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MNA International Desk: Three bombs exploded in different locations around Rakhine’s state capital Sittwe early Saturday morning, including at the home of a high ranking official, Myanmar police told media, adding that no deaths were reported. It is the latest violence to hit Rakhine, which is festering with ethnic tensions and has been roiled by communal violence in the north against the Rohingya and insurgencies in other parts of the state. Bombings in the state capital are rare however. The blasts took place around 4:00am (2130 GMT Friday), the officer said. The extent of the damage was not immediately clear. ...

MNA International Desk: Angry masses threw petrol bombs at police and set cars burning in an area north of Paris overnight following the death of a young man in police hands earlier this week. Nearly 24 hours after a Bastille Day celebration was transformed into a nightmare, locals and visitors returned to the Promenade des Anglais to lay flowers for the dead and to wonder exactly how, and why, the unthinkable had come to pass. Nine people were detained in a second successive night of violence, which involved some 200 residents and 180 police officers in the Val d’Oise region ...