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The soldiers were guarding road workers in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh state when they came under fire. The rebels fired from hilltops at the group of soldiers, police officer Jitendra Shukla said. Local media reported that at least six commandos had been critically injured and were being airlifted to safety. The attack is the latest in a long-running conflict between insurgents and Indian authorities in the forests and rural areas of mainly central and eastern India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent his condolences to the families of the soldiers and espressed his anger in a series of tweets following the raid. "We have recovered 23 bodies from the spot and one jawan (soldier) died in Raipur during treatment," Anand Chhabra, a senior police officer in restive Chhattisgarh told AFP news agency, referring to the state capital. Bhagwati Singh, a police spokesman said: "Our teams have been deployed there. We will receive more information about the situat...

North Korea reiterated its vow to launch "full-out war" with nuclear weapons on Saturday as an American naval strike carrier was set to arrive off the tense Korean peninsula in a matter of days. Tensions between the United States and the North have soared in recent weeks as a series of North Korean missile tests have wrought ever-more bellicose warnings from President Donald trump's administration about curtailing its nuclear weapons programme. The US supercarrier Carl Vinson will arrive in the Sea of Japan in days, American Vice President Mike Pence said on Saturday, after days of mixed messages from Washington over the warship's whereabouts.   The strike group was supposedly steaming towards North Korea last week amid concerns the North is ramping up for a sixth nuclear test, with Pyongyang threatening to hit back at any provocation.   But the US Navy - which had earlier said the aircraft carrier would sail north from waters off Singapore as a "prudent ...

Manchester United have been dealt a huge injury blow in their pursuit of Champions League football with the news that Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury. The former Barcelona striker suffered the injury in the final seconds of normal time during United's Europa League clash against Anderlecht as he landed awkwardly after jumping for a header. The Swede received lengthy treatment after the final whistle and was able to limp away without the need of a stretcher as he was replaced by Anthony Martial. That led to team-mate Luke Shaw admitting that he felt the striker's injury was not as bad as first thought, but that is not the case. Ibrahimovic's absence could hit Jose Mourinho's side hard as they look to finish in the top four of the Premier League and win the Europa League in the final weeks of the season. Having arrived from Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer last summer, Ibrahimovic has scored 28 goals in all competitions, ...

Up to 30 supporters are feared to have died after a cable fell on them while they were taking in the Red Devils' Europa League tie on Thursday Manchester United have expressed their sorrow at learning that a number of supporters were electrocuted in Nigeria while watching their Europa League game with Anderlecht. The supporters in question were taking in the continental contest in the city of Calabar, with up to 30 people feared to have died as a result of an electrical cable falling onto them. United have sent their sympathies to those caught up in the tragedy, with the incident casting a shadow over a 2-1 extra-time victory for Jose Mourinho’s side at Old Trafford. Police said the incident was the result of an issue with an electrical transformer at the viewing centre in which the fans had gathered. A police statement said: “Around 10pm we were called that an incident that has happened so immediately our men went there. “Until this morning we have about seven persons dead, ...

​ Real Madrid have been handed a semi-final tie against city rivals Atletico  as they look to become the first club to win back-to-back Champions League titles in the modern era. AC Milan in 1989/90 still remain the last European champions to successfully retain their title, while no side has yet managed it since the Champions League was established in place of the old European Cup in 1992. Los Blancos   booked their place in the last four with a controversial extra-time win over Bayern Munich in the quarter finals earlier this week, and will be hoping to go all the way once more. Atletico, who have still yet to be crowned European champions, will be hoping to reach a third final in the space of four years. But it means no Madrid derby in the final. The other semi-final will see Monaco take on Juventus. Spearheaded by sensational teenager Kylian Mbappe, Monaco have wowed Europe with their performances to get this stage of the competition, their first semi-fi...

A gunman has killed a police officer and seriously wounded two others before being shot dead in an attack on the Champs Elysees shopping district in the French capital, according to Paris police and the interior ministry. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group claimed responsibility for the attack on Thursday evening, which took place three days before France's first round of presidential election. Pierre-Henry Brandet, interior ministry spokesman, said the attack happened near the Franklin Roosevelt subway station, at the centre of the avenue popular with tourists. "An automatic weapon was used against police, a weapon of war," Brandet said, adding that the "terrorist threat" in the country remained high. "A vehicle stopped near a [parked] traffic police vehicle. A man got out straight away and opened fire on the police, fatally injuring one police officer," Brandet said. "The man then tried to run away along the pavement ...

Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled there was insufficient evidence to oust Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over corruption allegations, but has ordered a high-level investigation into the charges. The court issued its verdict on Thursday afternoon after months of hearings in a case based on the leaks that was moved by opposition leaders seeking Sharif's removal from office. Following the announcement, both Sharif's ruling PML-N and opposition leader Imran Khan's PTI party claimed the verdict as a "victory". "The Supreme Court has decided … the same thing that Nawaz Sharif himself had decided six months ago, when he ordered the formation of a commission to investigate [the allegations]," Khwaja Asif, a senior PML-N leader, told reporters outside the courthouse following the announcement. Speaking to the press following the verdict, Khan termed the decision "historic" and called for Sharif to step down pending the completion of the invest...

Barcelona crashed out of the Champions League after failing to break down Juventus at Camp Nou in a goalless draw which confirmed a 3-0 aggregate quarter-final defeat. After recording the biggest comeback in the competition's history in the previous round against Paris Saint-Germain, Barca were unable to repeat the feat against Juve, who backed up their stunning first-leg win with an obdurate rear-guard display. Lionel Messi missed the home side's best opportunities, firing off-target from close range in either half, the story of a match that saw his side rack up 19 shots but only test Gianluigi Buffon with one of them. Juve – beaten by Barca in the 2015 final – have now reached the semi-finals in two of the last three years as they look to win a first European crown since 1996.  Massimiliano Allegri's impressive defence has only been breached twice in 10 continental matches this season as they join Atletico Madrid, Monaco and Real Madrid in the last four. ...

The Argentine did his best to inspire Barcelona but they never looked capable of overturning a 3-0 deficit against a brilliant Bianconeri backline On what was predicted would be a "Night of Giants", every single player clad in a black-and-white shirt stood tall as Juventus withstood everything Barcelona threw at them to progress to the last four of the Champions League with impressive ease. The Catalans had reached the quarter-finals with a historic comeback at Camp Nou against PSG but their remarkable achievement had been undeniably aided by weak-willed opponents. No way back for Barca against Juve. On that magical evening, Barca's "remuntada" the stuff of dreams became reality but Juve were always going to prove a nightmare to play against - even for a side containing Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar. Bianconeri boss Massimiliano Allegri had spoken beforehand of his side's intention to "go out to win the game again" but, in truth, after...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended the Trump administration’s immigration policies Wednesday in response to criticism over the deportation of a 23-year-old “DREAMer” who was brought to the country illegally when he was 9. Sessions was asked about the case of Juan Manuel Montes, who says he qualified for the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, but was deported to Mexico in February after being stopped by a police officer in California. Montes is suing the federal government. Montes’ attorneys say he qualified for DACA in 2014, and was renewed in 2016. But U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say his permit expired in 2015 and was not renewed. They also note that Montes had been convicted for theft. Sessions said he doesn't know why Montes was deported, and denied that DACA recipients are being targeted for deportation. But he warned against illegal immigrants thinking they are safe from deportation just because they have l...

The evacuation and transfer of thousands of Syrians from four besieged areas resumed on Wednesday, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The reciprocal evacuations from two pro-government villages and two opposition-held towns was disrupted by a bombing   on saturday that killed more than 120 people. A large convoy of buses from the government-held towns of Foua and Kefraya reached the edge of the rebel-held transit point of Rashidin outside the city of Aleppo. "The process has resumed with 3,000 people leaving Foua and Kefraya at dawn and nearly 300 leaving Zabadani and two other rebel-held areas," the head of the SOHR, Rami Abdel Rahman. The Syrian government's Central Military Media also confirmed the resumption of evacuations. Rashidin was the scene of Saturday's deadly car bombing. At least 109 of the 126 dead were evacuees, among them 68 children. The rest were aid workers and rebels guarding the convoy. Secur...