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The French police announced that 3 people were killed and others wounded in a knife attack near a church in the French city of Nice.

Defense Army in Karabakh announced that it had shot down Turkish "Bayraktar" UAV, today, Thursday, and confirmed that "the situation is still tense on the front lines."

The Armenian Ministry of Defense confirmed that Azerbaijani forces are establishing bases for "terrorist groups" in Karabakh, and warned of further escalation and destabilization on the borders.

A very high ranking official in the U.S. State Department on Thursday said that the likelihood of imposing sanctions on Turkey after it had tested the Russian S 400  missile system are ''very big''.

xThe African Peace and Security Council condemned the transfer of foreign terrorists, which is a clear message to the countries involved in the recruitment and transfer of foreign terrorist fighters from some conflict areas such as Syria, and their deployment in Libya.

On Wednesday, Afghan security forces liberated many parts of Helmand province from the Taliban, and the liberation process resulted in the killing and wounding of more than 100 Taliban militants.

Armenia has stressed that Azeri forces continue to shell residential centres in Karabakh, of which the city of Shushi, second largest city in the region.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed his country's support for Cyprus' position in the Eastern Mediterranean crisis, by consolidating its defense ties by conducting tripartite exercises with Cyprus and France off the coastal town of Limassol.

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed to his Turkish counterpart his concern about "the increasing involvement of fighters from the Middle East in the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict," and touched upon the situation in Idlib and the path to settling the Syrian crisis.

The director of the Institute of the Eurasian Economic Union explained that the conflict in Karabakh is partly directed against Russia and Iran, and he believes that Turkey and British intelligence are the igniters of the war in Karabakh.

Armenia announced that it had shot down two Azerbaijani drones, and confirmed that Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire again.

Pakistani officials reported today that 7 people were killed, including children, and more than 70 others were wounded, following an explosion in a religious school in Peshawar.