Six security personnel have been confirmed dead after the Taliban insurgents attacked security checkpoints in Afghanistan's northern Samangan province, district governor Abdul Yaqin said Tuesday.
The Syrian government has intensified its attacks on the last strongholds of opposition forces in the northwest of the country, with more than 200 civilians killed over the past month.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday that he is making tremendous efforts to form a new government in the last 48 hours before the deadline.
