence during election campaigns. IMAGES
Clashes break out in Lille, northern France, following the death of 17-year-old Nael, in a Paris suburb, shot point-blank during a traffic stop captured on video that has unleashed rage and reignited debate about police tactics. IMAGES
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