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Algerians inspect damages to parts of a zoo and a charred bus in the northeastern town of El Kala after deadly forest fires swept through the El Tarf region, killing at least 38 people and leaving destruction in their wake. IMAGES
Police and military respond to a hostage crisis in the western Ukrainian city of Lutsk, where an armed man carrying explosives has taken around 20 people hostage in a bus. The head of the local police service said shots were heard at the scene but no injuries have been reported so far. IMAGES
One U.S. soldier was killed during a “boots on the ground” raid in support of Kurdish commandos in northern Iraq.
At least four crew members of a Syrian military helicopter have been captured by rebels after the vessel crashed in the country’s northwest, according to a monitoring group.Syrian television reported the plane encountered a technical problem and was forced to make an emergency landing, and that it was not downed by rebels.