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Biden orders strike after 3 US troops hurt
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden has ordered retaliatory strikes against Iranian-backed militia groups after three U.S. servicemembers were injured in a drone attack in Northern Iraq.
National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said one of the U.S. troops suffered critically in the attack that occurred earlier Monday. The Iranian-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah and affiliated groups, under an umbrella of Iranian-backed militants, claimed credit for the attack.
Colorado
Mall shooting claims 1 on Christmas Eve
COLORADO SPRINGS -- A man was fatally shot and three people were hurt as gunfire rang out at a shopping center in Colorado on Christmas Eve, police said Sunday.
A fight broke out between two groups of people in the afternoon at the Citadel Mall in Colorado Springs, the Colorado Springs Police Department said.
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China
Earthquake death toll rises to 149
BEIJING -- The death toll from China's most powerful earthquake in years has risen to 149, with two people still missing after the tremor last week.
The 6.2-magnitude quake struck a remote mountainous area between Gansu and Qinghai provinces on Dec. 18.
Serbia
Serbian police detain 38 amid protests
BELGRADE -- Serbian police said Monday they detained at least 38 people who took part in a protest against reported widespread irregularities during a ballot that declared the governing populists as winners of parliamentary and local elections.
Opposition group Serbia Against Violence has been staging protests since the Dec. 17 elections, saying there was election fraud, particularly in the capital, Belgrade.